Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised long-standing client Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. (“Höegh LNG”) on an investment forming part of a combined commitment of up to US$182m from Stolt-Nielsen Ltd. (“Stolt-Nielsen”), Golar LNG Ltd. (“Golar LNG”) and Höegh LNG in Avenir LNG Limited (“Avenir”) for the pursuit of opportunities in small-scale LNG.

Höegh LNG and Golar will each take an initial 25% stake in Avenir, which was formed in 2017 by Stolt-Neilsen, who will control the remaining 50%.

Addleshaw Goddard has advised long standing real estate client Bruntwood on its landmark 50:50 partnership with Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) to create the UK’s largest property platform dedicated to driving science and technology growth in regional cities.
The deal will see the two partners invest £360m of capital, property and intellectual assets into a new company, Bruntwood SciTech, with a business plan supporting the creation of 20,000 high value jobs.

Ashurst advised SYNNEX on European aspects of its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Convergys, which closed on October 5th. Convergys will be integrated with SYNNEX' subsidiary Concentrix, to create the second largest customer engagement services company in the world, with revenues of US$4.7 billion and 225,000 employees.

Bird & Bird's Finnish team advised HYY Group on its acquisition of the historical Seurahuone building from Sponda, a major property investor held by Blackstone. The Bird & Bird team was led by Managing Partner in Finland, Jaakko Hietala.

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of Gloucestershire-based Passionate About People on its acquisition by Staffline Group PLC, a listed recruitment firm headquartered in the East Midlands.

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of South West-based Passionate About People Group, which comprises recruitment companies Omega Resource Group and Datum RPO, on the sale of the group to AIM listed Nottinghamshire based recruiter Staffline Group PLC.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the founders of Microsoft 2018 Worldwide Partner of the Year, Content and Code, on the sale of the business to technology services and solution provider IT Lab.

Content and Code is the UK's largest SharePoint consultancy and Microsoft’s leading Office 365 partner. In 2018 Content and Code was named Microsoft Partner of the Year for Customer Experience and became a Microsoft Partner of the Year finalist in the “Modern Workplace Teamwork” category.

Casablanca—Dentons Morocco has advised Gaia Energy on a new partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to create a joint platform for the development of wind power and other renewable energy projects in Africa. The new joint platform will start with a pipeline of 22 projects in nine countries across North, West and East Africa, representing a pipeline under development of more than three gigawatts. Originally developed by Gaia Energy, the pipeline will be progressively enlarged to new countries across the continent.

Warsaw--Dentons' Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Skanska on the sale of Spark C, the first phase of the Spark office project in Warsaw, Poland. The building was sold to KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG, a leading German independent investment and asset manager, for EU48 million.

Spark C is the first completed building of the Spark office complex located in the Warsaw's Wola district. It offers 13,000 square meters of modern office space already leased in 85% to Skanska.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has announced that the firm has taken its Health Care practice in Dallas to the next level with the addition of three new partners—Lisa Atlas Genecov, Cheryl Camin Murray and Kenya S. Woodruff.

“Lisa, Cheryl and Kenya are deeply talented attorneys who have all been recognized for their professional excellence. Their presence at Katten allows us to further tap into the emerging health care market in Dallas with partners whose high-calibre legal skills are well-known there,” said Katten Chairman Roger P. Furey.

International law firm DAC Beachcroft continues to strengthen its Claims Solutions business with the appointment of two new partners, Kate Archer and Paul Cox.

Kate returns to DAC Beachcroft after almost five years at DWF where she was a director. A specialist in defending motor-related large loss and catastrophic injury claims, she joins DAC Beachcroft's 400-strong, national Motor Insurance team and is based in Manchester.