Matheson partners Tim Scanlon, Head of Corporate, and Joe Beashel, Head of Regulatory Risk Management joined The Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny TD today for the official opening of the first Credit Suisse trading floor in Dublin.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Circle Holdings plc on its 20-year management agreement with a Chinese investor group, to develop and operate a medical facility in Shanghai, China.
"This transaction is the first of its kind and involved a complex deal structure and negotiations with state-owned companies," said Stephenson Harwood partner Chunfai Lui. "It's a standout deal because it paves the way for UK professional expertise to contribute to the development of better healthcare facilities in China.”
Clyde & Co successfully advised its client, the Aer Rianta International group (ARI), on its award of a ten year contract to operate a duty free section at Abu Dhabi International Airport's new Midfield terminal building. Clyde & Co, the region's largest international law firm, provided corporate structuring and contractual advice to ARI, together with on-the-ground guidance on the legalities and practicalities of the project.
Allen & Overy LLP has advised the industrial insurance subsidiary of Talanx Group, HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG, on its change of form to a European company (Societas Europaea, SE) with regard to corporate and regulatory law issues.
The company now operates under the name of HDI Global SE.
Lawyers from Dentons’ Energy and Natural Resources Practice are advising Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE), Poland's state owned transmission system operator, on implementing an opinion issued by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).
End December 2015, the 17 Belgian BE-REITs (“GVVs/SIRs") created the BE-REIT Association.
The purpose of this non-profit organization under Belgian law (vzw/asbl), which is chaired by Laurent Carlier (CFO Befimmo), is to represent and promote the interests of the Belgian REIT sector towards various stakeholders. It provides to its members a forum for developing and supporting global initiatives of importance to the BE-REIT sector, for collecting knowledge and relevant industry information and providing training.
AES Energy Storage has completed a 10-megawatt energy storage system in the Netherlands (Vlissingen), which has now begun operating commercially and serving the Netherlands and European Common Markets. The system comprises tens of thousands of lithium-ion batteries and is used to balance the grid, absorbing energy during times of high electricity generation and feeding it out when it drops. The system can be quickly and cost-effectively scaled to enable integration of greater volumes of intermittent generation like wind and solar.
Allen & Overy Casablanca announced it has advised APM Terminals (a subsidiary of AP Moller Maersk group) on its being awarded the concession for a container terminal within the Tangier Med 2 port complex, by the Tangier Mediterranean Special Agency (TMSA), the public entity in charge of the development and management of the Tangier Med seaport complex in Morocco.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) on the evaluation of tenders and negotiation of the contract terms for the refurbishment and rehabilitation of the 132MW coal-fired power station known as Morupule A at Morupule near Palapye, Botswana.
The contract was entered into by BPC and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co Limited and the transaction is of national importance in the context of the country moving towards self-sufficiency in the supply of electricity.
Clyde & Co has advised DACH ADVISORY Group in relation to the establishment of Austria's Modul University Vienna's first campus in Dubai and the securing of Dubai Investments' investment of 90% of the total project cost. DACH ADVISORY Group, a specialist in the transfer of cross-border models between the German-speaking world, Russia/CIS and the Middle East, sponsored the project and holds the remaining 10% stake in the venture.