Tobias Koppmann has joined McDermott’s Munich office, where his practice focuses on M&A and private equity transactions.

Orrick has announced that Amy Ray, who has advised major tech companies and financial services institutions in some of the most high-profile antitrust matters of the past decade, has joined our Washington, D.C., office as a partner. Amy previously was a partner with Cadwalader, where she focused on deals and cases raising competition issues.

Recognizing her deep experience in transactional and litigation matters alike, Global Competition Review featured Amy in its ""40 Under 40 – Class of 2016"" global survey of rising antitrust lawyers.

The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Invesco Real Estate, the global real estate investment manager, on the sale to Vestas Investment Management, represented by BNP Paribas REIM, of a logistic center in northern Poland, with an area of approximately 160 thousand sq. m., which is the one of the largest and technically advanced logistics centers in Europe.

Greenberg Traurig provided Invesco Real Estate with a comprehensive legal advice with respect to the sale of the property and the negotiation of all transaction documents.

Melbourne - Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has acted in a capital raising for Wattle Health Australia Limited (WHA) of AUD74 million consisting of a non-renounceable retail entitlement offer of AUD33.9 million, a AUD20 million private placement to institutional investors, and a debt facility of AUD20 million.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented leading commercial aircraft lessor Goshawk Aviation in connection with its acquisition of SKY Aviation Leasing International Limited (“SALI”). Goshawk will acquire the SALI aircraft leasing business, including 51 owned and committed aircraft. The acquisition will create a leasing business with an owned, managed and committed portfolio of 183 aircraft and a pro forma fleet value of $9.1bn, and will make Goshawk a top 10 aircraft leasing company within five years of its formation in late 2013.

Advising on the largest GBP second lien financing this year, international law firm Proskauer represented Partners Group, which invested on behalf of its clients, and the other second lien lenders in the £285 million second lien financing to support Motor Fuel Group’s acquisition of MRH, the UK’s largest petrol station and convenience retail operator. The second lien financing accompanied a £1.2 billion equivalent senior financing underwritten by several investment banks. Motor Fuel Group is majority owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the financiers on the project financing of Goldwind Australia’s 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm, located approximately 35km west of Ballarat, Victoria.

Once completed, the wind farm, which reached financial close on 28 March 2018 and began construction in June 2018, will be the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere and produce clean energy to power up to 391,000 Victorian homes.

The wind farm will consist of 149 of Goldwind’s latest technology 3S Wind Turbines.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised MWR InfoSecurity, a privately held global cyber security company, operating globally from its main offices in the UK, the US, South Africa and Singapore, on its sale to F-Secure for a maximum enterprise value of £105 million.

With the acquisition of all outstanding shares of MWR InfoSecurity, this sale now makes F-Secure Europe's largest single source of cyber security services, detection and response solutions.

International law firm Bird & Bird's Media, Entertainment and Sports team have advised Aser, a leading global investment company that focuses on the sports and media sectors, on two important strategic partnerships. The first partnership was related to Leeds United Football Club and was with 49ers Enterprises, an investment entity affiliated with the San Francisco 49ers, and the second was related to ELEVEN SPORTS Poland (ELEVEN Poland) and was with Telewizja Polsat (Polsat), a leading commercial broadcaster in Poland.

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DLA Piper has secured a victory for the French telecommunications service provider, Transatel SA, in a dispute under telecommunications law before the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA). In this landmark procedure, the BNetzA ordered the German mobile network operator, Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG, to submit a draft agreement regarding access to regulated wholesale roaming services to Transatel.