Simpson Thacher represented a finance subsidiary of Cognita in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of £280 million in aggregate principal amount of its Senior Secured Notes due 2021. The Firm also represented a subsidiary of Cognita in connection with its entry into a new £60 million Revolving Credit Facility. The transaction closed on August 7, 2015. Cognita used the net proceeds from this offering to refinance certain of its outstanding indebtedness and to pay costs related to the termination of existing interest rate swaps.

Simpson Thacher, acting as sole international counsel, represented The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, in connection with the offering of CNY 1.2 billion 4.2% Notes due 2018 by Shinhan Bank under its $6 billion global medium term note program. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

A cross-border Norton Rose Fulbright team from Sydney and London has advised the Sydney branch of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on its five-year A$1.1 billion fixed and floating notes under its Australian Debt Issuance Programme.

The Notes, issued today, form part of RBC’s US$40 billion global Programme for the Issuance of Securities. They are settled in Australia’s domestic clearing system, Austraclear, and indirectly in Euroclear and Clearstream.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised The Bank of New York Mellon in its role as trustee for Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ)’s US$650 million 3.5% senior unsecured offering.

APSEZ is part of the Adani Group, an integrated infrastructure corporation. The issue was the Indian private ports operator’s inaugural bond offering. The bonds are listed and quoted on the official list of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Clifford Chance advised UniCredit Bank AG on the securitisation of German SME loans in an amount of EUR 2 billion.

The loans were sold by UniCredit Luxembourg S.A., a subsidiary of UniCredit Bank AG, to Geldilux-TS-2015 S.A., a Luxembourg special purpose vehicle. Geldilux financed the purchase by issuing several classes of notes.

On 30 July 2015, the Q-Park group obtained a EUR 925 million facility from ABN AMRO, Rabobank, ING, HSBC and KBC as refinancing of an existing EUR 1,158 billion facility.

NautaDutilh Amsterdam acted as lead counsel for Q-Park, managing multiple best-friends law firms in 12 jurisdictions, including the Belgium and Luxembourg offices.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the joint lead managers in relation to an issue by the Republic of Zambia of U.S.$1,250,000,000 8.970% Notes due 2027. This is the third time the Republic of Zambia has accessed the international debt capital markets since 2012.

Eversheds has advised Northgate plc, the UK and Spain's leading specialist in light commercial vehicle hire, on a debt refinancing.

Northgate has extended the maturity of its debt, reduced the pricing of its principal banking facility, and issued a debt private placement to lock-into current low, long-term interest rates.

Gide advised the Joint Lead Managers Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, CM-CIC Securities, ING Bank NV, Belgian Branch, Mediobanca S.p.A and Natixis on the issuance by Bolloré of its € 450 million 2.875 per cent. notes due 2021, and admitted to trading on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext in Paris.

Gide's team was led by partner Hubert du Vignaux assisted by Bastien Raisse and Aude-Laurène Dourdain.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised both CBG Commerz Beteiligungskapital GmbH & Co. KG, a subsidiary of Commerzbank-Konzern, and VR Equitypartner GmbH, a joint subsidiary of WGZ Bank and DZ Bank, on the mezzanine financing of quick-mix Holding GmbH & Co. KG.