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Sentinel Midstream’s Agreement With Freepoint Commodities

January 27, 2020 Ambrogio Visconti

Kirkland & Ellis advised Sentinel Midstream on the deal. Sentinel Midstream, LLC, through its subsidiary Texas GulfLink, LLC, announced its alignment with Freepoint Commodities LLC in furtherance of the construction, operation, and utilization of Texas GulfLink. Texas GulfLink is a deepwater crude oil export facility that will be located off the coast of Freeport, Texas, […]

Europe Legal Chronicle

iLOQ Oy’s Senior Secured Notes Offering And Senior Revolving Credit Facility

January 28, 2020 Paolo Bossi

Baker McKenzie advised Nordea Bank Abp in the deal. Nordea Bank Abp acted as sole bookrunner in connection with iLOQ Oy’s €55 million senior secured notes offering and a EUR 15,000,000 super senior revolving credit facility. The proceeds from the notes were used to fund Nordic Capital’s acquisition of iLOQ Oy, a leading provider of […]

Asia & Pacific Legal Chronicle

China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings’ $160 Million Senior Notes Offering

January 27, 2020 Michael Patrini

Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers in connection with the offering. China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Limited completed the offering of its $160 million aggregate principal amount of 12 percent senior notes due 2022. J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, CCB International Capital Limited and China CITIC Bank International Limited acted […]

Latin America Legal Chronicle

Patrimonio Estrategias Inmobiliarias’ $220 Million Acquisition of Shopping Malls in Colombia

January 27, 2020 Ambrogio Visconti.

Holland & Knight’s Bogotá office represented Operadora de Comercio S.A.S. in the transaction. Operadora de Comercio S.A.S. completed the negotiation and $220.7 million sale of five outlet malls to Patrimonio Estrategias Inmobiliarias (PEI), the largest real estate investment trust (REITs) in Colombia. The deal closed on December 16, 2019, after a one-year negotiation. The five […]

Africa Legal Chronicle

Bank One Limited’s Currency Swap With Reserve Bank

January 27, 2020 Andrea Canobbio

Baker McKenzie advised Bank One Limited as arranger and swap provider on a USD 30 million USD/local currency swap with the Reserve Bank of a southern African country and a participation agreement syndicating the transaction with I&M Bank PLC. Under the terms of the transaction documents, the swap is collateralised by local government bonds, which […]

Towards a tech-driven Cold War

June 18, 2019

There might, hypothetically, be a clear winner of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. AI systems and 5G technology are surely the revolution’s two key enablers, and the first mover – the first to successfully implement these systems on a large and sophisticated scale – will certainly gain a competitive advantage over others. This is not, however, […]

Record-breaking year for Tour de Law

Private equity is still growing, although the euphoria of 2014 has died down somewhat

On the path of the bond market: is there a bear, a bull…or what else at the end of the road?

Glass of champagne? ‘No, I‘d rather make hats instead.’

January 9, 2020

Why young lawyers are turning away from alcohol-related social events. At a recent Sunday lunch party, a middle-aged lawyer reached in front of me to take a swig from her friend’s wine glass. “I’m doing Dry January,” she said with a smile. Somewhat non-plussed, I looked at the large tumbler of orange juice from which […]

Because of the inertia of the Executive Branch, the Judiciary starts to “regulate” the growing of cannabis in Brazil

Cicero – the simple art of legal advocacy

The judgment of Prince Andrew

The greatest ever lawyer? It’s horses for courses

Daylight Bank Robbery

July 10, 2019

Imagine if you ran a small engineering company and decided to open an account with a bank which you used for several years in ordinary commercial business, only to find that its operations were then terminated. Not only that, but your account was frozen as the bank in question was accused by the US government […]