Charles Russell Speechlys is growing its Luxembourg office with the hire of corporate partner Jean-Baptiste Beauvoir-Planson and the promotion of Yacine Diallo to partner.

A French avocat à la cour, Jean-Baptiste has twelve years of Luxembourg corporate law practice and is ranked in Chambers Global for M&A transactions in the French market. He advises private equity houses, multinational companies and private clients on their inbound and outbound investments.  

James Carter, Managing Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys, says:

DLA Piper has announced that Ryan Vann has joined the firm’s Employment practice as a partner in Chicago.

BUCHAREST - RTPR Allen & Overy announces the closing of a new M&A deal. Cristi Pop sells Animax business to Rohatyn Group.
RTPR Allen & Overy has advised Pet Product's shareholder, Cristian Pop, on the sale of the company to Rohatyn Group. Pet Product is the largest pet shop chain in Romania with 73 shops operating under the Animax brand.

Ashurst has advised Cleanaway Operations Pty Ltd (Cleanaway) on its up to A$50 million investment in a joint venture entity, established by ResourceCo Holdings Pty Ltd, to operate a waste to energy plant in Wetherill Park, Sydney which converts commercial and industrial waste into a process engineered fuel.

The facility is the only one of its kind on the East Coast of Australia and enables Cleanaway to increase waste internalisation rates and, importantly, to offer an advanced resource recovery solution to its customers.

Clifford Chance has advised Helical plc and AshbyCapital on their first pre-let at One Bartholomew in Farringdon London to digital advertising company The Trade Desk. One Bartholomew is a 12-storey, 215,000 square foot office building located within the Barts Square development. The development of the building is expected to complete later this year.

The letting sees The Trade Desk agree to take just over one quarter of the lettable space in the building, which is being forward funded by AshbyCapital and developed by Helical.

DAC Beachcroft's Corporate Finance team has advised on a number of recent acquisitions for Elysium Healthcare.

Elysium Healthcare launched in December 2016 and has since built a prominent portfolio of more than 50 sites across mental health care, neurological care, education, children’s services and private patient services.

The latest acquisitions include Anne House and Gregory House from Health & Social Care Partnership, as well as the recent acquisition of London Care Partnerships from its existing owners.

Dentons Rodyk acted for Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd., the Manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust (“MLT”) (being the first Asia-focused logistics REIT in Singapore), in MLT’s proposed acquisition of five modern, ramp-up logistics properties from Hong Kong-listed CWT International Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group), for an estimated acquisition purchase price of S$778.3 million.

London—Dentons has advised HSBC – as agent, arranger, lender, hedge counterparty and security agent – on the £60 million acquisition facility provided to special purpose vehicle subsidiaries of Secure Income REIT Plc to purchase the Manchester Arena, the Brewery in London’s Chiswell Street and a portfolio of pubs in England and Scotland. Secure Income REIT Plc is a real estate investment trust solely advised by Prestbury Investments LLP, which has extensive experience in the UK real estate market built over more than 30 years.

The High-Yield Bonds team at Hogan Lovells has added yet another deal to its impressive credentials by acting as counsel for Radisson Hotel Holdings AB, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Radisson Hospitality AB, in its inaugural issuance of €250 million high-yield bonds.

Radisson Hospitality AB is a leading international hotel management company operating a portfolio of over 370 hotels across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  Radisson Hospitality AB's shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Sweden, and the group is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

Davis Polk is advising Warburg Pincus and Baring Asia as substantial selling shareholders participating in the partial offer by Xinjiang Xintai Natural Gas Co., Ltd. to acquire a maximum of 50.5% issued share capital of AAG Energy Holdings Limited for a total consideration of up to approximately HK$3,174 million.