Travers Smith LLP has advised the founder and management team of Phaidon International (Phaidon), a London-headquartered recruitment firm, on the sale of Phaidon to Quilvest Private Equity, the private equity arm of the Quilvest group.
Kirkland & Ellis is representing funds advised by Apax Partners on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech Private Limited (‘Healthium’), a leading India-based medical devices company. Healthium provides its products to over 10,000 hospitals in India, exports to over 50 countries globally and has a significant presence in the urology market in the UK through its Clinisupplies division. The value of the transaction, which was announced on April 6, 2018, was undisclosed.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN), a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of Ride Performance and Clean Air products and technology solutions, in its definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul, a leading automotive parts supplier to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket. The $5.4 billion acquisition will be funded through cash and Tenneco equity. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2018, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SMBC and Cofide, as lenders in connection with the $142 million financing of an off-grid solar project in Peru developed by Ergon Peru, a subsidiary of Tozzi Green.
Energy and Infrastructure partner Robert Kartheiser led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associate Thomas Sines and foreign associate Bruna Rey, with the assistance of Milan partners Lorenzo Parola and Marc-Alexandre Courtejoie and associate trainee Federica Piemonte.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Qatar Petroleum on the integration of QatarGas and RasGas.
The transaction creates the world's largest LNG company. The integration became effective on January 1, 2018, from which date all the activities of Qatargas and RasGas are now operated by the new 'Qatargas'.
The White & Case team was co-led by partners Philip Stopford and Michiel Visser and included a cross-disciplinary team of lawyers from White & Case offices around the world.
Leading Global Law Firm Baker McKenzie advised Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner, agent, security agent and original lender and a syndicate of banks on their up to USD 150 m senior secured multicurrency revolving credit financing for SR Technics Switzerland AG. The Baker McKenzie team was led by partner Lukas Glanzmann (Banking & Finance) and included associates Markus Wolf (Banking & Finance) and Andrea Bolliger (Tax).
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised ALPHA Asia Macro Trends Fund II, a private fund managed by Singapore-based Alpha Investment Partners Limited (“Alpha Investment”), in the sale of Shanghai International Plaza, an office-and-retail property, to LaSalle Investment Management. Alpha Investment, a premier asset manager in Asia, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Capital Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Clifford Chance has advised CPI Property Group on its acquisition of Futurum Hradec Kralove shopping centre, from Meyer Bergman, a privately held real estate investment management firm. The transaction was approved by the Czech Competition Office on 23 March 2018.
Baker McKenzie has continued to grow its London transactional practices with the addition of three new partners. Michael Doran joins the Structured Capital Markets practice from White & Case where he was a Partner, while Nick O'Grady and Bevis Metcalfe both join the Banking & Finance practice as Partners from Ropes & Gray where they were both Counsel.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, announced that Craig Vogelsang a leading oil and gas lawyer, who specializes in upstream and midstream oil and gas development, financing and acquisitions and dispositions, has joined the firm’s Global Projects Group as a Partner in its Houston office.