Greenberg Traurig advised Berlin-based IT company Camunda Services GmbH (Camunda) on a series A financing round of EUR 25 million. The investor is Highland Europe. For Camunda, the investment represents the first financing by an external partner.
Orrick represented Bermuda-based oil and gas private equity group Seacrest Capital — the majority shareholder in Norwegian E&P company OKEA AS — in OKEA’s $526 million acquisition of Royal Dutch Shell’s interests in the Draugen and Gjøa fields offshore Norway.
As part of the deal, Orrick advised Seacrest on its negotiation of a strategic partnership with Thai oil and gas company Bangchak Corporation, including Bangchak’s $130 million investment in OKEA.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Citigroup, Société Générale and BCC Invest on the update of the Republic of Kazakhstan's US$10 billion global medium term note programme and issuance thereunder of €525 million 1.55 percent Notes due 2023 and €525 million 2.375 percent Notes due 2028.
After having finalized a benchmark sized issue of a green bond in July 2018, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) has placed another benchmark sized bond issue in an aggregate principal amount of EUR 500 million. The Wolf Theiss DCM (Debt Capital Markets) team was again in charge of providing RBI with legal advice. The transaction was closed on 4 December, 2018.
Kristian Tokkesdal and Patrick M Toftegaard have advised the sellers in connection with the sale of GateHouse Logistics A/S to Project44 Inc.
GateHouse Logistics A/S provides tracking solutions and data to the logistics industry. Project44 Inc. provides a cloud-based platform to the logistics industry that connects, automates and provides visibility into key transportation processes. The sellers, GateHouse Logistics A/S and Project 44 Inc. will also closely collaborate in the future setup.
DLA Piper has advised real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners on its acquisition of Ocean Towers, a 25-storey Grade A office building located at People’s Square in Shanghai. The acquisition was done through a fund managed by Gaw Capital together with a consortium of partners.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised L Catterton Asia on its significant investment in Will's Group, the holding company of Will's Fitness, China’s leading provider of membership-based fitness facilities and services, with more than 130 fitness clubs across 12 cities.
The investment will help accelerate the growth of Will's Fitness in the premium fitness sector. L Catterton Asia is the Asian unit of the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world, formed through the partnership of Catterton, LVMH and Groupe Arnault.
London—Dentons has advised Atom Bank PLC, the UK's first bank built exclusively for mobile and the country’s fastest growing mortgage lender, on its first residential mortgage-backed securitisation transaction.
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Patrizia Frankfurt Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (formerly known as Triuva Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH) on the sale of the Metro AG corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf to Arminius Kapitalgesellschaft mbH.
The property comprises seven buildings with a total rental area of more than 75,000 square meters, spread over a plot of land measuring approximately 45,000 square meters. Metro AG uses the property as its corporate headquarters.
Linklaters acted for the State of Senegal and the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on the implementation of the Scaling Solar initiative in Senegal.