Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nordea Bank AB, Citibank, N.A., London Branch and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, as Original Lenders, on the SEK 11 billion (US$1.3 billion) term facility agreement to Tele2 AB.

Tele2 is a NASDAQ Stockholm-listed telecoms operator and the transaction will finance part of its merger with NASDAQ Stockholm-listed TV cable company Com Hem Holding AB, which values Com Hem at around SEK 26.6 billion (US$3.2 billion).

Mason Hayes & Curran are advising Chronicle, Google X’s cyber security initiative, on data protection matters, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Google X is the same team that pioneered the self-driving car.

Mason Hayes & Curran advised the NTMA, as controller and manager of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), on its co-investment with Capital Stage AG, a German stock market listed solar and wind park operator, in a €140 million fund to develop solar farms in Ireland.

The parties have committed to co-invest a total of €140 million and it is expected to lead to the development of 20 solar farms in Ireland with a total generating capacity of up to 140 MW (power for 25,000 homes). This is ISIF’s first investment in solar assets.

Cleary Gottlieb represented BNP PARIBAS, Citigroup, HSBC, and UBS as joint bookrunners in a Rule 144A/Reg. S offering by Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd. (KOSPO) of $400 million 3.000 percent notes due 2021.

The notes were listed on the Singapore Exchange. The offering priced on January 22, 2018, and closed on January 29, 2018.

HFW has continued to expand its fast-growing Asia-Pacific business with the addition of three partners to its longstanding Singapore office: Finance partner Siri Wennevik, projects and energy partner Alistair Duffield and corporate partner Ivan Chia.

The hires further strengthen the firm's presence in the region, following its launch in Indonesia in November 2017 and a series of other senior recruitments. HFW has now added six partners in Singapore over the past 12 months, and has more than 100 lawyers across six Asia-Pacific offices, including 58 partners.

Addleshaw Goddard has announced the appointment of corporate heavyweight, Richard Hunt, as a partner in its Leeds based corporate practice – six months following the appointment of another leading dealmaker, Pete Wood from Pinsent Masons.

Richard joins from Squire Patton Boggs, where he is Head of the Leeds Corporate team advising on all aspects of M&A. He recently advised the shareholders of Poundworld Retail Holdings Limited on the sale to US private equity firm TPG Capital, a deal valued at £150 million.

Mayer Brown has announced that Glen A. Kopp, a former prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. Previously, Mr. Kopp was a partner with Bracewell, where he served as the chair of that firm’s white collar practice.

Alex Gonzales and Pierre Hubert have joined Duane Morris LLP’s Austin, Texas office as partners in the firm’s Corporate and Intellectual Property practice groups, respectively. Gonzales and Hubert further enhance the firm’s corporate insurance law and intellectual property litigation capabilities in Texas and throughout the United States. Prior to joining Duane Morris, Gonzales was a shareholder at Winstead PC and served as chair of its Insurance Industry Group. Hubert was a principal at McKool Smith.

Morgan Lewis continues its expansion in London, announcing today that it will welcome finance lawyer Georgia M. Quenby as a partner. She will be joined at Morgan Lewis by finance of counsel Victoria Thompson. Ms. Quenby and Ms. Thompson represent financial institutions and investors in a wide range of matters with a focus on cross-border transactions. They will join the firm in the coming days.

International law firm Hill Dickinson has appointed partner Siiri Duddington to join its expanding shipping team.

Formerly a partner at Campbell Johnston Clark (CJC), Siiri spent six years at the firm advising on a wide range of dry shipping, trade and insurance litigation, acting principally for owners, charterers, P&I clubs, traders and insurers.