DLA Piper has advised China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (China Maple Leaf), a Chinese international school operator, on the over HK$1 billion placing of shares.

China Maple Leaf is the largest international high school and international school operator in China. At the end of the 2016/2017 academic year, over 26,000 students were enrolled in 60 China Maple Leaf schools located in 16 cities in China and Canada.

The placing was managed by UBS AG as placing agent, sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner.

An international CMS team of German, Dutch and Luxembourg lawyers led by Partner Dr. Holger Kraft (CMS Germany, Energy) and Cecilia van der Weijden (CMS The Netherlands, Energy) has provided Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, with comprehensive legal advice with regards to the acquisition (on behalf of its clients) of a substantial interest in the Dutch company owning the project rights for the offshore windfarm 'Borssele III/IV'.

Baker McKenzie has advised the Franco-Irish telecom operator, BSO Networks, in the context of its acquisition of Apsara Networks, an American operator specialising in ultra-low latency telecommunications. This type of telecommunication is used by the main American financial centres (NYSE, NASDAQ and CBOT) for high-frequency trading.
 
By integrating Apsara’s wireless technology into its fibre-optics network, BSO consolidates its position as one of the leading operators used by traders. 

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.

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.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V., a leading global supplier of aluminum components to automotive manufacturers, in an international bond offering. The offering involved the issuance of $500 million of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2025 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering was the first high-yield debt issuance by a Mexican corporation in 2018. The underwriters involved were BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley.

Davis Polk advised the placing agent for the top-up placement of up to 110,000,000 shares in China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited for a total consideration of approximately HK$1 billion.

China Maple Leaf is incorporated in the Cayman Islands with its shares listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. China Maple Leaf is principally engaged in the business of operating international schools in the PRC.

De Brauw has advised Deutsche Telekom on the acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands by T-Mobile Netherlands.

Client name
Deutsche Telekom.

Other parties involved
Tele2 Netherlands, T-Mobile Netherlands, Tele2 Sverige.

Nature of transaction
Acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands by T-Mobile Netherlands in exchange for EUR 190 million in cash and a stake of 25% in the combined business.

Value of transaction
Undisclosed but more than EUR 5 million.

Date deal
15 December 2017.

De Brauw involvement

New York Stock Exchange listed Dover Corporation acquires Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen GmbH and its affiliated entities in Germany and in the US. Ettlinger will become part of Dover’s Swiss business unit Maag Pump & Filtration Systems. Taylor Wessing has been advising the owners as seller in this transaction. Ettlinger manufactures and distributes filtering solutions for the plastics industry and plastics recycling industry as well as injection molding machinery.