Baker McKenzie has advised the global higher education giant, Laureate Education, on the sale of Université Internationale de Casablanca (UIC) to KMR Holding Pédagogique, a recognised higher education platform in French speaking Africa. Established in 2010, UIC is the first private university recognised by the Moroccan State.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised WernerCo, a Triton IV fund company, on its acquisition of ZARGES Group (ZARGES).
The seller is a consortium consisting of funds managed by Baird Capital and Granville, VR Equitypartner and the management team ZARGES. The acquisition enhances WernerCo's position as a market leader for industrial climbing products and storage and transport containers in Europe. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
The Firm recently represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as dealer managers, in connection with a cash tender offer by Gol Finance, a subsidiary of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“Gol”), the Brazilian airline, to purchase for cash up to US$50 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 9.25% Senior Notes due 2020. The tender offer expired on January 12, 2018. Approximately US$21.3 million in aggregate principal amount of notes was tendered.
Skadden advised Toshiba Corporation on the sale of its claims against Westinghouse Electric Company LLC to Nucleus Acquisition LLC (a consortium controlled by The Baupost Group, LLC) for $2.16 billion and the sale of its Westinghouse-related shares to Brookfield WEC Holdings LLC. Skadden also assisted Toshiba with the successful negotiation and execution of a key plan support agreement with Westinghouse, its statutory unsecured creditors committee and other parties.
The Firm represented Zhenro Properties Group Limited (“Zhenro Properties”) in connection with its initial public offering in Hong Kong and Regulation S offering of 1,000,000,000 shares (prior to the exercise of the overallotment option), which raised HK$3.99 billion (US$510.2 million) in gross proceeds. The ordinary shares of Zhenro Properties are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CCB International acted as sole sponsor. CCB International and Guotai Junan International acted as joint coordinators.
Mayer Brown JSM represented Principal Financial Group (NASDAQ:PFG), one of Southeast Asia’s largest asset managers, in its proposed acquisition of controlling stakes in CIMB-Principal Asset Management Group and CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management from its joint venture partner CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (KLSE:1023), pending regulatory approval.
Mayer Brown JSM represented both Standard Chartered APR and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) on the divestment of all 154 million of their shares in Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), one of Vietnam’s largest private sector banks. These shares represent 15% of ACB’s capital.
Standard Chartered APR sold 8.75% of ACB’s capital (approximately 90 million shares) to Estes Investment Ltd and Sather Gate Investment, while Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) sold its 6.25% stake (or 64 million shares) to Boardwalk South, Whistler Investment and Estes Investment.
Mayer Brown JSM announced today that Brian McKenna has joined the firm in Hong Kong as a partner in its Corporate & Securities practice.
The Milan office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Luca Sommariva as a partner in its construction and infrastructure practice. He joins the firm from Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners.
King & Spalding today announced that Bradley T. Giordano has joined as a partner in the Chicago office. Giordano will bolster the firm’s Financial Restructuring practice and will serve a key role in expanding the firm’s recently opened Chicago office.