Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has acted as global and US counsel to Mercuria Energy Group (Mercuria), in relation to global and US debtor-in-possession (DIP) borrowing base financing facilities for Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (Aegean Marine) and related matters.
International law firm Clifford Chance has successfully led its client Canary Wharf Group to victory in its £500 million court case against the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in the High Court in London.
Mr Justice Marcus Smith handed down judgment today (20 February 2019), comprehensively in Canary Wharf Group's favour, rejecting the EMA's case that their 25-year lease of premises in Canary Wharf would be legally "frustrated" as a result of Brexit, the judgment concluded as follows:
Clifford Chance US represented LATAM Finance Limited, as issuer, and LATAM Airlines Group S.A. ("LATAM"), as guarantor, in the Rule 144A / Regulation S offering of $600,000,000 of 7.000% Senior Notes due 2026 issued and sold by LATAM Finance Limited, a finance subsidiary of LATAM, and guaranteed by LATAM. The proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes.
Dentons advised the founders of Polflam, Messrs. Maciej Szamborski and Wojciech Wilczak, and the Syntaxis Capital fund, on the sale of Polflam to Baltisse.
Dentons provided comprehensive legal advisory in the transaction, including vendor due diligence.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised KFW IPEX Bank GmbH and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL) on the financing of the Hedet wind power project, which has been developed by Neoen and Prokon Finland. The financing was signed on December 19, 2018.
Hedet wind farm is based in Finland, and the output of the farm will be sold to Google under a corporate PPA. The wind farm will generate 81MW of electricity, with Nordex acting as turbine supplier and EPC contractor.
UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised long-standing client Kier Living on its successful bid to provide exclusive, high-quality homes in one of Cardiff’s largest and more prestigious residential developments.
The Churchlands development site in Lisvane, Cardiff, will be transformed into a 1,000-home site with a new school, district centre and extensive areas of public open space, Kier Living will build up to 330 homes on the site from two-bedroom starter homes to five-bedroom properties.
Building work is expected to start later this year.
TLT has advised renewable energy investment company Thrive Renewables on the real estate and planning aspects of the sale of two operational windfarms to infrastructure fund manager Equitix.
The windfarms – in North Wales and Suffolk – have generated enough clean electricity to power over 9,000 average UK homes annually and will continue under the new ownership.
Thrive will use the proceeds to build new renewable energy capacity in the UK.
Travers Smith LLP has advised Leep Utilities on its agreed acquisition of SSE Water Limited from SSE plc for an undisclosed sum.
Leep Utilities is a joint-venture between Ancala Partners LLP, the mid-market infrastructure investment manager, and the Peel Group, one of the UK’s leading private real estate investment and infrastructure companies.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Amundi Real Estate on the acquisition of INK Hotel Amsterdam, located in the heart of Amsterdam.
INK Hotel Amsterdam, MGallery by Sofitel, which Principal purchased in 2012 in a sale-and-leaseback agreement with Accor Hotel, it was sold to Amundi Real Estate’s OPCI fund (a French real estate investment scheme) in December 2018.
This 4-star hotel featuring classic Dutch architecture offers 149 rooms, a bar, restaurant, business meeting facility, and a fitness centre.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Mid Europa Partners (Mid Europa) on the sale of Bambi, the leading biscuit producer in the countries of former Yugoslavia, to Coca-Cola HBC.
Mid Europa acquired Bambi in 2015 together with Imlek and Knjaz Miloš, the leading regional dairy and natural mineral water companies, respectively, forming the consumer group Moji Brendovi.