Willkie represented Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited in its agreement to be acquired by certain investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC, a leading global alternative investment manager.
London—Dentons has advised Centrica Storage Limited ("CSL"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centrica plc, on its entry into construction, tie-in and processing arrangements with the Tolmount joint venture and infrastructure partners (Premier Oil, Dana Petroleum and Humber Gathering System Limited) to process gas from the Tolmount field in the Southern North Sea.
Gilbert + Tobin has advised Transport for NSW (TfNSW) on the acquisition of a new transport management system as part of the NSW Government’s Intelligent Congestion Management Program.
With a growing population, earlier this year the NSW Government announced that it would be undertaking an unprecedented level of investment in transport infrastructure and services as part of its 2018-2038 State Infrastructure Strategy.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Durham University on its procurement of a private sector consortium to design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) two new college facilities and wider communal facilities at Mount Oswald, just to the south of Durham city. The capital value of the project is in excess of £80m.
Led by senior associate Sam Corbett, A&L Goodbody’s Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency team in Belfast recently acted for EY in successfully transacting a sale by Administrators of the Genesis Crafty bakery in Northern Ireland, saving 260 jobs.
The bakery, which is based in Magherafelt and produces a range of goods including pancakes, scones, cakes and bread, has been sold via a pre-pack administration to an entity associated with Paul Allen, chief executive of Tayto Group in Northern Ireland.
Linklaters has advised Panattoni on the contract to build a warehouse project in the build-to-own (BTO) formula for Intersnack, owner of brands such as Felix, Crispers and Przysnacki. The facility totalling in excess of 10,000 sqm will be built in Nysa, in the vicinity of the company’s existing factory. The two facilities, old and new, will be connected by an elevated passageway for transporting goods, at 4.5 m above ground level.
Ashurst has advised Boart Longyear Limited ('BLY'), the world's leading supplier of drilling services, equipment and tooling for mining and drilling companies, on its proposal to re-domicile to Canada by way of a scheme of arrangement ('Scheme'), subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.
Eversheds Sutherland advised and provided full legal support to Specta in acquisition of a production company in Ekaterinburg.
Slaughter and May has advised MTR Corporation Limited (MTR), the operator of the Hong Kong metro system, on the operational and financial arrangements for the HK$84.4 billion (US$10.7 billion) Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL). Scheduled to open in September 2018, the XRL comprises a 26 km high speed rail link connecting Hong Kong to the 25,000 km Mainland high speed rail network with connections from Hong Kong to 44 Mainland destinations, including Beijing and Shanghai.
National law firm Shoosmiths has advised leading stationary chain Office Outlet on its Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), which has been announced today.
As part of the CVA, Office Outlet proposes to close four stores this year, while keeping its online service and the remaining 95 stores open.
Office Outlet was given legal advice by Shoosmiths corporate partner James Keates and senior associate Charles Williams. It is the seventh retail CVA Shoosmiths has advised on in under two years.