* First commercial deployment of blockchain technology for private equity market
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has acted as a legal adviser Northern Trust on the first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for private equity fund administration.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) on its share purchase agreement with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) under which Saudi Aramco will acquire a 50 percent equity interest, valued at approximately US$7 billion, in a joint venture with Petronas to develop the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in the southern Malaysian state of Johor.
Hogan Lovells represented Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), a Mexico-owned exploration and production company, in an agreement with Australian multinational mining, metals, and petroleum company BHP Billiton Ltd. to develop the deep-water Trion Block. BHP won a bid for the agreement to partner with PEMEX on Trion in December 2016.
Trion is Pemex's first exploration and production farm out project in association with a foreign company. The development of the project could require an investment of US $US14 billion in total.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) advises on the High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Act 2017 which received Royal Assent on 23 February 2017. The Act approves the construction and operation of Phase One of HS2 between London and the West Midlands.
Experts from the firm's life sciences group have assisted the global pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca on a significant transaction.
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced on 3 March an agreement to develop and commercialise MEDI8897 jointly.
Nabarro has advised Galliard Homes on arrangements for the launch of its new crowdfunding platform. For the first time, multiple investors can now collaborate to buy shares in a limited company which will own Galliard properties.
The new crowdfunding platform has been set up by The Property Club, a subsidiary of Galliard, and requires a minimum investment of £5000.
Gide has assisted Caisse Centrale de Réassurance, a French re-insurance company active in the fields of state and market reinsurance, on setting up wholly owned subsidiary CCR RE whose activity will be dedicated to market reinsurance activities. CCR RE has been effective since 1 January 2017.
We were advising Gutsy Animations Oy in complex negotiations concerning the production of new animated Moomin TV-series. The Moomins were created by internationally known author and illustrator Tove Jansson and nowadays Moomin Characters holds the official Moomin copyrights and Bulls Presstjänst is the partner in licensing. In all, nine books, five picture books and 73 comic strips stories were published between 1945 - 1993 with the addition of numerous television series, films and even a theme park Moomin World.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) and JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd (JinkoSolar) in relation to the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to construct, operate and maintain one of the largest and most competitive photovoltaic power plants in the world.
Our advice and assistance, throughout 2016, consisted in helping DietSensor validate its regulatory strategy including from the perspective of the rules governing medical devices, health personal data, medical practice and the protection of consumers. We also assisted DietSensor in the design and drafting of the general terms of use and privacy policy of the Internet platform connected to DietSensor’s nutrition scanner.