Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Goldman Sachs International, in connection with the £265 million 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior secured notes offering of Jewel UK Bondco PLC, a member of the Aurum Group, a leading multi-channel retailer of luxury watches in the United Kingdom. The notes were listed on The International Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on April 18, 2018.
Orrick advised on the first acquisition of a German company by Chinese investors under Germany’s new China-focused foreign trade legislation.
The acquisition of a controlling stake in COTESA GmbH, a leading manufacturer of fiber composite parts with 600 employees, by Changzhou QFAT Composite Material attracted great attention when it was agreed upon in the autumn of 2017.
Hitachi Rail Italy spa, the Italian division of the Japanese giant, has secured a historic legal victory against Trenitalia, the primary train operator in Italy, thanks to an Orrick litigation team in Italy.
In reversing an established case law of the Court of Rome, the Rome Court of Appeal has recognized Hitachi’s right to revise prices for tens of millions of Euros – a right denied by Trenitalia – regarding the supply and maintenance of over 500 double-decker trains.
Shearman & Sterling advises Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as lead arrangers in connection with the proposed unsecured bridge and term loan financings related to Comcast’s offer for Sky, a leading entertainment and communications company in Europe.
The Team
The Shearman & Sterling team below was supported by associate Warren Stapley (London-Finance).
Jonathan (JD) DeSantis
Korey Fevzi
Philip Stopford
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, as joint bookrunners, on a €800 million dual tranche bond issue and an up to €200 million tender offer by ADLER Real Estate Aktiengesellschaft.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the bank syndicate led by Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Natixis and Société Générale as joint lead managers on Capgemini's €1.1 billion notes offering. This offering is composed of a €600 million 1% notes due 2024 and a €500 million 1.75% notes due 2028.
The net proceeds of the €600 million offering have been used to refinance the existing notes due 2020, issued in 2015, by way of an intermediated tender offer.
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced today that it has named Andres Crump as a partner in its M&A practice in Bogota. Andres has 15 years of experience, the majority of which he has spent advising companies on and executing M&A transactions across a diverse cross-section of industries in Latin America.
He joins Baker McKenzie from Brookfield Asset Management, where he focused on transactions in the infrastructure and power generation sectors as a senior vice president in the asset manager’s Bogota office.
PARIS – Winston & Strawn is pleased to announce the addition of Virgile Puyau as local partner in the firm’s Paris office.
The award-winning Corporate Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has grown once again with strategic additions in the firm’s New York and New Jersey offices. Peter Humphreys joins from Hogan Lovells as a shareholder in both offices. Maya Mitchell joins from King & Spalding as of counsel in the New York office.
Global law firm Reed Smith has today announced that it will be expanding its European corporate practice with the hire of corporate transactional partner Florian Hirschmann in Munich. Florian will join from DLA Piper where he co-headed the China desk.
Florian specialises in private equity and M&A work, with a particular focus on the representation of Chinese funds and strategic financial investors investing in Germany. He also represents European-based funds and German corporates.