Bevan Brittan has advised Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council on the development of a new operationally independent children’s trust.

Dentons' Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Ghelamco on the sale of a 50% stake in the Warsaw Spire tower (Building A), the tallest office tower in Central Europe, to Madison International Real Estate Liquidity Fund VI LP. The value of the tower is approximately EU350 million, which makes the sale one of Poland's largest office real estate transactions in recent years.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Liberty Global plc, the world’s largest international TV and broadband company, on the sale of its operations in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone for a total enterprise value of approximately €19bn.

On May 3, 2018, Grand Council of Treaty #3 (GCT#3) announced that the GCT#3, Treaty #3 First Nations and the Province of Ontario have entered into a landmark resource revenue sharing agreement in respect of forestry and mining activities in Treaty #3 Territory. This marks the first agreement of its kind in Ontario.

Metinvest, the vertically integrated steel and mining group of companies, has completed the refinancing of its US$2,271 million of debt, consisting of the issuance of two tranches of bonds and the amendment and restatement of its pre-export finance (PXF) facility.

Metinvest, the vertically integrated steel and mining group of companies, has completed the refinancing of its US$2,271 million of debt, consisting of the issuance of two tranches of bonds and the amendment and restatement of its pre-export finance (PXF) facility.

Linklaters is advising Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) in relation to its recommended offer for Shire plc (“Shire”) which values Shire at £46bn. The transaction was announced on 8 May 2018.

The Linklaters team is led by Corporate partner James Inglis, and includes Global Chairman of Corporate Matthew Middleditch and Corporate partners Aisling Zarraga, Tom Shropshire and Hiroya Yamazaki, Banking partners Danelle Le Cren and Ian Callaghan and Antitrust partners Jonas Kopenen and Tom McGrath.

UK-based infrastructure and cloud specialist Union Solutions has been acquired by leading managed IT services provider Claranet.

Union represents the latest in a string of technology businesses to be added to the Claranet Group in recent years and will enable Claranet to expand its customer base and service capabilities.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised NatWest on the financing of Solarplicity’s first roll-out of SMETS1-compliant smart meters to UK energy customers.

The financing will pave the way for further funding by NatWest of Solarplicity’s smart meter business.

Slaughter and May is advising Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) on the proposed acquisition of certain operations of Liberty Global (Liberty). Vodafone has agreed to acquire Unitymedia GmbH in Germany and Liberty Global’s operations (excluding its “Direct Home” business) in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania, for a total enterprise value of €18.4 billion. This is expected to comprise approximately  €10.8 billion of cash consideration paid to Liberty Global and €7.6 billion of acquired existing Liberty debt, subject to completion adjustments.