Jones Day is advising Coronado Coal LLC in the acquisition of the Curragh coal mine in central Queensland, Australia, from Wesfarmers Limited for AUD$700 million (US$547.4 million). Coronado
Coal LLC has existing operations in Virginia and West Virginia.
The Brussels office of leading international law firm Clifford Chance has been advising Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht and its shareholders on the sale of the Anderlecht football club to Alychlo following a process involving multiple bidders.
The team is led by Niek De Pauw, corporate partner, and Wim Aerts, counsel, at Clifford Chance Brussels.
We have been a trusted adviser to RSCA for the past several years and regularly assist them with corporate, commercial, banking & finance and employment law matters.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised ProSiebenSat.1 on its sale of all shares in Comvel GmbH to lastminute.com Group.
Osborne Clarke advised on all matters regarding the business model as well as IP/IT law and ecommerce related aspects.
Comvel operates the travel website weg.de, one of Germany’s best-known online travel sites and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Group since January 2014.
Debevoise Advises Deutsche Bank as Financial Advisor to Mallinckrodt in the $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Deutsche Bank as financial advisor to Mallinckrodt plc in the $1.2 billion acquisition of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
The Debevoise team is led by partner Andrew L. Bab and includes associates Giselle Alvarado and Claire Hansen Suni.
The Hong Kong office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised AIA Group on the 15-year extension of its exclusive regional bancassurance agreement with Public Bank, extending the partnership to 2037.
The Debevoise team advising AIA on the transaction was led by Hong Kong partner Edwin Northover and associate Jayne So.
Kyiv—Dentons is representing Bojer Innovativ Ingeniør Rådgivning (BIIR), a leading engineering consulting company in Aarhus, Denmark, in connection with the raid of the client’s property in Odessa, Ukraine. BIIR is a foreign investor, which currently employs more than 100 professionals in Odessa and aims to grow to 500 within the next few years.
In spring 2017, BIIR acquired a property in Odessa for US$400,000 for the construction of a new office. In summer 2017, the building was seized as a result of a claim by the former owners.
Schulte represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, and UBS Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger, in connection with the repricing of a $325-million term loan and a $60-million revolving credit facility for TRC Companies Inc., a national engineering, consulting and construction management firm.
Finance partners Michael Michetti and Joel Simon led the team, which included special counsel Joseph Fastiggi and associates Sean Murray and Ankan Dhal.
Schulte represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, and UBS Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger, in connection with a $420-million U.S. dollar-denominated term loan, a €200-million euro-denominated term loan and a $20-million revolving credit facility for affiliates of ION Investment Group in their acquisition of a controlling stake in Dealogic from affiliates of The Carlyle Group and certain other owners. Dealogic is a global provider of data and analytics for capital markets.
BRUSSELS – Dechert LLP has advised the selling shareholders of the Newpharma Group, the largest online pharmacy in Belgium, in connection with the sale of its shareholding to a consortium that includes Korys (the Colruyt family investment company which has €4 billion under management), the Colruyt Group (owner of the largest supermarket chain in Belgium) and Newpharma Group’s current management. The transaction closed on December 18, 2017.
Led by Frankfurt partner Jochen Seitz Hogan Lovells has advised Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank (technical lead), RBC Capital Markets and Banco Santander on the subscription and placement of three corporate bonds of Volkswagen Bank GmbH with an overall volume of EUR 2 billion. Seitz together with his team advised on the subscription agreement and the securities prospectus.