Supported by a team led by real estate expert Dr. Peter Vocke, Partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Munich-based Domicil Real Estate Group sold a real estate portfolio in the Rhine-Neckar region (including Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and Schwetzingen) via its newly established Block Sales department.
 
Südwert Wohnungsprivatisierungsgesellschaft and Pflugfelder Immobilien acquired nine sites and eleven buildings with 272 residential and commercial units, 318 parking spaces, and a total area of 19,503 square meters.
 

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the bank syndicate on the €550 million 1.625% senior secured notes due 2028 issued by SIAS S.p.A., a leading Italian motorway operator.

The notes have been issued under SIAS' €2 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme, listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and offered pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Acea S.p.A., one of the main multi-utility providers in Italy, on its €1 billion bond issuance in two tranches: €300 million floating rate notes due 2023 and €700 million 1.5% notes due 2027.

The notes have been issued under Acea's €3 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme, listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Shearman & Sterling represented the Province of Ontario in connection with its public offering of  $3 billion of its 2.55% bonds due February 12, 2021.  Application has been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE) for the bonds to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the LSE. 

Ontario is the largest Canadian province by population and home to both the nation’s capital and most populous city.

O'Melveny represented China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited and CLSA Limited, as the Placing Agents, in the private placement of 3,314,961,482 new H Shares at HK$1.35 per H Share (the H Share Placement) of Sinopec Oilfield Service Corporation (SSC) on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1033.HK).

Morrison & Foerster LLP advised China Huiyuan Juice in its agreement to issue HK$1B of convertible bonds to SDF III Holdings Limited. The deal is subject to shareholder approval and pursuant to the General Mandate.

Shearman & Sterling represented Goldman Sachs International, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Banca Akros S.p.A. Gruppo Banco BPM, Banca IMI and Raiffeisen Bank International on KME AG’s €300 million offering of its 6¾% senior secured notes due 2023. The offering, which was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act, closed on February 9, 2018.

Orrick’s Paris litigation team obtained a major victory for Italian energy company ENEL in a long battle involving Albanian judgments against the company.

Kirkland advised Pollen Street Capital (“PSC”), a fund manager focusing on investments in the financial and business services sectors, which closed its third fund, PSC III, on 14 February, 2018. The fund exceeded the initial fundraising target of £350 million, closing with final commitments of £400 million from a number of high quality global institutional investors. The fund will primarily target lower mid-market investments in European financial services businesses with opportunities for growth and has so far made seven investments.

Ashurst advised Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, on its joint venture with Oman Oil Company to develop a major new green-field crude oil refinery and a petrochemical complex strategically located within the Special Economic Zone of Duqm in the Sultanate of Oman and valued at US$6 billion. KPI completed its purchase of a 50 per cent interest in Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Company in February 2018.