Macfarlanes has advised on the sale of alternative legal services provider LOD (Lawyers on Demand) to UK-based private equity firm Bowmark Capital.
Macfarlanes, who also advised LOD on its 2016 merger with Australian and Asian business, AdventBalance, represented the LOD sellers including BCLP.
The Macfarlanes team for this matter was led by corporate and M&A partner Jessica Adam with assistance from solicitor Andrew Turner.
Ashurst is pleased to have advised Custom Fleet on the establishment of its A$1 billion multi-series master trust securitisation of vehicle and equipment fleet leases.
Custom Fleet, part of Element Fleet Management Corp., a global leader in fleet leasing and management, is a leading fleet leasing company in Australia and New Zealand.
BAML, JPM and Westpac are the senior financiers in respect of the revolving warehouse.
International law firm Ashurst advised Cell C Ltd (Cell C), South Africa's third largest mobile phone operator, on its far-reaching roaming agreement with MTN South Africa, the South African subsidiary of MTN Group Ltd (MTN).
DLA Piper advised Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and Houston-based Haymaker Minerals & Royalties LLC and Haymaker Resources LP in the sale of oil and gas mineral and royalty interests to Kimbell Royalty Partners LP for approximately US$404 million in a transaction comprised of cash and stock.
Founded in 2013, Haymaker has invested capital on behalf of Kayne Anderson and KKR & Co. LP to acquire over five million gross mineral acres through more than 700 individual transactions.
DLA Piper has advised Lloyds Bank plc, HSBC Equipment Finance and NIBC Bank NV on the £100 million financing of a portfolio of gas fuelled power stations owned by Green Frog Power.
The funding refinances 15 operational sites benefiting from capacity market contracts and provides additional development funding for 11 new sites to be built across the UK, from Plymouth to Newcastle. The £100 million facility also has an additional £50 million ‘accordion’ that allows for the funding and construction of another 110MW of plant.
The M&A team of Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland supported the Eversheds Sutherland UK office in the preparation and organisation of the documentation of the Polish company John Guest Polska Sp. z o.o. in connection with the sale of John Guest Holdings based in the United Kingdom.
Eversheds Sutherland has advised the shareholders of John Guest Holdings – a leading British engineering company with a global reach – on its £687 million sale to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC). The transaction was announced on 24 May.
Cleary Gottlieb represented long-time client Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican state oil company, in its €3.15 billion debt offering and concurrent cash tender offer.
Davis Polk advised N.V. Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (to be renamed BNG Bank N.V.) in connection with the annual update of its €100 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S debt issuance program. In the 12 months prior to the update, Davis Polk advised BNG Bank in connection with senior notes issuances totaling $11.0 billion.
Orrick has advised Borealis AG and NOVA Chemicals with respect to a petrochemicals joint venture with Total S.A. on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The joint venture, named Bayport Polymers LLC (“Bay-Pol”), is 50% owned by Total and 50% owned by Novealis Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Borealis and NOVA Chemicals. The transaction closed on May 23, 2018.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised SIA S.p.A. on the €375 million acquisition of First Data Slovakia, S.R.O. and First Data Hellas Processing Services and Holdings S.A.
SIA is a high tech company and European leader in the payments infrastructure and services sector. First Data is a global technology leader in payment technology and services.