International law firm Ashurst advised French asset manager La Française Real Estate Partners, acting on behalf of Hyundai Investment Asset Management and a group of Korean investors, on the acquisition and financing of "Le Balthazar", an office building located in Saint-Denis, France.

The property develops circa 35,000 square meters over eight stories and is comprised of two wings, connected by an atrium. The office areas are 100% let to a leading telecommunications group, under a long-term lease.

Clifford Chance advised SCPI Accimmo Pierre, managed by BNP Paribas REIM, on the financing of the acquisition of the office building located on 49-51 rue La Boétie in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

The building, entirely refurbished by Poste Immo, will house Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Paris headquarters in 11,000 m² of office space and has the Breeam, NF HQE, LEED and Effinergie Rénovation certifications.

A long-term financing was set up by SCPI Accimmo Pierre with a pool of banks arranged by Natixis.

International law firm CMS has advised Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) UK on the Shariah compliant acquisition financing of Lateral House in Leeds for c.£24million on behalf of an Abu Dhabi-based private banking client.

DLA Piper has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) on the financing of the acquisition of an office portfolio by Corpus Sireo Real Estate. The seller is Swiss Life and the parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price and the amount of financing.

The 108,000 square metres portfolio financed by Helaba consists of eleven office properties located in Hanover, Essen, Düsseldorf, Neuss, Cologne, Mannheim, Oberursel, Neu-Isenburg and Frankfurt. With an area of 98,200 square metres, office space accounts for the largest share.

DLA Piper has advised Lloyds Bank plc, HSBC Equipment Finance and NIBC Bank NV on the £100 million financing of a portfolio of gas fuelled power stations owned by Green Frog Power.

The funding refinances 15 operational sites benefiting from capacity market contracts and provides additional development funding for 11 new sites to be built across the UK, from Plymouth to Newcastle. The £100 million facility also has an additional £50 million ‘accordion’ that allows for the funding and construction of another 110MW of plant.

Our Real Estate team represented a joint venture between Tokyo Trust Capital Co., Ltd., the advisor to a Japanese investor, and Meritage Properties, a New York real estate firm, in the $54 million acquisition and $25 million related financing of 1100 G Street, NW, in Washington, D.C. This 110,000 square-foot, eleven-story office building is located in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s East End submarket and is surrounded by some of the city’s best retail and entertainment options, including the Capital One Arena.

MRM has announced the disposal of the Nova property, located in La Garenne Colombes, near La Défense, to TwentyTwo Real Estate, acting for a co-investment vehicle jointly held with Massena Partners. Nova is a multi-tenant building with 10,600 m² of office space across 17 floors (254 parking spaces) which was the subject of a complete restructuring finished in 2012 at the end of which it obtained the HQE/NF tertiary building, HQE Exploitation and BREEAM in Use certifications.

The financing of the transaction was provided by BRED Banque Populaire.

Dentons has advised Lloyds Bank plc on circa £175 million of senior real estate finance investment facilities to a special purpose vehicle within the Chen group of companies to acquire 5 Churchill Place in London's Canary Wharf. Mezzanine debt was provided by a large international multi-profile business conglomerate.