International law firm Ashurst has advised Westpac Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, Ltd. and MUFG Securities EMEA plc on a A$204M refinancing of The Partnerships Victoria in Schools PPP Project for AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund.

The Partnerships Victoria in Schools PPP Project saw a public private partnership established to leverage private sector expertise to design, build, finance and maintain 11 new schools located in Melbourne's west, south and north.

Dentons' Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Hines Poland on the sale of Graffit office building in Warsaw, Poland. The building was acquired by a company from the group of Zeus Capital Management and it is its first investment in Poland.

Put in operation in the first quarter of 2018, Graffit is located in the business part of the Mokotow district of Warsaw. The building offers a total rentable area of 18,500 sqm, and meets the highest standards of modern workplace. With its wide range of energy efficient design solutions, the building is certified as BREEAM "Excellent".

Linklaters has represented Petrobras Americas Inc. and its Brazilian parent Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras in the sale of all the outstanding shares and equity interests of Pasadena Refining System, Inc. to Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), for US$562 million, of which US$ 350 million corresponds to equity and US$ 212 million corresponds to working capital.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Eurobank Ergasias and Alpha Bank on the €202 million non-recourse refinancing of a renewable energy projects portfolio operated by three subsidiaries of Total Eren, in Greece. The portfolio consists of five wind parks and seven solar photovoltaic parks with a total installed capacity of 162.4MW. This is the largest refinancing in the Greek renewable energy market.

Hogan Lovells has announced that Stephanie Tang will be joining the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice, and will be based in the Hong Kong office. Stephanie will be joining the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP. Earlier in her career, she was an associate in the Shanghai office of Hogan & Hartson, a legacy firm of Hogan Lovells.

DLA Piper has announced that Joseph Myszka has joined the firm's Tax practice as a partner in Silicon Valley.

After serving for the past two and a half years as General Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, Hungar has returned to Gibson Dunn and will practice in the areas of appellate and complex trial court litigation and congressional investigations.

Goodwin has announced that Joshua Soszynski has joined the firm’s New York office as partner in its Private Equity group. The firm also announced today the appointment of private equity partner Gregor Klenk to its Frankfurt office.

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Securities and Exchange Commission senior official Shamoil T. Shipchandler will join the Firm's Dallas Office as a partner in its Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice at the end of February.

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Lisa Gilford has joined the firm in Los Angeles as a partner in its global Litigation group. Recognized as one of California’s leading civil litigators, Ms. Gilford joins from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.