Mishcon de Reya has advised one of Israel's largest real estate investment holding companies, Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Limited, on the acquisition of real estate investment advisers, Brockton Capital LLP and the establishment of a new real estate investment company, Brockton Everlast Inc. Limited with an initial equity investment of £340m from Alony Hetz.
Schulte represented hedge fund manager Fir Tree Partners in connection with entering into a Cooperation Agreement and securing a Board seat at Ultra Petroleum Corp. Fir Tree’s Evan Lederman was named a new director of the board, and Fir Tree will work with Ultra Petroleum to find a replacement for its chairman and CEO, who has stepped down. Fir Tree owns about 20 percent of stock in Ultra Petroleum, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on developing its natural gas reserves in the Green River Basin of Wyoming.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Bremen-based ZEABORN Group (“ZEABORN”) on its acquisition of E.R. Schiffahrt, from its parent E.R. Group, which is owned by Mr Erck Rickmers.
E.R. Schiffahrt is a dedicated ship management company with offices in Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the Philippines. Ship broker a, a subsidiary of E.R. Group, was also acquired by ZEABORN as part of this transaction.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Bremen-based ZEABORN Group (“ZEABORN”) on its acquisition of E.R. Schiffahrt, from its parent E.R. Group, which is owned by Mr Erck Rickmers.
E.R. Schiffahrt is a dedicated ship management company with offices in Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the Philippines. Ship broker Harper Petersen, a subsidiary of E.R. Group, was also acquired by ZEABORN as part of this transaction.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised Japanese shipowner Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL) on the tender process to provide a pioneering Liquefied Natural Gas bunker vessel (LNGBV) on long-term charter contract to Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions. This is the first LNGBV of this scale globally at 18,600 m³ to be built in China and delivered in 2020. The vessel will operate in Northern Europe and will be the first ever LNGBV capable of supplying large quantities of LNG in one single bunkering operation.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised KGAL, a leading independent asset and investment manager with an investment volume of €21.5bn across 87,000 investors, on all aspects of the acquisition of two project companies owning two French photovoltaic plants, with an overall installed capacity of 18.58 MW, from French developer Solairedirect. The WFW team also assisted KGAL on the negotiation of the project contracts with Solairedirect.
A Squire Patton Boggs team, led by London Corporate partner Michelle Chen, has advised client Tus-Holdings Co., Ltd. on a landmark £200 million joint venture with Trinity College, Cambridge. The deal will see a new phase of investment and renewal in Cambridge Science Park, including 350,000 sq ft of office/research space over five new buildings, including a state-of-the-art Biohub, which will be home to laboratories and offices for early stage biotech and medtech companies.
Macfarlanes has advised leading global B2B services company Hogg Robinson on a recommended offer by GBT, which trades as American Express Global Business Travel, for Hogg Robinson. The firm has also advised on the simultaneous class 1 disposal of Hogg Robinson’s Software-as-a-Service technology company Fraedom to Visa for approximately £140 million.
Macfarlanes has advised leading global B2B services company Hogg Robinson on a recommended offer by GBT, which trades as American Express Global Business Travel, for Hogg Robinson. The firm has also advised on the simultaneous class 1 disposal of Hogg Robinson’s Software-as-a-Service technology company Fraedom to Visa for approximately £140 million.