Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (“Orrick”) is advising JD.com Inc. (“JD”; NASDAQ: JD), the second largest e-commerce site in China, in its investment in Tuniu Corporation (“Tuniu”; NASDAQ: TOUR), a leading online leisure travel company in China, along with a group of investors including affiliates of Ctrip.com (NASDAQ: CTRP), DCM V, Hony Capital, Sequoia Capital and Temasek Holdings. The aggregate investment amount by all these investors is US$500 million.

Dentons has advised PETRONAS, the Malaysian oil and gas giant, on its acquisition of Statoil's 15.5% interest in the Shah Deniz gas field and associated pipelines off shore Azerbaijan. The deal completed in April 2015.

Shah Deniz is one of the largest gas projects in the world, paving the way for Caspian gas to be delivered directly to European markets for the first time through pipelines across Turkey, Greece and Albania into Italy, reducing Europe's dependence on Russian gas.

King & Wood Mallesons advises Sino-German Ecopark Handels- und Beratungs GmbH (Sino-German Ecopark), Munich, with respect to the acquisition of a stake in the German Brokers AG. The shares of German Brokers AG are admitted for trading on the General Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and are also traded over the counter (Freiverkehr) at the Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart stock exchanges.

Bird & Bird has advised regular client Index Ventures on the the £5.2 million Series A round financing of London House Exchange Limited (trading as Property Partner). The financing was led by Index with participation from existing investors, including Octopus Ventures and Seedcamp.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) in relation to its first ever equity investment. The project is to build and operate a 54MW hydroelectric power plant by the Semangka river in the Tanggamus District, Lampung Province which is located in South Sumatra, Indonesia, which will supply power to Sumatra. The plant is scheduled for completion in 2017.
On top of the equity investment, Korea Eximbank is also providing USD 132.9 million in project financing which includes a loan and a guarantee.

Shoosmiths has advised the management team on the £5 million investment by Mobeus Equity Partners to support the management buyout of Jablite Limited and Styropack (UK) Limited from the Synbra Group.

Jablite is the UK's leading producer of expanded polystyrene (EPS) products used by the construction industry to enable buildings to meet ever more stringent environmental standards for insulation; and Styropack is the leading UK brand in EPS packaging for the fish, horticultural and white goods industries.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Oskar Nolte GmbH (“Oskar Nolte”) on the sale of its shares to the Milan-based private equity fund Ambienta SGR S.p.A. (“Ambienta”). For the last eight months Norton Rose Fulbright has provided legal and tax structuring support during the entire transaction – from the preparation of the bidding procedure, the selection of bidders to the negotiation of the agreements as well as with regard to financing issues. Furthermore, Norton Rose Fulbright has assisted the parties in the structuring process.

Eversheds has advised Beech Tree Private Equity on its maiden investment in RS Fleet Limited, the UK’s leading installer of telematics devices into vehicles on behalf of insurance companies.

Beech Tree Private Equity is a new private equity firm providing capital and expertise to fast growing businesses across the UK.

Beech Tree was founded by two experienced private equity investors, Andy Marsh and Paul Franks, who previously ran the regional private equity business of Gresham Private Equity.

New crowdfunding platform "OksigenCrowd" allows social enterprises to attract public financing. Social enterprises are those that use commercial strategies to pursue social objectives.

OksigenCrowd is an initiative of Oksigen Lab with the support of the European Commission. The purpose of Oksigen Lab is to support and increase the impact of social entrepreneurship. The new platform provides an additional source of financing to social enterprises, which often find it difficult to attract funding through traditional channels.

Noerr has advised Rocket Internet SE on the significant expansion of the world’s leading platform for mobile food delivery services, Global Online Takeaway Group, as well as on a further investment in the internet platform Delivery Hero. The Noerr team advising Rocket was led by the Berlin partner Dr Sascha Leske.