Allen & Overy has announced the appointment of Simon Huxley as a Sydney-based partner in its Asia Pacific Projects group. The appointment marks Simon’s return to Allen & Overy having originally been with the firm between 2010 - 2016.
Ashurst announces the appointment of Frank Bi as a partner in its corporate practice in Hong Kong. The hire reflects the firm's continued focus on Greater China coverage, and is the fourth partner hire in Ashurst's Hong Kong office in the last three months.
Frank joins Ashurst from Slaughter and May, where he has more than 10 years of experience. He specialises in equity capital markets, M&A and Hong Kong listing compliance work.
Hong Kong office managing partner Joshua Cole says:
Linklaters has announced the hire of Roberto Casati, a leading Italian Corporate lawyer who will be joining the Firm in Milan. Roberto joins Linklaters from Cleary Gottlieb where he was senior partner in the Italian Corporate practice. He is widely recognised as one of the top M&A practitioners in Italy and is currently ranked as a Star Individual in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe. Robert will join the Firm on 12 May.
Andrea Arosio, Managing Partner of the Linklaters office in Milan, said:
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Paris-based renewable energy company Neoen on its funding from South Australia's Renewable Technology Fund for the feasibility analysis and eventual construction of a renewable hydrogen production facility. The Superhub will be constructed in the State of South Australia and is expected to produce hydrogen from electrolysis of water powered by renewable wind and solar energy, and potentially also battery.
A team from Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers in connection with the issuance of US$600 million in Eurobonds by Belarus.
The bonds have a yield of 6.20% and are due to mature in 2030. This follows on the heels of a 2017 transaction where the Clifford Chance team advised the joint lead managers on the issuance by Belarus of two tranches of Eurobonds worth a total of US$1.4 billion, marking the country's successful return to international capital markets.
Deal Description: Aviva Ventures, Horizons Ventures and existing shareholders have invested US $15m in Owlstone Medical Limited as part of a Series B funding round.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised William Hill on the sale of its Australian bookmaking business (William Hill Australia) to one of Australia's largest gaming and entertainment groups, CrownBet via a competitive sale auction process.
William Hill entered the Australian gaming market in 2013 through the AU$660 million acquisition of Sportingbet, Centrebet, and tomwaterhouse.com. Clifford Chance advised on both the Centrebet and tomwaterhouse.com transactions.
CMS has advised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on the sale of its exclusive media rights to Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) for exploitation throughout the Indian subcontinent. This five-year agreement gives SPN the rights to both televise and digitally broadcast men’s and women’s international matches, including Test matches, T20 Internationals and ODIs, played in England, for the 2018-2022 period.
Dentons' Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Skanska on the sale of the Nowa Fabryczna office building in Lodz, Poland to Niam for EU52 million.
Opened in October 2017, the seven-storey Nowa Fabryczna offers over 21,500 sq. m. gross leasable area and 210 parking spaces leased to tenants such as Fujitsu, Whirlpool, Cybercom and McCormick.
Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to be advising Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on its offer of CommBank PERLS X Capital Notes to raise approximately A$750 million (with the ability to raise more or less) (Offer) announced on 7 March 2018 – CBA’s tenth retail hybrid offering.
CBA is one of Australia’s leading providers of integrated financial services including retail, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance and broking services.