DLA Piper has advised Westpac and St. George Bank on a syndicated facility for the SG Fleet Group in relation to SG Fleet's circa AU$200 million acquisition of salary packager NLC (announced to the ASX on 17 November 2015 and due to close before the end of 2015).
A Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) Paris office team has advised two London-based subscribers, M&G Investments and Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund, in relation to the subscription of green bonds for a total amount of €40 million. The bonds are in order to refinance the equity attached to a 100 MW portfolio of 13 wind and solar projects owned by French developer Neoen.
Clifford Chance Amsterdam has advised sponsors Maas Capital (an ABN AMRO subsidiary) and Yard Energy on the project financing of two onshore wind projects (27,5 MW) in Finland. Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey is supplying eleven L100 - 2.5 MW wind turbines. The turbines are to be installed on 135-metre modular steel towers in order to capitalise on faster wind speeds at greater heights.
Lawyers from Dentons’ Banking and Finance practice advised Bank Pekao SA on financing the acquisition of the 5-star Sheraton Warsaw Hotel. The cross-border transaction, supervised by partner Mateusz Toczyski, was closed on 28 October 2015.
Clifford Chance advised an affiliate of Tilad, a Gulf-based multi-family office, on the financing of the acquisition of a distribution centre under construction in Löhne near Herford, Germany. The vendor is ECE Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG, headquartered in Hamburg.
ROME (10 November 2015) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has been appointed legal adviser to Areale di Bolzano S.p.A. (ABZ), a special purpose entity entrusted by the Municipality and the Autonomous Province of Bozen, in connection with the implementation of a EUR800m Masterplan to transfer the existing railway infrastructure, and related urban regeneration and private and public asset development.
White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of senior lenders consisting of the European Investment Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, Rabobank, SMBC, Mizuho Bank, EKF and GIEK, on the provision to Nobelwind of €460 million in funding for the €655 million construction and operation of a 165 megawatt offshore wind farm located on the Bligh Bank, around 46km off the Belgian coast.
Clifford Chance LLP acted as New York counsel to Metro de Lima Linea 2 S.A., as concessionaire, and a consortium formed by Iridium (ACS Group) and Vialia (FCC Group) of Spain; Salini Impregilo, Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda of Italy; and Cosapi of Peru, as Sponsors, in the US$800 million off-balance sheet loan financing for the financing of Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro project in Peru backed by governmental payment rights called "RPI-CAOs".
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised ING Bank N.V. (ING) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) on an approximate US$1.26 billion loan to Tartaruga MV29 B.V. (TARMV29). TARMV29 is incorporated in the Netherlands and each of MODEC, Inc. (MODEC), Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation have an equity stake.
On 21 October 2015 Nobelwind secured a EUR 650 million financing for the construction and operation of its offshore wind farm located on the Bligh Bank, approx. 46 km off the Belgian coast. The funding is provided by the European Investment Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, Rabobank, SMBC, Mizuho Bank, EKF and GIEK.