Sydney—Dentons has advised Penrith Council on a Project Delivery Agreement with Frasers Property Australia that will see the Union Road Carpark transformed into a new city centre, in the growing metropolitan area of Western Sydney.

The 1.94ha Union Road precinct will include six residential apartment buildings with up to 1,406 residential apartments, a council-owned public car park with up to 1,000 additional spaces, retail, child care facilities, a public plaza and landscaped communal areas.

Ashurst is advising longstanding client Vedanta Resources plc on the successful bid by its subsidiary, Vedanta Limited, for 41 exploration blocks in sedimentary basins throughout India to pursuant to the Government of India's Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).

Pinsent Masons advises AWG Abfallwirtschaftsgesellschaft mbH Wuppertal (AWG) on its entry into the production of hydrogen as fuel for environmentally-friendly fuel cell buses.

Squire Patton Boggs in Birmingham has advised Ireland’s largest hotel operator, Dalata Hotel Group plc, on an agreement to acquire the long leasehold interest of a hotel under development, located at Aldgate, London, for a total consideration of £91 million. The firm also advised Dalata, which trades under the Clayton Hotels and Maldron Hotels brands, on its acquisition of Hotel du Tour in Birmingham last year.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Swedish hotelier Pandox AB (‘Pandox’) on the successful group reorganisation of the Jurys Inn hotel businesses it acquired with operating partner Fattal Hotels Group (‘Leonardo’) from Lone Star in December 2017.

Slaughter and May is acting for Wonga Group in respect of the decision to place it into administration, along with WDFC UK Limited, Wonga Worldwide Limited and WDFC Services Limited. The Boards of these entities have assessed all options regarding the future of the Group and have concluded that it is appropriate to place the businesses into administration.

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