Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Total on its agreement signed on November 25, 2016 regarding the feasibility and, in case of positive final investment decision, the development and operation of an LNG import and re-gasification infrastructure project with a capacity of 3 million tons per year.

Clifford Chance advised The Coca-Cola Company on the signing of definitive agreements relating to the re-alignment of the company's bottling operations in China, its third largest market by volume. The re-alignment involves the following inter-conditional transactions:

* Coca-Cola's Bottling Investments Group disposing all of its bottling units in China which are engaged in the manufacture, distribution and sale of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink (NARTD) beverages to Swire Beverages Holdings Limited (Swire) and COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited (COFCO) respectively

Gide has advised Bank of Communications, China’s fifth-largest commercial bank and the largest based in Shanghai, on the establishment of a branch in France of its Luxembourg subsidiary.

Located in Paris, the new branch will offer more support to the growing number of Chinese investments in Europe. Bank of Communications currently operates in four other European countries.

Gide’s advice covered all aspects of the project, including banking regulatory, corporate, tax, real estate and labour matters.

ALTAN, an international consortium led by Multitel has won the international tender to build Mexico’s shared network, the largest telecommunications project to date by the country’s government, according to an announcement by the Mexican Secretary for Communication and Transport. Cuatrecasas advised leading technology company Multitel on this important project.

Ashurst is proud to announce it is advising Good Shepherd Microfinance on a pro bono basis in the establishment of its national Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program. The firm will act as an independent program governance adviser as leaders from government, business and education develop plans to promote financial inclusion and resilience for two million vulnerable Australians experiencing severe financial stress.

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong is advising Swire Beverages Holdings Limited (SBHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited (Swire Pacific), on its entry into a conditional master agreement on 17 November 2016 with The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola) and a subsidiary of China Foods Limited (China Foods) and its proposed submission of a bid in an auction conducted in accordance with PRC law to acquire certain assets from the China Foods group.

King & Wood Mallesons has acted for Citi on a 10-year deal to distribute Wesfarmers’ Coles branded credit cards. Citi will acquire the existing credit card receivables of about $880 million and Coles will receive a share of the risk-adjusted revenues.

Bär & Karrer advises Regus plc on its proposed scheme of arrangement to introduce a new holding company, incorporated in Jersey and with its head office in Zug, Switzerland. The new holding company will be named IWG Plc, will have its primary listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and is expected to be included in the FTSE 250.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that the legal department for one of its clients, the Atlanta Braves, has been honored as the In-House Legal Department of the Year in the Real Estate category by the Fulton County Daily Report. The firm and its client were profiled in the publication's November 9, 2016, edition, and were honored at a reception and dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead that evening.

Multitel has led the creation process of one of the two consortiums that hope to be awarded the “Red Compartida” project to improve telephone and internet coverage throughout the country

Multitel, owned by Eugenio Galdón, heads an international consortium that has submitted a tender for Red Compartida, the Mexican government’s project to build a cellular network to improve the country’s connectivity.