A team from Clifford Chance Amsterdam has advised Rabobank on the financing of a student housing development in Groningen, acquired by KKR and Round Hill Capital. KKR and Round Hill Capital (“Round Hill”) recently announced that their joint venture acquired the land and is forward-funding the development of a 698-bed purpose-built student accommodation (“PBSA”) scheme in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Global law firm White & Case has advised the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Société Générale, Singapore Branch, as mandated lead arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners, on a US$120 million reserve-based term facility provided to Jadestone Energy (Eagle) Pty Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Jadestone Energy Inc.) for the acquisition of the Montara offshore oil project (including FPSO).

Clifford Chanced acted for 174 Power Global, an affiliate of the Hanwha Group, as sponsor in the project financing for Laguna Solar, a 101 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Matamoros, Coahuila, Mexico.

The $74m facility was provided by Bancomext and the Korea Development Bank.

Partner Fabricio Longhin led the Firm's team, which included senior associate Alberto Haito and associates Alan Sakar Azuara and Eli Keene.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Séché Environnement on a Euro PP bond issuance for a total of €130 million by way of private placement. Séché Environnement is a French company specializing in the reclamation and disposal of household and industrial waste.

Séché issued  a 7-year bond, with an annual coupon of 3.25%, and is one of the most important Euro PP transactions so far this year.

London - A team of lawyers from global law firm K&L Gates LLP is advising Norwegian wind farm and renewable energy developer NBT AS and its Ukrainian subsidiary SyvashEnergoProm LLC on the development, construction and financing of a power generation facility and new substation for the 250 MW Syvash Wind Power Project in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine.

Baker McKenzie's Kyiv, Frankfurt, Berlin and Amsterdam Offices assisted a consortium of German banks, led by Bayerische Landesbank, and DTEK Renewables to complete a significant ECA-backed finance transaction in the Ukrainian renewable energy sector, aimed at financing the construction of the first stage (100MW) of the Primorska wind electric plant (Primorska WEP) in Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine.

Linklaters has advised Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm Limited (“Triton Knoll”), on the project financing of the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm. The total planned investment comprises in excess of £2bn, including debt facilities from a total of 15 banks. Financial Close was achieved today.