Gide’s Casablanca office, alongside law firm Yulchon, have advised South Korean alloy-wheel manufacturer Hands Corporation, fifth producer worldwide, on concluding an investment agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to design, finance, develop and operate a new manufacturing plant to be located within the Tangier Free Trade Zone in Morocco.
Allen & Overy Paris advised Air Liquide, the world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, on its first bond issuance on the Chinese domestic market for an aggregate nominal amount of 2.2 billion Renminbi (approximately 280 million euros). Air Liquide becomes therefore one of the first European companies to issue on this market.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised discoverIE Group plc, a leading international designer, manufacturer and supplier of customised electronics to industry, on the acquisition of the Santon Group via the purchase of its holding company EWAC Holdings BV ("Santon").
Clyde & Co has advised Petrolera Perseus, a Mexican oil company, on the first ever floating pledge agreement over the interest of oil & gas license contracts in Mexico.
On 13 March 2018 the Mexican National Hydrocarbons Commission (NHC) approved, for the first time in Mexico, the constitution of a floating pledge agreement over the rights of an oil and gas contract.
DLA Piper represented ICV Partners, LLC, a New York-based private equity firm focused on middle market companies, in its acquisition of Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, LLC, a leading provider of outpatient radiology services.
Outpatient Imaging Affiliates partners with healthcare providers, including health systems, academic medical centers and radiology groups, to develop, market and operate outpatient imaging centers. The company today has more than 30 locations in more than nine states in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.
Schulte is advising Albertsons Companies, one of the nation’s largest food and drug retailers, in its merger with Rite Aid Corporation, one of the nation’s leading drugstore chains. The integrated company will operate approximately 4,900 locations, 4,350 pharmacy counters and 320 clinics across 38 states and Washington, D.C., serving over 40 million customers per week. The deal was announced Feb. 20, 2018 and is expected to close early in the second half of 2018. The newly combined company is expected to generate year one revenues of approximately $83 billion.
Slaughter and May advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issue of US$1.25 billion 3.885% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes due 2024 and US$500 million 4.866% Fixed Rate Reset Subordinated Notes due 2033 under its US$77.5 billion Debt Issuance Programme.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised venture capital firm Augmentum Capital on the successful IPO of its first listed investment fund.
The new investment trust, Augmentum Fintech plc, raised £94 million. Its shares were admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 13 March 2018.
Jones Day represents TMF Management BV subsidiary TMF Netherlands B.V. in a court case concerning a professional liability matter.
Contact: Gerjanne te Winkel, Niels van Loon
Dechert LLP advised Astorg on the acquisition of a stake in Echosens SA from Cathay Capital Private Equity SAS, OrbiMed Advisors LLC and several minority shareholders.
Echosens is an innovative French high-technology company that offers a full range of products and services to support physicians in their assessment and management of patients with chronic liver diseases.
The Paris-based team advising Astorg on the legal aspects included