Macfarlanes has advised Twenty14 Holdings, the hospitality investment arm of Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate Lulu Group International, on the £85m acquisition of The Caledonian, a Hilton owned and Waldorf Astoria branded hotel in central Edinburgh.

Twenty14 Holdings has a strategy of investing in profitable luxury sites while preserving their historical legacy and plans to invest an additional £20m sensitively renovating and expanding the hotel by a further 50 rooms over the next few years. 

Hill Dickinson’s Manchester corporate team has advised Waterland Private Equity on a multi-million pound investment in Gas Tag, the pioneering technology company.

The deal, which values Gas Tag at well in excess of £20 million, will enable the Liverpool-headquartered business to continue to scale up rapidly both within the UK and internationally.

In return for the investment, Waterland will gain a minority stake and two of its senior team will join the board of the company.

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.

Baker McKenzie has advised Ledger, one of the world leaders in Blockchain and in bitcoin and cryptocurrency security, as part of its fundraising operation involving several French and international funds.

Pfäffikon (Switzerland)/Frankfurt, Jan. 18, 2018 – A Bryan Cave M&A team, led by Frankfurt Office Managing Partner Tobias Fenck, recently advised Altano Group, a corporation of the Swiss holding company Ufenau Capital Partners, on the acquisition of Tierärztliche Klinik für Pferde Großwallstadt. As one of the leading horse clinic operators, Altano Group will strengthen its presence in the Rhine-Main area through this acquisition. This is one of three acquisitions by Altano in the last six months.

In January 2018, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd (“BTMU”) issued RMB 1 billion panda bonds (the “Bonds”) through private placement in China. The Bonds have a coupon rate of 5.3 per cent, with a three-year tenor.

Berlin, January 18, 2018 – Greenberg Traurig Germany advised Quest Investment Partners (Quest) on the acquisition of the “Lenzhaus” office property in Berlin. It was sold by Barings Real Estate Advisers, who had acquired the property for an individual fund of a German pension fund in 2015. The parties agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.

PARIS (January 18, 2018) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has advised Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in connection with its participation in the reorganization of the French nuclear industry.

McDermott counseled Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in acquiring a minority stake in Framatome (formerly known as New NP), an entity that brings together the assets of the Areva group relating to the design, supply and sale of equipment, fuel assemblies and services for nuclear reactors.

PARIS (January 18, 2018) – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery has advised Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in connection with its participation in the reorganization of the French nuclear industry.

McDermott counseled Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in acquiring a minority stake in Framatome (formerly known as New NP), an entity that brings together the assets of the Areva group relating to the design, supply and sale of equipment, fuel assemblies and services for nuclear reactors.

Global law firm Linklaters has successfully advised on a US$3 billion concurrent share placement and convertible bond issue for Country Garden Holdings, China’s largest real estate developer in terms of contracted sales in 2017 and ranks among the top three real estate enterprises globally. The deal is the largest equity deal in Asia this year so far. It is also the largest ex-Japan convertible bond issued to the international markets since 2007.