Led by their Frankfurt Partner Marc Werner Hogan Lovells has advised Rosewood Hotels & Resorts on the conclusion of the contracts for the international luxury hotel brand's first hotel in Germany.

The new Rosewood Munich will open in early 2023 in two landmark buildings in the heart of the historic city center and will be their fourth property in Europe. Rosewood manages 21 one-of-a-kind luxury properties worldwide and will expand in Europe over the next years.

Hogan Lovells has advised Rosewood on the management agreement and on all contractual matters.

Gilbert + Tobin are thrilled to be advising ASX on the implementation of a new platform to replace the CHESS clearing and settlement system using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

The distributed ledger-based platform, developed by New York start-up Digital Asset Holdings, will be one of the world’s first enterprise-grade implementations of DLT for critical infrastructure.

On 5th December, Carrefour and Fnac Darty announced the conclusion of a partnership for cooperation in purchasing domestic appliances and consumer electronics in France.

The agreement will be disclosed to the French Competition Authority.

Employees of the world renowned architect and Fieldfisher client Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) have become the majority owners of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Ltd.

Employees of the world renowned architect and Fieldfisher client Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) have become the majority owners of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Ltd.

The Fieldfisher team was led by partner Graeme Nuttall OBE who set the agenda for promoting employee ownership in the UK as the government's independent adviser on Employee Ownership.

Clifford Chance advised leading global airport operator VINCI Airports S.A.S. on the project agreement with Kobe City for the 42-year concession of Kobe Airport. VINCI teamed up with ORIX Corporation and Kansai Airports to participate in the bid.

The team advised VINCI Airports on all aspects of the transaction, including the bidding process and the arrangements between VINCI and the other members of the consortium.

Womble Bond Dickinson's Leeds office has completed the agreements for a £34m community stadium and leisure project for City of York Council.

The project involves the design, construction and operation of a new 8,000 seat community sports stadium, hub and leisure centre; and the operation of the Energise leisure centre and Yearsley swimming pool.

Pinsent Masons has advised Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW) on the introduction of its first Blockchain-based trading center for green electricity.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised MSC Cruises (”MSC”) on the delivery of the first of its two next-generation Seaside class vessels, named the “MSC SEASIDE”.

The “MSC SEASIDE” is due to enter service in December 2017, and will operate year-round to the Caribbean, from a renovated and expanded dedicated berth and terminal at the Port of Miami, Florida, USA. The second vessel will be delivered in May 2018.

Eversheds Sutherland advised the Sello Shopping Center in negotiating a contract for the construction of a smart energy system at the shopping center. With the solution, the Sello property will be able to produce energy itself with solar panels. The energy consumption of the property can be automatically regulated by purchasing, storing and consuming energy according to the need of any given time.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has advised long-standing client Chubb on its strategic cooperation agreement with PICC Property & Casualty Company of China.

Clyde & Co was Lead Counsel to Chubb, drafting and negotiating the agreements between it and PICC, which involved creating an arrangement covering over 200 countries.

The agreement allows Chubb to support PICC's customers and other Chinese-affiliated companies around the world in line with the Chinese government's drive to promote the country's "Going Out" and "One Belt One Road" initiatives.