Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised HSH Nordbank AG (“HSH Nordbank”) as lead arranger on the financing of the “Thor” wind farm in Sweden. Coöperatieve Rabaobank U.A. (“Rabobank”) became a second lender following primary syndication by HSH Nordbank.
WBD has advised housebuilder Linden Homes who is set to build hundreds of new homes in North, South and East Yorkshire; on two major land acquisitions. Linden Homes recently announced the new site purchases through its Linden Homes East Yorkshire's land division.
The WBD team, led by Managing Associate Patrick Jackson, advised on two new site purchases including the land at Malton in Ryedale, North Yorkshire; to deliver an additional 140 plots as a continuation to Linden Homes' Copperfields development. The site will deliver a range of two, three and four-bedroom homes.
Dentons advised Enlight Renewable Energy on the contract negotiations for the construction of three solar power plants in Hungary, with an aggregate capacity of appx. 57 MW. The firm also assisted Enlight in obtaining HUF 15 billion (around EU45 million) in financing for the project.
Slaughter and May is advising GlaxoSmithKline plc (“GSK”) on the divestment of Horlicks and other consumer healthcare nutrition brands to Unilever plc and the merger of GSK Consumer Healthcare Limited (“GSK India”) with Hindustan Unilever Limited (“HUL”) for a total consideration valued at approximately £3.1 billion.
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Wooga, Berlin-based casual games developer, on its sale to Israeli mobile games company, Playtika Ltd (Playtika).
Famous for hits like June’s Journey and Tropicats, Wooga develops games in the Puzzle and Hidden Object categories. Combining Wooga’s creative and story-driven capabilities with Playtika’s marketing, scale and data-driven expertise, the acquisition will help to boost Wooga’s global growth and position Playtika as a fast-growing player in the casual games sector.
Gide has advised Oxford Properties Group, the real estate branch of Canadian company OMERS, on the acquisition from Olayan Group of 273 rue Saint Honoré in central Paris.
273 rue Saint Honoré is a luxury retail, exhibition and office asset covering approximately 1,430 sq.m., currently fully leased to the Italian luxury brand Valentino.
Mayer Brown has announced that prominent appellate lawyer Nicole A. Saharsky has joined the firm as a partner in Washington DC, where she will serve as a co-leader of the Supreme Court & Appellate practice, along with Supreme Court advocate Andrew Pincus. Ms. Saharsky is a veteran of the Office of the Solicitor General at the US Department of Justice, where she served for 10 years as an assistant to the solicitor general. Most recently, she was a partner at Gibson Dunn.
National law firm Irwin Mitchell has recruited a new senior lawyer for its National Real Estate Department.
Michelle Beaumont has joined the firm’s Leeds office as partner. She joins from the Leeds office of Pinsent Masons LLP, having joined that firm in 2006.
International law firm Ashurst has advised Judo Capital ('Judo') on a A$350 million SME securitisation facility with Credit Suisse.
Judo is an SME lender that is in the process of obtaining its banking license. This facility is an example of material securitisation facilities being provided to emerging lenders by domestic and offshore funders.
International law firm Ashurst has advised LG International Corporation ('LGI') on the sale of its 20% economic interest in upstream oil and gas assets in Chile and Colombia to its joint venture partner GeoPark Limited ('GeoPark').
The transaction gives GeoPark 100% ownership of its Colombian and Chilean operating companies, ending the eight year strategic partnership between LGI and GeoPark in South America.