Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Malaysian independent power producer Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Malakoff) on the AUD$500 million refinancing of its 50 percent interest in the 420MW Macarthur Wind Farm in Victoria, Australia, with a lender group comprising BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Mizuho, Black Rock, OCBC and ING.
Ashurst advised Santander Consumer Bank AG (Santander) on the securitisation of a portfolio of auto loans. The issuer, SC Germany Auto 2018-1 UG (haftungsbeschränkt), issues bonds with a total nominal value of €600 million backed by auto loan receivables. The receivables were sold by Santander. The bonds were placed by Banco Santander, S.A. (through its Santander Global Corporate Banking Division), UniCredit Bank AG and Société Générale S.A.
DLA Piper has announced that Kristi Kung has joined the firm's Litigation and Healthcare practices as a partner in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC.
Kung advises healthcare providers, emerging health IT companies, vendors and investors in the digital health industry on regulatory and strategic matters critical to telehealth and other health technology products, platforms and services.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright further strengthens its German real estate practice with the hire of Dr. Hendrik Theismann. He joins the Frankfurt office as partner on August 1. Dr. Hendrik Theismann is joined by of counsel Michael Mehler. The firm also expands its regulatory team as of counsel Dr. Jan-Willem Jensen, primarily based in the Hamburg office, effective July 1. Before joining Norton Rose Fulbright he worked as “Head of Regulations & Taxes“ at PATRIZIA Immobilien AG.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has expanded its German regulatory compliance and anti-bribery practice, with the appointment of experienced compliance expert Dr Eike W. Grunert in Munich.
International law firm Proskauer has announced the arrival of Jonathan Weiss as a partner in the Litigation Department, resident in the Los Angeles office.
His arrival follows a number of high-profile additions to the Firm’s Los Angeles office, including transactional lawyers Don Melamed and Albert Stemp, and nationally acclaimed litigators Bart Williams and Manuel Cachán.
Sidley Austin LLP has announced that Jared Jensen has joined the firm as a partner in its global Private Equity practice. He will be based in the San Francisco office. Mr. Jensen was formerly a partner with Goodwin Procter LLP.
Gide has acted as deal counsel in connection with the first issuance of bonds by QUARTUS, under a EuroPP format, for a total amount of EUR 75 million due in 2022.
The issuance, distributed to European institutional investors and private managers by Invest Securities, will enable the company to diversify its financial partners and to pursue its development plan.
Gide’s team was led by partner Hubert du Vignaux, with counsel Laurent Vincent and associate Mariléna Gryparis.
Invest Corporate Finance acted as financial adviser.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Montagu Private Equity (“Montagu”), a leading pan-European private equity firm, on its acquisition of Wireless Logic Group (“Wireless Logic”), Europe’s leading smart connectivity platform provider, from CVC Capital Partners’ Growth Fund.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Boco Rock Wind Farm Pty Ltd on the refinancing of its senior project finance facilities for its 113MW(AC) Boco Rock Wind Farm, located 10km south west of Nimmitabel and 30km north of Bombala in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains region.