Simpson Thacher represented GreenTree Hospitality Group Ltd. (“GreenTree”) in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of 10,200,000 American Depository Shares representing 10,200,000 Class A ordinary shares. GreenTree raised a total of US$142.8 million in gross proceeds from the IPO before exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option. Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and UBS Investment Bank acted as representatives for the underwriters of the offering.

Weil advised Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) in connection with the sale of the core business of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. (RBPL), a Polish subsidiary of RBI, to Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A. (BGZ BNP Paribas), a subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA (BNPP).

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Banca IMI S.p.A., as arranger, on the securitization of a portfolio of receivables arising out of fondiari mortgage loans, ipotecari mortgage loans and unsecured loans originated by Farbanca S.p.A., for a total nominal value of €460 million.

Three classes of notes were issued: €322 million senior notes fully subscribed by an institutional investor through a private placement, €46 million mezzanine notes and €96 million junior notes, each subscribed by the originator.

Al Tamimi & Company (“Al Tamimi”) are delighted to have assisted the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“RERA”) in the drafting of the implementing regulations (“Resolutions”) in line with Law 27 of 2017, Concerning the Promulgation of the Real Estate Sector Regulation Law (“New Law”).

Jeantet has advised CRA, European leader in the manufacture of agricultural equipment, for the setting-up of a joint venture with Agrial, one of the leading French agricultural cooperatives. The newly-formed company, SM3 Claas, brings together the distribution activities of SM3, an Agrial subsidiary already part of the distribution network, the activities of Claas Caen and some of the activities of Claas Rennes. SM3 Claas now covers the French departments of Calvados, Manche, Mayenne, part of Ille-et-Vilaine and Orne, territories including major milk and cereal production areas.

Gide is a legal partner to the Ardian Lab project, imagined by the Ardian Foundation in May 2017.

Ardian Lab is headed by Eugène Henri Moré, who is also a board member of the Ardian Foundation. The project aims to assist unemployed people of all ages from priority neighbourhoods to find employment by setting up their own company. This first edition focused on the Seine-Saint Denis area, a north Paris greater suburb.

Established in 1993, Toulouse-based manufacturer of single-use surgical kits for hospitals, PharmaSet, has belonged since 2008 to Swedish group Mölnlycke Health Care, one of the world's leading manufacturers of wound care and single-use surgical products for healthcare professionals.

The Swedish group has now sold PharmaSet to Hemodia, which specialises in manufacturing haemodialysis tubing, single-use care kits, plastics processing and arthroscopy products.

Permira entered into binding commitment with the main shareholders to acquire the Exclusive Networks group.

Based in Boulogne-Billancourt, Exclusive Group is Europe's leading independent value-added distributor (VAD), specializing in the marketing of solutions for businesses in the areas of cybersecurity, data centers and associated value-added services.

The workers' council and relevant employees have already been informed and consulted on the transaction, which remains only subject to signing of definitive agreements and customary antitrust clearances.

Dentons Morocco has advised private equity firm Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP) on the acquisition of a minority stake in Groupe Compagnie Financière Africaine (Groupe COFINA), through its third fund (MC III). This acquisition represents MCP's first investment in the Ivory Coast.

DLA Piper has advised Airbus S.A.S. on contractual matters arising from the appointment of Google as preferred service provider for its digital workplace.

This selection forms part of Airbus’ digital transformation of the company and its productivity tools. As a result of this selection, around 130 000 Airbus staff members will be migrated from Microsoft Office to Google’s G Suite tools.