Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2021 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2021.

The Bank of Nova Scotia is Canada’s international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and parts of Asia, offering a broad range of advice, products and services to its approximately 23 million customers around the world.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Société Générale and Gilbert Dupont, as bookrunners, on the sale by Compagnie Financière pour l'Environnement et le Recyclage (CFER), the holding company of the Derichebourg family, of ten percent of  Derichebourg SA's share capital.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the initial purchasers, including Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs International as global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and BNP Paribas as joint bookrunner, on the high yield offering of €200 million principal amount 8.00%/8.75% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 by NewCo GB, a parent entity of Burger King France.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the initial purchasers, including Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs International as global coordinators and joint bookrunners, and BNP Paribas as joint bookrunner, on the high yield offering of €200 million principal amount 8.00%/8.75% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2022 by NewCo GB, a parent entity of Burger King France.

McDermott has advised owner Oliver Karrié  on the sale of all his shares in KBS Infra GmbH and its subsidiaries (“KBS Group”) to Cramo AG (“Cramo”).

KBS is a full-service provider for logistics in the construction sector, operating across Germany. The group plans and operates logistical services, supplies rental and set-up of construction site equipment and supplies construction sites with inbound and outbound communication.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has advised private-equity house Gimv and certain individual shareholders, including CEO Armin Pohl, on their disposal of Mackevision group to Accenture.

Paris office represents the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its €70 million financing of SOREGIES, SERGIES and SRD of Groupe Energies Vienne, one of the largest local energy distribution companies in France.

The Paris office recently represented the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its €70 million financing of SOREGIES, SERGIES and SRD of Groupe Energies Vienne, one of the largest local energy distribution companies in France.

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv is pleased to announce that it has advised SD Capital on the English and Ukrainian law aspects of a joint venture transaction which brings P&O Maritime (owned by DP World Group - one of the worlds’ largest port operators) to Ukraine for the first time. As part of the transaction, P&O acquired control over the Ukrainian harbour towage company LB Shipping. The joint venture will provide towage services in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhnyi.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), a global consumer products company, on its agreement to sell its Global Consumer Battery Business to Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of primary batteries and portable lighting products, for approximately $2 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The full press release is available here.

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP is advising Schoeller Industries, Amsterdam/Pullach, the holding company owned by the Schoeller family and the founding shareholder in Schoeller Allibert Group, in connection with the sale of the stake held by its co-shareholder, J.P. Morgan, to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. and the partnering between Schoeller and Brookfield. The Schoeller family has agreed to contribute further business interests to Schoeller Allibert.