Ashurst advised UniCredit Bank AG (Unicredit) as Mandated Lead Arranger and Documentation Agent for a consortium of banks on the €350m facilities agreement for with Koenig & Bauer AG. The financing is Koenig & Bauer's debut in the syndicated credit market.
Shearman & Sterling advised a consortium of banks led by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and Bayerische Landesbank on a financing transaction for Hirschvogel Automotive Group. The credit facility has a volume of €400 million.
Gilbert + Tobin have advised Beach Energy Limited (Beach Energy) on the successful completion and financial close of its $1.585 billion acquisition of Lattice Energy Limited (Lattice Energy) from Origin Energy Limited. Lattice Energy holds interests in conventional upstream oil and gas assets across Australia and New Zealand, including in the Otway, BassGas, Halladale Speculant and Black Watch, Kupe, Waitsia, Beharra Springs and Cooper Basin gas projects.
Completion and financial close of the transaction occurred on 31 January 2018.
Slaughter and May advised Redrow plc on the amendment and extension of its existing unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility was extended to 31 December 2022. The participating banks are Barclays Bank Plc, Lloyds Bank plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Santander UK plc, Svenska Handelsbanken AB and HSBC Bank plc.
Contacts
Financing: Edward Fife (partner), Andrew Chaplin (associate), Kesten Laverty (trainee)
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nordea Bank AB, Citibank, N.A., London Branch and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, as Original Lenders, on the SEK 11 billion (US$1.3 billion) term facility agreement to Tele2 AB.
Tele2 is a NASDAQ Stockholm-listed telecoms operator and the transaction will finance part of its merger with NASDAQ Stockholm-listed TV cable company Com Hem Holding AB, which values Com Hem at around SEK 26.6 billion (US$3.2 billion).
Shearman & Sterling advised Marlin Equity Partners, a global private equity firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management, on debt financing in relation to Marlin Equity Partners' acquisition of a majority stake in social media analytics company TalkWalker. The financing consisted of a New York law-governed term loan and revolving credit facilities.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Fosun International Ltd and Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd consortium on the financing of its acquisition of St Hubert, a French company in the vegetable fats sector, from European investment fund Montagu Private Equity.
Fosun International Ltd is a privately owned Chinese conglomerate. Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd is a Chinese agribusiness company that specializes in dairy products.
In 2012, White & Case also advised the banks on the financing of Montagu Private Equity's acquisition of St Hubert.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nordea Bank AB, Citibank, N.A., London Branch and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, as Original Lenders, on the SEK 11 billion (US$1.3 billion) term facility agreement to Tele2 AB.
Tele2 is a NASDAQ Stockholm-listed telecoms operator and the transaction will finance part of its merger with NASDAQ Stockholm-listed TV cable company Com Hem Holding AB, which values Com Hem at around SEK 26.6 billion (US$3.2 billion).
White & Case LLP has advised Goldman Sachs Private Capital, as mandated lead arranger and original lender, on the facilities agreement for a term loan facility, multicurrency super senior revolving credit facility and multicurrency uncommitted accordion term loan facility, entered into by Goldman Sachs and Corsair Capital as borrower to part finance the acquisition of RGI S.p.A., an independent software developer of systems and platforms for insurers, agents, brokers and financial consultants.
Shearman & Sterling advised Marlin Equity Partners, a global private equity firm with over $6.7 billion of capital under management, on debt financing in relation to Marlin Equity Partners' acquisition of a majority stake in social media analytics company TalkWalker. The financing consisted of a New York law-governed term loan and revolving credit facilities.