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JBS S.A.’s Consent Solicitation And Cash Tender Offer
FedEx Corporation’s $1 Billion Notes Offering
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.’s $1.08 Billion Acquisition Of Infiltrator Water Technologies
Government of the Sultanate of Oman’s Return To The International Debt Capital Markets
Niam AB’s €1.1 Billion Equity For Niam Nordic VII

North America Legal Chronicle

Shasta Linen Supply, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc.

August 21, 2019 Ambrogio Visconti

DLA Piper represented Applied Underwriters in its defeat of three separate motions for class certification arising out of a regulatory dispute over whether a reinsurance transaction adjunct to workers’ compensation coverage was required to be filed with, among others, the California Department of Insurance. In 2016, the California Commissioner ruled that the reinsurance portion of […]

Europe Legal Chronicle

KKR’s Acquisition Of Majority Stake in heidelpay

August 21, 2019 Paolo Bossi

Weil is advising KKR on its acquisition of a majority stake in German fintech heidelpay from AnaCap Financial Partners. Proskauer and Herbert Smith Freehills is advising AnaCap Financial Partners. KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic partners that […]

Asia & Pacific Legal Chronicle

ShareChat’s $100 Million in Series D Funding Round

August 21, 2019 Michael Patrini

Khaitan & Co advised Twitter Inc. in relation to series D primary investment in Mohalla Tech Private Limited doing business as ShareChat ShareChat, a regional social media platform, has raised a new round of funding of $100 million in its Series-D funding, where Twitter and TrustBridge Partners are two new investors. To date, ShareChat has […]

Africa Legal Chronicle

HeidelbergCement’s Sale Of A Minority Stake In Ciments Du Maroc

March 8, 2019 Andrea Canobbio

Clifford Chance advised HeidelbergCement, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials, in connection with the sale of a minority stake in the share capital of Ciments du Maroc. HeidelbergCement sold 7.8% of the share capital of Ciments du Maroc for an aggregate amount of approximately €140 million, as part of its action […]

Middle East Legal Chronicle

Government of the Sultanate of Oman’s Return To The International Debt Capital Markets

August 20, 2019 Michael Patrini.

Clifford Chance has advised the Government of the Sultanate of Oman on its return to the international debt capital markets in 2019 with a US$3 billion dual-tranche offering (US$2.25 billion 6.000 per cent. Notes due 2029 and US$750 million 4.875 per cent. Notes due 2025) under the Sultanate’s Global Medium Term Note Programme. The transaction […]

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?

What’s your poison? Britain’s drug laws go to pot

August 13, 2019

Two recent media stories have featured prominently in relation to where Britain’s drug laws are heading. In isolation, the arguments supporting each of them make sense, but put together they demonstrate how contradictory our legal system and public health policy might become, should they both be realised simultaneously. The first story concerned a government green […]

Lock them up or set them free: Boris and British prisons

London law firms go sky high, but who pays?

The French Anti-Corruption Agency’s Enforcement Committee issues its first decision: First lessons learned…

GDPR bites hard: BA & Marriott are the first big victims

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 […]

Genstar Capital’s Investment in Worldwide Facilities

CPI’s Acquisition of SATCOM Technologies

R&R Real Estate Investment Trust’s US$ 52.0 Million Portfolio Acquisition

BTG Pactual Crédito y Facturas’ $30 Million Acquisition of Cofisa V Credit Portfolio

Red Mutual 54’s $3.4 Million Notes Offering

Transmissora Sertaneja de Eletricidade’s $18.7 Million Notes Offering

MSX International’s Strategic Investment In MCON Group AG

Ocado Group plc’s Consent Solicitation

KKR’s Acquisition Of Majority Stake in heidelpay

HeidelbergCement’s Sale Of A Minority Stake In Ciments Du Maroc

Sound Transit’s $3 Billion Lynnwood Link Light Rail Project

Pangaea Investment Management’s $200 million metal purchase

Government of the Sultanate of Oman’s Return To The International Debt Capital Markets

Future Media Group’s Acquisition Of W Magazine

Saudi Aramco’s $12 Billion Notes Offering

ShareChat’s $100 Million in Series D Funding Round

Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited’s 400 Million Initial Public Offering

Partners Group AG’s AU$500 Million Investment Into Bango Wind Farm Project

What’s your poison? Britain’s drug laws go to pot

Lock them up or set them free: Boris and British prisons

London law firms go sky high, but who pays?

Daylight Bank Robbery

Turkish M&A and beyond

Turkey: land of opportunity

Towards a tech-driven Cold War

Record-breaking year for Tour de Law

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

Towards a tech-driven Cold War

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?

What’s your poison? Britain’s drug laws go to pot

Lock them up or set them free: Boris and British prisons

London law firms go sky high, but who pays?

The French Anti-Corruption Agency’s Enforcement Committee issues its first decision: First lessons learned…

Daylight Bank Robbery

Turkish M&A and beyond

Turkey: land of opportunity

Abramovich’s Swiss lawyer talks reputation management

Lefèvre Pelletier & associés (LPA) and CGR Legal announce their merger