Baker McKenzie acted as Australian and U.S. legal counsel to Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited and J.P. Morgan Australia Limited, as joint lead managers of a fully underwritten A$100 million institutional placement and subsequent share purchase plan by Steadfast Group Limited. The proceeds from the capital raising will be used by Steadfast Group to fund its A$95 million acquisition of Whitbread Insurance Group and provide funds for future growth.

Baker McKenzie, Head of Capital Markets, Craig Andrade stated:

Baker McKenzie advised LKQ Corporation on the acquisition of the Stahlgruber GmbH. Stahlgruber is one of the leading European wholesale distributors of aftermarket spare parts. The seller is STAHLGRUBER Otto Gruber AG. The acquisition includes all national and international subsidiaries of Stahlgruber GmbH for a purchase price of 1.5 billion euros. The transaction is subject to all required regulatory approvals.

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie acted for Stonewall on a pro bono basis in its first ever intervention before the Court of Appeal. The case concerns the rights of transgender people and, specifically, the right of a transgender woman to have direct contact with her children who belong to the ultra-orthodox Charedi Jewish Community. The case raised the questions of human rights and discrimination, in evaluating a child's welfare.

Baker McKenzie advised Sika on the acquisition of the FAIST ChemTec Group. Faist ChemTec is a leading manufacturer of high-performance engineered, structure-borne acoustic solutions. The acquisition brings technology and know-how that will accelerate Sika’s growth and drive market penetration via the strong synergies between the two companies. The transaction is subject to clearance by anti-trust authorities.

Moscow—The Sever-2 class A logistics complex is located in the Solnechnogorsky district, 35 kilometers north of the MKAD on Leningradskoye Shosse, or on the new M-11 toll road. The complex’s anchor tenants are OBI, O’key, Major, Miratorg and R-Pharm.

Warsaw, 1 December 2017. CMS has advised the Polish Development Fund on the conclusion of a joint venture agreement with Famur concerning a joint investment in Mining Equipment Finance.

CMS has provided advice to Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in relation to financing the construction of a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Edinburgh co - owned by the Polish family company Polcom Group. The value of the project is GBP 14 million.

CMS has advised a consortium consisting of Aspen Group and a number of other Israeli institutional parties in the purchase of a real estate portfolio. The consortium has acquired a property portfolio consisting of 8 (office) buildings from APF International and Ares Management. The total transaction value amounted to approx. € 115 million. The portfolio has a total lettable floor area of approximately 63,000 m² and generates approximately 9.5 million euro in annual rental income with an occupancy rate of 99%.

LONDON (December 22, 2017) – Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is advising Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP), the leading global provider of modern logistics facilities, in connection with the formation of two new European funds which increase the size of GLP’s fund management platform by US$4 billion (€3.4 billion) to US$43 billion. These funds were formed in conjunction with GLP’s acquisition of Gazeley, a premier developer, investor and manager of European logistics warehouses and distribution parks.

LONDON (December 22, 2017) – Morrison & Foerster, a leading global law firm, is advising Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP), the leading global provider of modern logistics facilities, in connection with the formation of two new European funds which increase the size of GLP’s fund management platform by US$4 billion (€3.4 billion) to US$43 billion. These funds were formed in conjunction with GLP’s acquisition of Gazeley, a premier developer, investor and manager of European logistics warehouses and distribution parks.