Macfarlanes has advised debt fund manager, Venn Partners, on a £46.7m facility to Invesco Real Estate to refinance a portfolio of 580 purpose-built PRS developments located in Bracknell, Exeter, Bedford, Crawley and Stevenage.
The portfolio was recently acquired by a joint venture between Invesco Real Estate and Westrock.
Gilbert + Tobin’s banking + infrastructure and energy + resources teams have advised Cooper Energy on a funding package for its Sole Gas Project, which is set to create the first new source of gas supply that stretches Australia’s east coast market in a number of years.
The team helped Cooper Energy secure flexible terms that enable the company to meet its long-term requirements and advised on the structuring of arrangements with APA Group in connection with APA’s acquisition of the Orbost Gas Processing Plant, where the gas from Sole will be treated.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised HSH Nordbank AG (“HSH Nordbank”) on the financing of the Haapajärvi and Ratiperä wind farms in Finland.
HSH Nordbank provided a long-term financing of €65m for the 23.1 MW Haapajärvi windfarm, located in the town of the same name, and €66m for the 27 MW Ratiperä windfarm, in Jamijärvi municipality. Both projects were built by German developer ABO Wind AG.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised HSH Nordbank AG (“HSH Nordbank”) on the financing of the Haapajärvi and Ratiperä wind farms in Finland.
HSH Nordbank provided a long-term financing of €65m for the 23.1 MW Haapajärvi windfarm, located in the town of the same name, and €66m for the 27 MW Ratiperä windfarm, in Jamijärvi municipality. Both projects were built by German developer ABO Wind AG.
Leading global law firm, Hogan Lovells, led by Acquisition Finance Partner, Richard Hayes, has advised Barings (formerly Babson Capital) ("Barings") on its first ever Australian unitranche/super senior structured financing.
With over US$288 billion in assets under management, Barings is one of the world's leading asset management firms and is a member of the MassMutual Financial Group.
On October 30th, ICBC held a “ring the bell” ceremony in Luxembourg Stock Exchange to celebrate the official listing of its inaugural “Belt and Road” climate bonds successfully issued earlier with a total equivalent of USD 2.15 billion. This issuance of climate bonds has achieved remarkable results in multiple aspects such as structuring, size, pricing, and investor composition, making a milestone transaction as a Chinese issuer in the international capital market.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised HSH Nordbank AG (“HSH Nordbank”) on the financing of the Kappel wind farm in Denmark.
HSH Nordbank provided a long-term financing for the wind farm, which is located on the Danish island of Lolland. The wind farm, which has a total capacity of 25 MW, was built by Danish developer European Energy and acquired by a fund managed by Aquila Capital, the alternative asset management division of the Hamburg-based Aquila Group.
DLA Piper has advised Germany's Aareal Bank on its financing of London-based investor Henderson Park's debut acquisition in the UK hotel market. The £330 million loan supports Henderson Park's £500 million acquisition of the London and Birmingham Hilton Metropole hotels which completed last week.
Dentons has advised UK-based real estate investment company Aprirose Limited on its acquisition and the related financing of QHotels group from Bain Capital Credit and Canyon partners for £525 million, representing the largest hotel portfolio acquisition deal in the UK in 2017 so far.
The portfolio includes 26 four- and five-star regional hotels and golf courses across the UK, with a number of them located in cities including Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The hotels include the grade II-listed Midland Hotel in Manchester and The Queens Hotel in Leeds.
Herbert Smith Freehills’ full service project finance team has advised Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (MUFG), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on the project financing of the Lilyvale Solar Farm, located 50km north east of Emerald in the Central Highlands region of Queensland.