Addition of the leveraged finance professional from Goldman Sachs strengthens firm’s ability to offer complete leveraged finance solution to sponsors and investment banks.
Ropes & Gray today announces the appointment of leading leveraged finance expert Carol Van der Vorst as partner in the firm’s Finance practice, based in London.
Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed leading transactional lawyer, Stefan Luke, as a partner of the firm effective today, 8 May 2018. He joins DLA Piper’s Corporate practice, based in Brisbane, from King & Wood Mallesons where he was also a partner.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that senior international arbitrator Andrew Battisson has joined as a partner in Sydney.
Mr Battisson joins from law firm Allen & Overy, where he was the partner for the international arbitration practice in Singapore. He brings considerable experience in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with a particular focus on disputes in the finance, energy, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) strengthens its Real Estate practice with the incorporation of José Antonio Calleja, Partner and new Head of Real Estate in the Madrid office. A lawyer with more than 18 years of experience, José Antonio specializes in the advice to national and international companies in all aspects of real estate law, including property transactions, sale & lease back, financing, corporate real estate, construction and restructuring.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Aegon on its project to integrate Cofunds customers onto its upgraded investment platform technology.
The Wealth team at Pinsent Masons worked closely with Aegon on the legal and regulatory aspects of this strategic migration of 400,000 customers and £37bn in assets, as well as the previous migration of 79,000 Investor Portfolio Service customers onto the upgraded platform at the end of 2017.
Ashurst advised Sprints Capital, a growth investment fund based in London, on its investment in Revolut as part of a $250m Series C funding round. Revolut is a London-based fintech startup offering app-based digital banking services such as pre-paid debit cards and fee-free currency conversion, as well as cryptocurrency exchange. The funding round, led by DST Global, is one of the largest ever funding rounds in the European fintech space and Revolut (founded in 2013) is now valued at $1.7bn, making it Europe's latest tech "unicorn".
International law firm Bird & Bird's international corporate team has advised major European printing group, Elcograf S.p.A on the acquisition of Clays, the UK's leading monochrome book production and distribution business, from St Ives plc. Clays is a book production company that was founded more than 200 years ago and is based in Suffolk, England. Clays has printed many of the UK's best loved books, including bestsellers by the likes of J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised BPM S.p.A. (Gruppo Banco BPM – “BPM”) on two loan facilities to finance the reorganisation of Eco Shipping and Serenissima, which is owned by Venice Shipping and Logistics SpA (“VSL”).
VSL intends to use the funds raised via the loans to improve the performance of its Giulia I and R Serena R bulk carriers, whose technical management is overseen by the Ishima d’Amico Group, with greater financial flexibility thanks to improved credit lines.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), has advised GRIP REIT plc (Grainger plc's GRIP REIT joint venture with APG), on the forward funding of a major build-to-rent development project which will be developed by the National Regional Property Group (NRPG).
This build-to-rent project will be a positive investment to Southampton City Centre. The £27m development will feature a range of contemporary one and two bedroom apartments which are being built specifically for the rental market. The development will be Southampton's second build-to-rent scheme.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of Partners Group) on the acquisition of payment systems specialist, Nationwide Retail Systems Limited (NRS).