The energy group STEAG GmbH based in Essen has successfully refinanced the acquisition of two incineration plants through external funding. In early/mid-2017 STEAG Waste to Energy GmbH acquired Vattenfall's shares in the plants Thermische Abfallbehandlung Lauta GmbH & Co. oHG and IKW Rüdersdorf GmbH. Clifford Chance provided legal advice to the banks concluding the loan agreement, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH.

Simpson Thacher represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with the acquisition of euNetworks, which closed on January 11, 2018.

euNetworks owns and operates dense fiber-based metropolitan networks in 14 sites in Europe, connected by an intercity backbone covering 49 cities in 15 countries.

Mayer Brown announced today that trial lawyer Robert Harrell has joined the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in Houston. Previously, he was a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston, where he led that firm’s financial institutions and insurance litigation practice in the US.

Jean Pawlow brings significant financial industry and international tax controversy experience including transfer pricing capabilities, further strengthening the firm’s top-tier Tax Controversy Practice.

Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Jean Pawlow has joined the firm’s Tax Controversy Practice as a member of the Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley offices. She is a prominent trial lawyer with a track record of success in large tax cases for financial institutions, retailers, technology companies, and industrial manufacturers.

Orrick announced today that Ali Ramadan has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Technology Companies Group, resident in the London office. Ali is the 6th partner and 20th lawyer to join Orrick’s London Technology Companies team.

The Orrick team has ranked #1 for European venture capital volume for the past seven quarters and ranks #1 for venture-backed exits according to Pitchbook. In addition, the Orrick team was recently recognized as 2017 Service Provider of the Year by Investor AllStars.

Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to expand its Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice with the addition of Marwan Azzi as a partner in New York. Azzi will work closely with the Firm's Global Private Equity (PE) Industry Group.

Garrigues has bolstered its Lima office with the incorporation of a team of five highly-regarded lawyers to establish its litigation and arbitration practice in Peru. The team, joining from Benites, Forno & Ugaz, is led by Hugo Forno and Melissa Núñez.

With the incorporation of an area of such relevance for the firm at a global level, Garrigues continues the process of consolidation of both its Lima office and its Latin American practice; it already has litigation and arbitration areas in the offices of Bogota and Santiago de Chile.

Dentons is pleased to announce that Adam Allouba has joined the Firm as a partner in our Corporate group.

Based in Montréal, Adam's practice is focused on various elements of commercial law, as well as competition/antitrust law. He advises public companies with respect to both transactional and regulatory matters, including private placements, prospectus offerings, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions, privatizations and shareholder meetings. Adam also has particular experience with respect to issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Dentons is pleased to announce that Grant MacKenzie has joined the Firm as a partner in our Corporate group.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has strengthened its Corporate and Venture Capital team with the appointment of Robin Eyben, effective from February 1, 2018. He will join the Berlin office as a Partner from Morrison & Foerster.

Robin will work closely with Venture Capital Partner, Nicolas Gabrysch, who will continue working from Berlin. His Berlin team also expects to appoint another Associate in March this year. Employment Partner Dr Anke Freckmann and Senior Associate Sylvia Wörz also moved to Berlin last Autumn.