Davis Polk advised the administrative agent and joint lead arrangers in connection with the repricing of the $1.342 billion term loan facility and the $75 million revolving loan facility for Cision Ltd. The repricing accomplished a 100 basis point reduction in the applicable margin on the U.S. dollar-denominated term loans and a 75 basis point reduction in the applicable margin on the Euro-denominated term loans and on the U.S. dollar revolving credit facility. 

Deal represents the largest European buyout to date in 2018.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a leading global, independent infrastructure investor, has announced that its third equity fund, Global Infrastructure Partners III, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the equity interest of Italian railway operator Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A. (Italo) for Euro 1.94 billion in cash.

O’Melveny represented Cedexis, a real-time, data-driven service for dynamically optimizing the flow of traffic across CDNs, ISPs, public clouds, and datacenters, in its acquisition by Citrix, which offers integrated technology services for secure delivery of apps and data.

Weil advised KME AG, a globally active manufacturer of copper and copper alloy products, in the successful placement of a high-yield bond with a volume of €300 million and maturation in 2023. The proceeds from the offering are to be used to repay existing debt.

Benjamin Su brings extensive experience guiding complex equity and debt offerings in the US and Hong Kong to the firm.

MinterEllison is pleased to announce that Chris Allen has joined the firm's M&A practice as a partner.

Based in the firm's Sydney office, Mr Allen's appointment strengthens MinterEllison's already impressive M&A and private equity capability.

MinterEllison's corporate/M&A team across Australia has over 50 partners and more than 150 lawyers.

A&O further expands its tax practice and its private equity group in France with the appointment of a new partner in the Paris office, Guillaume Valois. He will be joining with Charles-Antoine del Valle, counsel, and two associates Pierre Cao-Peska and Ageu Pires.

Ropes & Gray acted as international counsel to Google on a six year abuse of dominance investigation conducted by the Competition Commission of India into the company, regarding search and advertising within India.

The Ropes & Gray team was led by competition partner Ruchit Patel, assisted by associate Charlotte Brunsdon, both based in London.

Reed Smith has advised Warehouse REIT plc in relation to its acquisition of a portfolio of 51 multi-let UK warehouse assets for £116 million from Industrial Multi-Property Trust, a subsidiary of Hansteen Holdings plc. The transaction was structured as a corporate acquisition of a group of Isle of Man companies which currently own the portfolio. Reed Smith handled the corporate and tax aspects of the transaction.

This transaction follows Warehouse REIT’s successful listing on AIM in September 2017 which the Reed Smith team also advised on.

Gilbert + Tobin today announced it advised BPAY Group on the development and implementation of Australia’s first service on the New Payments Platform providing faster, 24/7 payments.

Osko by BPAY™, the first payment product of its kind, allows Australians to transfer funds between accounts faster than ever before, typically in less than a minute – even between customers of different financial institutions.