Shearman & Sterling was appointed by managing investor Yaatra Ventures to represent the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) in connection with the signing of an exclusive Project Framework Agreement for the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a greenfield refinery project in Hoima District, Uganda (the Refinery Project).
Gide is a legal partner to the Ardian Lab project, imagined by the Ardian Foundation in May 2017.
Ardian Lab is headed by Eugène Henri Moré, who is also a board member of the Ardian Foundation. The project aims to assist unemployed people of all ages from priority neighbourhoods to find employment by setting up their own company. This first edition focused on the Seine-Saint Denis area, a north Paris greater suburb.
Schulte is representing activist investor Voce Capital Management LLC in its nomination of two directors to the board of Natus Medical Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical devices and software. Voce Capital has invested in Natus multiple times over the past five years and has built a stake of over 2 percent since January 2018.
The Schulte team representing Voce Capital was led by partner and co-chair of the firm's global Shareholder Activism Group Marc Weingarten and shareholder activism partner Aneliya Crawford, and included associate Reuben Zaramian.
Dentons advised DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) on the operator selection and hotel management agreements for a five-star hotel to be situated in DMCC’s landmark Uptown Dubai project.
SO/ Uptown Dubai, set to open to guests by late 2020, will feature 188 rooms in addition to 215 branded residences. It is the first So destination to be announced in the Middle East, operated by Accorhotels.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Qatar Petroleum on the integration of QatarGas and RasGas.
The transaction creates the world's largest LNG company. The integration became effective on January 1, 2018, from which date all the activities of Qatargas and RasGas are now operated by the new 'Qatargas'.
The White & Case team was co-led by partners Philip Stopford and Michiel Visser and included a cross-disciplinary team of lawyers from White & Case offices around the world.
Simmons & Simmons have advised Child Soldiers (CSI) in relation to an online global report relating to the application of international laws pertaining to the recruitment of child soldiers.
The Child Soldiers World Index, developed by human rights group CSI, is the first comprehensive worldwide resource on child recruitment. The index, maps the shocking scale of child exploitation by armed forces and non-state armed groups around the world.
An Orrick team in Paris is advising the Republic of Serbia on the 25-year concession for the expansion, operation and maintenance of Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport. The Belgrade airport is the largest airport in the Balkans, with 5.3 million passengers in 2017, and will become a regional hub.
Addleshaw Goddard, together with Bedell Cristin, advise UPP Group (UPP) in connection with its conversion to a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on The International Stock Exchange (TISE).
UPP, a long-standing client of Addleshaw Goddard and Bedell Cristin and a provider of on-campus student accommodation infrastructure and support services in the UK, has converted to a REIT effective from 1 March 2018.
Ashurst has advised Massader for Natural Resources and Infrastructure Development Co, the energy and infrastructure arm of the Palestine Investment Fund ("PIF"), on the sale and purchase arrangements relating to the restructuring of rights in the development licence for the Gaza Marine gas field, located 30km off the coast of the Gaza Strip.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), a Finnish electricity producer, on the negotiation of a global settlement agreement which ends its arbitration against French nuclear group Areva and German technology group Siemens in relation to the Olkiluoto 3 EPR (OL3 EPR) project in Finland.