Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised private equity funds managed by Blackstone (‘Blackstone’) on the acquisition of Averys, the leading European manufacturer of customised racking and storage solutions for warehouses, from Equistone Partners Europe (‘Equistone’).
GIG, advised Linklaters LLP, has reached financial close on the €270m project financing of a 235 MW onshore wind farm in central Sweden. The project was developed by GIG and SCA Energy AB and will comprise 56 Siemens Gamesa 4.2 MW turbines.
The deal includes the origination and structuring of one of the longest corporate wind energy PPA’s globally, with a 29-year fixed-volume agreement with Norsk Hydro.
Osborne Clarke has advised eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG on its investment in Ferroelectric Memory Company (FMC). FMC has raised EUR 4.6 million to further expand its team, accelerate the further development of their solutions and conquer a significant market share by replacing the current standard technology. The financing round was led by eCAPITAL and included previous investor High-Tech Gründerfonds.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has successfully advised Anglo American on a £265m deal with M&G Investments to redevelop the mining giant’s London headquarters and the home of De Beers Group.
Travers Smith LLP has advised client S4 Capital Limited, Sir Martin Sorrell's investment vehicle, on S4 Capital's acquisition of MediaMonks, the world's largest and fastest growing premium creative production company with a global presence.
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised a consortium of commercial funders who are supporting the creation of a £500m energy efficiency fund to help small businesses and public-sector organisations invest in low carbon measures. The consortium comprises Lloyds Bank, NatWest, Santander UK, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Triodos Bank.
On July 3, 2018, King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) advised Neutron Holding, Inc. (“Lime”), a well-known bike sharing company in the U.S., on its successful completion of Series C financing. The preferred equity financing raised approximately US$300 million. Lime, which has only been established for one year, reached a notable milestone after this round of financing, with its valuation reached US$1.1 billion, and Lime has since become a new unicorn company.
Allen & Overy announced today that it has advised its longstanding client Ceska sporitelna, the Czech subsidiary of Erste Group Bank, in its role as the sole Dealer Manager, Lead Manager, Delivery Agent, Listing Agent and Fiscal and Paying Agent, on the unprecedented exchange and tender offers and issuance of Czech Koruna-denominated and Czech law-governed domestic bonds by NET4GAS, the Czech gas transmission operator.
Arrival of Tim Wybitul in Frankfurt will add further depth to the firm’s European Data Privacy & Security Practice.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has announced that Charlotte Jacobsen has joined its 350-lawyer New York office as partner in the firm’s life sciences intellectual property litigation practice. Ms. Jacobsen is the second high-profile IP life sciences attorney to join the firm in New York in 2018; Filko Prugo joined Ropes & Gray’s New York office in February 2018 as partner and chair of the firm’s life sciences intellectual property litigation practice.