Travers Smith LLP has advised Lloyds Bank plc and Commerzbank AG in relation to the provision of multi-currency term and revolving facilities to a special purpose vehicle established by Ancala Partners LLP ("Ancala") in order to fund its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of International Energy Group Limited and its subsidiaries ("IEG").

IEG is a leading natural gas distribution and supply business located in Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man, with more than 40,000 customers connected to its networks in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

P+P Pöllath + Partners advised a bank consortium on the financing of the merger of Fischer Tool & Die Corp. and Schaufler Tooling GmbH & Co. KG. The purchase price and the financing volume remain confidential.

Schaufler Tooling GmbH & Co. KG is a leading provider of die casting tools for the automotive industry. The merger with the U.S.-Michigan-based full-service provider Fischer Tool & Die Corp., also specializing in pressure die casting tool solutions and precision machining, creates a leading global manufacturer of die-casting tools.

On 16 June 2016, Castleton Commodities International LLC (CCI), a global commodities merchant, closed the fifth amended and restated credit agreement between, among others, certain entities of CCI, as Borrowers and Guarantors, and BNP Paribas, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

Walder Wyss advised CCI on all Swiss law related aspects of the refinancing. The Walder Wyss team was led by Luc Defferrard (Partner, Banking & Finance) and Alexandre Both (Managing Associate, Banking & Finance) and included Maurus Winzap (Partner, Tax).

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Synthos S.A. on a €220 million revolving credit facility that will finance its current activities and those of specific group companies.

The credit was granted by a consortium of seven banks - Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A., Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A., Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A., Bank Zachodni WBK S.A., HSBC Bank Polski S.A., ING Bank Slaski S.A. and HSBC Bank plc. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA acted as credit agent and security agent.

Orrick represented Russian banks Sberbank and VTB as providers of RUB70 billion (approx. $1.1 billion) in financing for Telmamskaya HPP LLC (a 100% subsidiary of EuroSibEnergo Group, which is part of the En+ Group, a leading Russian energy and natural resources industrial conglomerate).

Noerr has advised NordLB and BayernLB on their syndicated financing for an M&A transaction in the smart repair services market for automobiles. Together, the banks have provided a syndicated loan for the takeover of the Danish pierre.dk Group by the German Intelligent Repair Solutions Group.

We advised the banks in relation to the arrangement in which Sponda Plc signed a syndicated credit facilities agreement for EUR 600 million in total. The agreement includes a term-loan for EUR 500 million and a EUR 100 million revolving credit facility.

The unsecured facilities are for 5 years. The term-loan is being used for refinancing existing loans that mature in 2016 and for general corporate purposes. The EUR 100 million revolving credit facility extends the similar undrawn EUR 100 million revolving credit facility's original maturity onwards from November 2016.

Herbert Smith Freehills has recently advised ICBC Paris on the financing of Midea Group's €5 billion voluntary bid for all shares in German robotics specialist, Kuka AG.

Mecca International, an entity indirectly owned by Chinese biggest home-appliance maker Midea Group, has offered €115 in cash per share to the shareholders of Kuka AG, one of the leading providers of robotics for the automobile industry, by way of a voluntary public takeover offer to their shares in the company.

Hogan Lovells has acted for ING Bank N.V. ("ING") in its capacity as co-ordinating bookrunner and mandated lead arranger in a borrowing base revolving credit facility (BBF) for NLMK Sales Europe (NSE). NSE is part of the NLMK Belgium Holdings, owned by one of the world's leading steel companies NLMK Group and the Walloon Region investment company SOGEPA.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised the Frankfurt based private equity investor VR Equitypartner GmbH (VR Equitypartner) on the structuring, acquisition and financing of the Norafin Group.