Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Danish investment firm Nordic Solar Energy A/S on the acquisition of a photovoltaic portfolio with total capacity of 14 MW from Sella Investment.
The portfolio comprises 14 rooftop and ground mounted PV plants in the Italian provinces of Pordenone, Genova, Siena, Latina, Roma and Teramo.
WBD has advised Brittany Ferries, a long standing client, on a series of contracts with the Department for Transport that secure additional freight capacity as part of the UK government's planning for a no-deal Brexit. WBD Partner, Peter Snaith was the lead adviser for Brittany Ferries with input from procurement, public sector and other relevant specialists from the firm.
Ashurst ADTLaw* has advised Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co., Ltd as arranger on a S$40 million term loan facility to a real estate development company listed on the Singapore stock exchange.
The Ashurst ADTLaw team was led by Director Lifen Tang and associate Eugene Ang also advised on the transaction.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Weimob Inc. on its initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Established in 2013, Weimob is the leading provider of cloud-based commerce and marketing solutions and targeted marketing services on Tencent's social networking service platforms for small to medium businesses in China.
Frankfurt—Global law firm Dentons has advised Dutch company Royal Reesink on the acquisition of Germany’s AM Group in the growing market of automated warehouse systems. The deal expands Royal Reesink’s warehouse automation and equipment business into Germany and other countries in which the group already operates. The parties have agreed not to disclose the acquisition price.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac Banking Corporation on the project financing of Darlington Point Solar Farm, to be located approximately 10km south of Darlington Point in western New South Wales.
At financial close on 21 December 2018 funds managed by Octopus Investments acquired a majority stake in the project, their first in the Australian renewables market. Edify Energy has been developing the 275 MW(AC) solar farm, which will be Australia’s largest solar PV farm upon completion.
Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has advised Peel Land and Property (Peel L&P) on a joint venture with Urban Splash, to bring modular urban living to Wirral Waters, the UK’s largest regeneration project by consented floorspace.
The transaction was led by corporate partner Mike Jones and property partner Simon Felce.
Contacts have now been exchanged on the £55m development, which will be the first ever collaboration between Peel L&P and Urban Splash.
Reply AG, the German subsidiary of publicly listed Italian IT service provider Reply SpA, has acquired Hamburg-based digital agency elbkind GmbH. A team led by Dr. Lothar Ende, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Hamburg office, advised Reply comprehensively. Reply intends to use the elbkind takeover to further expand its product range and market presence in the digital sector.
Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson, led by its chairman Jonathan Brown and head of the Manchester corporate team Ian Gillis, advised Stobart Group Limited in connection with the offer made on 11 January 2019 for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Flybe Group plc by Connect Airways Limited.
Connect Airways Limited is a joint venture company owned 40% by funds managed by Cyrus Capital, 30% by Stobart Aviation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Stobart Group Limited) and 30% Virgin Atlantic.
Willkie represented Vilmorin & Cie, one of the world’s leading seed companies, in its recent acquisitions of two independent South American seed companies, Sursem (Argentina) and Geneze (Brazil).
On November 5, it was announced that Willkie client Vilmorin & Cie, one of the world’s leading seed companies, acquired two independent South American seed companies, Sursem and Geneze, from the investment fund Pampa Agribusiness.