Ashurst advised Lamprell Plc, a leading provider of diversified fabrication, engineering and contracting services to the global energy industries, on a conditional agreement with partners Saudi Aramco, Bahri, and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to participate in a joint venture with respect to the establishment, development and operation of a maritime yard for the construction, maintenance and repair of offshore drilling rigs and vessels.

Ashurst has advised peer-to-peer lending platform operator, RateSetter, on an arrangement with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) who will invest A$20 million to fund "green loans".

The green loans will fund households and businesses wanting to buy clean energy products and represents a unique partnership between a government authority and a leading fintech lending platform.

DWF has advised MEDITE, a division of the Irish State forestry agency, Coillte, on an innovative partnership deal that will see MEDITE collaborate through joint ventures with Accsys Technologies and BP to develop the world’s first Tricoya wood chip manufacturing plant in Hull, UK.

The transaction also involved investment by the Business Growth Fund and AlphaGen Volantis, with further project financing provided by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Hong Kong & Los Angeles - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Life Insurance Group (“China Life”), the largest financial insurance corporation in China and one of the largest insurers in the world, in its formation of a strategic joint venture with ElmTree Funds, LLC (“ElmTree Funds”), a leading private equity real estate firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, together with the joint venture’s acquisition of a U.S.

Noerr advised Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) in setting up a strategic partnership in the German cycling market. Together with the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), it intends in particular to revive the most important German stage race in road cycling, the Deutschland Tour.

Macfarlanes has advised London-based infrastructure investment manager Ancala Partners LLP (Ancala) on its joint venture with Peel Group, a private real estate investment company headquartered in Manchester.

Ancala has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Peel Group’s existing utilities business to launch a new joint venture, Leep Utilities. This multi-utility operator will expand on Peel Group’s current platform, providing investment opportunities to capitalise on the growth in independent gas, electricity, district heating and water networks.

Gowling WLG's Life Sciences team has assisted global pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca on its collaboration with Pieris Pharmaceuticals.

The partnership will accelerate the development and commercialisation of a new Anticalin-based inhaled treatment for respiratory diseases. The deal relates to novel inhaled drugs that leverage Pieris’ Anticalin® platform, including its lead preclinical drug candidate, PRS-060.

Partner Patrick Duxbury and senior associate Nick Smee worked with AstraZeneca senior counsel, Ulrika Lilja Stevall on the transaction.

The Firm represented China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center ("China Huaxin") in connection with the formation of Nokia Shanghai Bell Joint Venture as a result of Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent and subsequent integration of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. (ASB), a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent and Huaxin, and Nokia's China business. ASB will be renamed Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised General Atlantic on the formation of a strategic partnership with ControlExpert, a leading service provider to the car insurance industry.

Dechert advised Pharnext SA, a French biopharmaceutical company pioneering a new approach to the discovery of innovative drugs based on the combination of existing drugs, in an agreement with Chinese company Tasly Pharmaceutical, a group ranked amongst China’s top ten listed pharmaceutical companies.