Hong Kong: Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised global private markets investment manager Partners Group on its exit from global apparel labeling and branding solutions provider Trimco International Holdings Limited (Trimco) to funds advised by Affinity Equity Partners for US$520 million. Clifford Chance also advised Partners Group on its initial acquisition of Trimco, and follow-on investments.

Armour is the sixth reinsurance launch handled by the Firm's New York office under the leadership of Insurance and M&A partner Gary Boss, who continues to play a leading role in ushering in a new group of global competitors in the Insurance industry.

Dentons has advised long-standing client Vitol, the global energy and commodity trading group, on its participation in the recent US$534 million debt financing for Shoreline Natural Resources Limited (SNRL), the indigenous Nigerian oil producer which, together with the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, owns OML 30, a large onshore block in the western Niger Delta.

As well as refinancing existing indebtedness, the new credit facility will enable SNRL to increase production from OML 30 at a time when the oil market's recovery appears to be stabilising.

DLA Piper has advised Beijing Sanyuan Foods and Chinese conglomerate Fosun on the €625 million (US$733 million) acquisition of French margarine maker St Hubert, a leading manufacturer of healthy spreads in France and Italy. This acquisition between Fosun and Sanyuan, one of China's largest state-owned dairy groups represents an important and practical step towards China's mixed-ownership reform.

In 2017, YIT reorganized its four Russian JSC subsidiaries, implementing a new more transparent and effective corporate structure. Eversheds Sutherland assisted in all legal matters pertaining to registration from the preliminary stages, registration of share issues, planning and evaluating possible risks, to the final registrations.

Linklaters has advised UBM Development AG, a leading Austrian developer listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, in relation to the EU54m sale of the "Pegaz" A-class office building in Wroclaw, Poland by its Polish wholly-owned subsidiary to Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH who acted on behalf of the real estate investment fund VEMEDSH Immobilien Invest.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has acted as transaction counsel in relation to the latest insurance-linked securities (ILS) transaction sponsored by myLotto24, Hoplon III. This follows the firm acting as transaction counsel on the Hoplon I and Hoplon II transactions. The Hoplon deals use a traditional ILS cat bond like structure demonstrating how this type protection can be used to cover a diverse range of risks.

Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised China Development Bank on the US$1.6 billion financing of six Arc7 LNG carrier newbuildings for a joint venture between Teekay LNG Partners and China LNG Shipping. The first vessel – EDUARD TOLL – was delivered earlier this month.

The vessels will operate under long-term charters servicing the Yamal LNG project in Russia and will have ice-breaking capabilities which will enable year-round use of the Arctic sea routes.

CMS has advised Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. ("Belvac")on its acquisition of Rosario Can Technology.

Rosario Can Technology is an innovative designer, developer and manufacturer of decorators, base coating machinery and associated replacement parts for the production of beverage, food and aerosol cans. Rosario Can Technology is based in and operates out of Dongen, the Netherlands.

A new operator has been selected for Serbia's largest airport. Serbia has awarded French company VINCI Airports, the fourth largest airport operator worldwide, a 25-year concession. The total value of the agreement amounts to EU 1.5 billion. CMS Belgrade supported the Serbian government in this project, which ranks among the strategically most important in the country.