Our energy projects team have recently guided Newark-based SHARC Energy Systems in the completion of a deal for an undisclosed sum to supply heat to a huge redevelopment project at Clyde Gateway, just outside Glasgow.

The team in the Nottingham office advised on the funding requirements and the heat supply arrangements together with all of the property and development requirements for the scheme.

SHARC will use its innovative wastewater heat recovery technology to generate the heating and cooling services for the Clyde Gateway’s future occupiers.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Russia) LLP has advised MasterCard Member Association on its launch of Cash-Out at Point Of Sale payment via bank cards at shop tills (tentatively named “Cash-Out” or “Purchase with Cash Back”), the first of its kind in the Russian market.

Tashkent—Global law firm Dentons has advised Gloria Jean’s Coffees, the international specialty coffeehouse operator, on its market entry into Uzbekistan. Gloria Jean’s Coffees will open in Uzbekistan in autumn 2018 and will be the first-ever global coffee franchise to operate in the country.

Senior Associate Ulugbek Abdullaev, based in Dentons’ Tashkent office, advised RFGA Management Pty Ltd, the brand owner, on concluding the master franchise agreement with the master franchisee in Uzbekistan, as well as on general Uzbek law issues.

Simpson Thacher is representing SK Holdings in connection with its announced agreement to acquire AMPAC Fine Chemicals (“AFC”), a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”). Financial terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, were not disclosed.

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised Residential Secure Income plc (“ReSI”) which invests in residential asset classes that comprise the stock of UK social housing providers on the registration of its wholly owned subsidiary ReSI Housing Limited (‘ReSI Housing’) as a Registered Provider of Social Housing with the Regulator of Social Housing. ReSI is managed by ReSI Capital Management Limited, a wholly owned but separately regulated subsidiary of TradeRisks Limited.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the world’s largest provider of diversified business services, Conduent Incorporated (Conduent), on the sale of its off-street parking business, including the Conduent Multipark System in France and the UK, along with its US airport parking business, to French investor Andera Partners.

The sale is part of Conduent group’s planned program of divestment of non-core assets to enable Conduent to focus on serving large enterprise customers and scalable business relationships.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Baltic Gas Chemical Company (BGCC) on a methanol plant project in Ust-Luga, an industrial port in Russia's Leningrad region.

Burges Salmon's banking team has advised Torbay Council on a mezzanine financing agreement for a £32 million property development with Tolent Construction.

The banking team from Burges Salmon has advised Torbay Council on a mezzanine financing agreement, which will expedite the implementation of a new £32 million mixed-use development in Devon.

Pinsent Masons advises Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW) on the conversion of the district heat-ing supply and the shutdown of the coal-fired power station Elberfeld as part of a comprehensive decarbonisation strategy

Gide has advised Chalco Hong Kong Limited (Chalco HK) on the negotiation and signing of a mining convention with the Republic of Guinea for the development of the Boffa Nord and Boffa Sud bauxite mining blocks. The project has an initial investment valued at approximately USD 706 million.

Chalco HK, part of the state-owned group Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco), will develop and exploit the mine, which will have an initial production capacity of 12 million tons per year, through its Guinean project companies.