King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) have advised APA Group (APA) on its entitlement offer (PAITREO) of new APA securities, which was launched today. 
 
The KWM team was led by M&A Partners David Eliakim and Will Heath, supported by Senior Associate Anna Chen, and associates Chloe Johnston and Evelyn Peter.
 
The entitlement offer will be used to assist in the funding of APA’s growth projects and capital expenditure program, the funding of the redemption of APA Subordinated Notes, and for other general corporate purposes.
 

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) have advised APA Group (APA) on its entitlement offer (PAITREO) of new APA securities, which was launched today. 
 
The KWM team was led by M&A Partners David Eliakim and Will Heath, supported by Senior Associate Anna Chen, and associates Chloe Johnston and Evelyn Peter.
 
The entitlement offer will be used to assist in the funding of APA’s growth projects and capital expenditure program, the funding of the redemption of APA Subordinated Notes, and for other general corporate purposes.
 

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Super Retail Group on its acquisition of the outdoor equipment and clothing retailer, Macpac, for NZ$144 million (A$135 million).

Macpac is a vertically integrated retailer which currently has 54 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand, as well as an online webstore which services a number of other countries. Super Retail Group intends to consolidate its existing Rays business with Macpac, under the Macpac brand.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised global private equity firm EQT on the sale of diagnostic imaging business I-MED Radiology Network to fellow private equity firm Permira.

I-MED is the leading diagnostic imaging provider in Australia, performing almost five million procedures across 204 clinics every year.

Greenberg Traurig Germany advised CCP IV Core Plus-Style Fund (CCP IV) and European Property Investors Special Opportunities III (EPISO 3) on the sale of a logistics portfolio in Germany and Austria. The two funds are managed by the real estate company Tristan Capital Partners. The buyer is Frasers Property Investment Europe, a subsidiary of Frasers Property listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The purchase price amounts to approximately EUR 178 million.

De Brauw served as Dutch counsel in the proposed cross-border merger between two listed companies.

Client name
RELX N.V.

Other parties involved
RELX PLC

Nature of transaction

Matheson recently advised the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund on its equity investment in Mainstay Medical International plc (“Mainstay”). Mainstay raised a total of approximately €30 million from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, existing investors and new investors.

Taylor Wessing Bratislava advised the biggest Slovak online book retailer and the second biggest book retailer in Slovakia, Martinus, s.r.o., on the acquisition of its competitor, the e-shop Gorila.sk.

Hogan Lovells advised LeasePlan Corporation N.V. on the setting up of the first public securitisation of lease and related residual value receivables originated by its French subsidiary, LeasePlan France, for a total of 653,000,000 euros.

LeasePlan France is a leading actor in the French domestic multi-brand vehicle leasing market. LeasePlan has already set up similar operations in other jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, Germany and The Netherlands.

Clifford Chance has acted as international legal counsel to the lenders in respect of the financing of the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of the Kinali-Odayeri and Kurtkoy-Akyazi sections (including access roads) of the Northern Marmara Motorway procured by the General Directorate of Highways of Turkey under the build-operate-transfer model.