Orrick has announced that first-chair trial lawyer Will Stute has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. Will joins Orrick from McDermott, Will & Emery, where he was a partner. He is the 15th litigation partner to join the firm this year.
A team lead by Dr. Anne de Boer assisted Hengst SE, a globally operating specialist for cutting-edge filtration solutions headquartered in Munster, in the acquisition of the DELBAG business from FlaktGroup.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Durham University on its procurement of a private sector consortium to design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) two new college facilities and wider communal facilities at Mount Oswald, just to the south of Durham city. The capital value of the project is in excess of £80m.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Santos on the acquisition of West Australian-based Quadrant Energy for US$2.15 billion. Quadrant, which is one of the largest oil & gas producers in Western Australia, is jointly owned by Brookfield Asset Management, Macquarie Capital, Wesfarmers, AMB Holdings and Quadrant management.
LONDON—Covington has advised Ziylo on its acquisition by Novo Nordisk with a potential deal value that could exceed $800 million.
The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised IREEF managed by Invesco Real Estate on the sale of the enterprise, i.e. IREEF-Crown Square Warsaw PropCosp. z o.o., owner of the Crown Square office building to M&A Capital.
Crown Square Building is in the immediate vicinity of the Rondo Daszynskiego underground station. It offers over 16 thousand square meters of modern office space and 236 parking spaces. The office building was rated “Excellent” in the BREEAM system.
Gilbert + Tobin is pleased to have advised Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch and Sydney Branch on its joint arranging and underwriting of a $852 million senior debt facility for the AirTrunk Group, which is the largest data centre-specific financing undertaken in Australia to date. The financing will allow the AirTrunk Group to build out significant additional capacity for its customers.
Linklaters advised Echo Investment on the forward sale of Sagittarius Business House to Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH. The transaction was structured as the sale of enterprise and was valued at €74.5m. This modern class A office building with an area of 25.6 thousand sq.m. is located in Wroclaw and its leased in majority to EY and the Bank of New York Mellon.
Linklaters has advised Panattoni on the contract to build a warehouse project in the build-to-own (BTO) formula for Intersnack, owner of brands such as Felix, Crispers and Przysnacki. The facility totalling in excess of 10,000 sqm will be built in Nysa, in the vicinity of the company’s existing factory. The two facilities, old and new, will be connected by an elevated passageway for transporting goods, at 4.5 m above ground level.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Babylon Health (“Babylon”), the UK-based healthcare technology and services company, on its game-changing agreement with Prudential Corporation Asia. The transaction was led by Babylon’s General Counsel, Henry Bennett, with support from Commercial Partner and co-head of Osborne Clarke’s Digital Health group, Marcus Vass.
Based in the UK, Babylon offers a world-leading suite of AI-powered health services, including personal health assessment and treatment information.