August & Debouzy advises Hardy et Associés in connection with the transfer of part of its business to Allure Finance.

August & Debouzy assisted Hardy et Associés in connection with the acquisition by Allure Finance of part of its business.

Hardy et Associés transferred part of its financial investment advice activity to Allure Finance, thus allowing Allure Finance to develop its customer base.

Major Dutch insurer Delta Lloyd has again transferred a part of its longevity exposure to a reinsurer. On 25 June 2015, Delta Lloyd signed an agreement with Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) to mitigate longevity risk related to its Dutch life insurance portfolio.

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine advises one of the world's largest IT companies on various labour, commercial law and compliance issues with respect to its business activities in Ukraine.

Herbert Smith Freehills is advising the Bazalgette Consortium on its bid to become the Infrastructure Provider for the Thames Tideway Tunnel.  Bazalgette, a Consortium of investors comprising funds managed by Allianz Capital Partners, Amber Infrastructure, Dalmore Capital and DIF, was selected as Preferred Bidder for the Project on 13 July 2015.  The appointment of Bazalgette as Infrastructure Provider of the Thames Tideway Tunnel is subject to formal designation and licensing by the water industry's economic regulator, Ofwat, following which Bazalgette will own, finance and deliv

Schoenherr provided support to the negotiating group established by Austria's Federal Ministry of Finance for the talks that have led to the successful conclusion of a political agreement in principle between the Republic of Austria and the German state of Bavaria that aims at settling all legal disputes concerning HETA.

Slaughter and May advised Tottenham Hotspur on its agreement with the National Football League (NFL) to stage and play NFL games at the new stadium of Tottenham Hotspur, which is due to open in summer 2018. Under the terms of the agreement, the NFL will stage and play a minimum of two NFL games per season at the new state-of-the-art stadium during a ten-year term. The new stadium will feature a retractable grass field with a multi-purpose artificial surface underneath that will be used for NFL games, among other sporting, entertainment and community events.

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Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised its clients Secured Group and Next Wave Partners on the creation of The Delivery Group Limited, which has been formed to combine existing portfolio company, Secured Mail with the newly acquired CMS Network (London) Limited.

Within the framework of the US program in which it participated voluntarily, a Zurich based private bank was the third Swiss bank to reach a non-prosecution agreement with the US Justice Department. The bank agreed to pay USD 5.4 mio and to further cooperate with US authorities. In return, the US Department of Justice will abstain from criminal prosecution. The fine amounts to 2.2 percent of the total assets held by the bank's US clients.

Dentons has advised long standing client Sunflower FZE on its management agreement with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to launch the first Hotel Indigo in the UAE. Dentons work on the project included assisting Sunflower with all legal matters relating to the design and construction of the hotel, corporate set-up advice as well as the negotiation of its hotel management agreement and technical services agreement with IHG.

China Banking Regulatory Commission (“CBRC”) has approved the establishment of Chongqing Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd.. Sunshine Insurance, as one of the shareholders, becomes the first insurance company engaged in consumer finance and credit business in China and Mashang Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. is also the first consumer finance company set up and partly owned by an insurance company.