Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, has advised Sands China Ltd. (Sands China) in relation to its issue of US$5.5 billion senior notes listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, comprising US$1.8 billion 4.6000% senior notes due 2023, US$1.8 billion 5.125% senior notes due 2025 and US$1.9 billion 5.400% senior notes due 2028.

The joint bookrunning managers in respect of the senior notes issue are Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

International law firm Withers has represented Marriott International on its sale of 2 major hotel and hospitality assets in Fiji to the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF). The US$131 million transaction is Fiji’s largest ever hotel deal.

Mayer Brown advised HSBC on a project to sell and monetise a “Know Your Client” software solution.

The solution combines robotic process automation and machine learning technologies to significantly reduce the time it takes to check the compliance status of clients. The technology was created for and owned by HSBC and is to be developed and marketed to banks and other financial services companies through a joint venture with outsourcing company EXL.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank, as mandated lead arranger and lender, on the €100 million financing for the construction of the 174 MWp Don Rodrigo solar park in Spain.

The plant will be built by BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH, a subsidiary of BayWa AG, and is expected to be commissioned at the end of 2018. It is being built in an area covering around 265 hectares near Seville in southern Spain and will generate approximately 300 GWh of solar power annually.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is pleased to announce the addition of two new partners, Patric McGonigal and Ryunosuke Ushijima to King & Wood Mallesons Law Office (Foreign Law Joint Enterprise). It is a further step taken to strengthen the capacity of our Japan practice group, following the joining of three Japanese partners and two Japanese counsel in 2016, and the internal promotions of new partners in 2018.

DLA Piper announced that Xavier Mangino has joined the firm's Corporate practice as a partner in Mexico City.

DLA Piper announced that Lida Rodriguez-Taseff has joined the firm's Litigation practice as a partner in Miami.

Rodriguez-Taseff represents companies in complex commercial disputes, with a list of international clients spanning the globe from Latin America to Asia. Her state and federal litigation acumen covers a wide range of areas, including corporate governance, business torts and contracts, non-competes, intellectual property and trade secrets, real property and construction, international jurisdictional issues and bid protests.

Boris Dürr, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek’s Munich office, advised C.H. Beck Verlag on the acquisition of AWA-AUSSENWIRTSCHAFTS-AKADEMIE GmbH. Beck Verlag took over all shares from AWA’s former shareholders. Following the acquisition, AWA will continue to operate under the previous company name with extended management. With this acquisition, Beck Group is expanding its training offering, which already includes seminar providers such as Beck Academy, MWV Seminare, and AWS Working Group for Economic and Tax Law.
 

Wolf Theiss advised AEW on the sale of the Atrium Tower office building in downtown Warsaw to Vienna Insurance Group (VIG).

 Wolf Theiss's role included preparation of vendor due diligence for the sale of Atrium Tower sp. z o.o. (the owner of the building), as well as assisting AEW in agreeing to the commercial terms of an LOI and contract negotiations.

In one of the largest transactions of its type in Australia, MinterEllison has advised Bemis Company, Inc.

("Bemis", NYSE: BMS) on its US$5.26 billion cross-border merger with Amcor Limited ("Amcor", ASX: AMC) to form a dual listed $25 billion global packaging industry leader.