In December 2017, Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (including its parent company Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., collectively as “Nissan”) together with Renault S.A.S. (“Renault”, together with Nissan collectively as “Renault-Nissan Alliance”) and Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (“Dongfeng”) establish a new joint venture (i.e.
The transaction involved:
the set-up of a joint venture - Red Wind - between the Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey and NovaWind to supply 388 wind turbines to Rosatom's subsidiary VetroSGC by 2022
the conclusion of a Wind turbine technology licensing agreement, under which Lagerwey provides technology and expertise in 2.5MW and 4.5MW turbines for the joint venture
the conclusion of a components supply agreement, for the supply by Lagerwey of the first 60 wind turbines
The Hong Kong office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised AIA Group on the 15-year extension of its exclusive regional bancassurance agreement with Public Bank, extending the partnership to 2037.
The Debevoise team advising AIA on the transaction was led by Hong Kong partner Edwin Northover and associate Jayne So.
Baker McKenzie has advised CASINO, a long-standing player in the French retail market and one of the global leaders in food trade, in the creation of the joint venture CD SUPPLY INNOVATION by CASINO and DIA.
This new entity will gather the two partners’ retail brand expertise as well as their experience in logistics and supply management. It will be in charge of purchasing retail brand and low-price goods for the two groups, however only for a part of their suppliers and while preserving their commercial and operational independence.
Warsaw, 1 December 2017. CMS has advised the Polish Development Fund on the conclusion of a joint venture agreement with Famur concerning a joint investment in Mining Equipment Finance.
Kirkland & Ellis advised a consortium comprised of funds affiliated with FountainVest Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on its investment partnership with the Pure Group (Pure).
Pure is Asia’s leading premium lifestyle brand that includes Pure Yoga, MyPureYoga.com, Pure Fitness, Pure Apparel and nood food which provides a wide variety of yoga and meditation classes and private yoga programs. Founded in 2002, Pure serves around 80,000 customers with more than 1,900 employees across centres in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Taipei and New York.
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv is pleased to announce that it has advised SD Capital on the English and Ukrainian law aspects of a joint venture transaction which brings P&O Maritime (owned by DP World Group - one of the worlds’ largest port operators) to Ukraine for the first time. As part of the transaction, P&O acquired control over the Ukrainian harbour towage company LB Shipping. The joint venture will provide towage services in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhnyi.
Orrick has advised OptAsia Healthcare, a Hong Kong-based healthcare technology firm, on its joint venture with Redwood City, CA-based Soleno Thera-peutics (NASDAQ:SLNO) and its subsidiary Capnia for the development and commercialization of Capnia’s innovative Sensalyze technology platform, which includes the CoSense End-Tidal Carbon Monoxide monitor that assists in the detection of excessive hemolysis in newborn infants.
The transaction involved:
the set-up of a joint venture - Red Wind - between the Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey and NovaWind to supply 388 wind turbines to Rosatom's subsidiary VetroSGC by 2022
the conclusion of a Wind turbine technology licensing agreement, under which Lagerwey provides technology and expertise in 2.5MW and 4.5MW turbines for the joint venture
the conclusion of a components supply agreement, for the supply by Lagerwey of the first 60 wind turbines
Burges Salmon’s market leading environment team acted in one of the first environmental permit appeals to grapple with objections solely on the grounds of air quality.