Shearman & Sterling advised GB Finance on its joint sale with GAIA of a one-third stake in MNT investments to the second fund of Development Partners International (DPI), a leading African focused private equity firm, for an aggregate amount of EGP 750 million. MNT investments is the main shareholder in Microfinance Consulting Services (Mashroey) and […]
Dechert advised on the transaction Dechert advised JSC National Company KazMunayGas (“KMG”), the Kazakhstan state-owned oil and gas company, on its issuance of an aggregate of US$3.25 billion Eurobonds under its US$10.5 billion Global Medium Term Notes Programme established by KMG and its finance subsidiary KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub B.V (“KMG Finance”). The Eurobonds, which are […]
Clifford Chance has advised Cromwell Property Group, a real estate investor and manager, on its strategic partnership with Linkcity, a member of Bouygues Construction, a global construction company, to invest in the rollout of a portfolio of logistics and light industrial assets in Central and Eastern Europe. The portfolio is targeting an eventual gross asset […]
Gide advised Groupama on the deal Gide has advised Groupama Emeklilik A.S. on the transfer of its private pension portfolio to Fiba Emeklilik ve Hayat A.S. Aiming to focus on the life and non-life insurance sectors in Turkey, Groupama decided to divest its private pension portfolio as part of a transaction that is the first […]
White & Case LLP has advised Zynga Inc., a social game developer, on its agreement to acquire the privately held social game developer Gram Games for US$250 million with a three-year earnout Zynga is responsible for developing well-known games, such as Words with Friends, FarmVille and CSR2 Racing. The acquisition brings to Zynga a talented […]
Clifford Chance is advising Aldar Properties PJSC (Aldar Properties), a leading listed property development, investment and management company based in Abu Dhabi, on its acquisition of a portfolio of real estate assets from Tourism Development and Investment Company PJSC (TDIC) worth AED 3.7 billion. The assets comprise strategic land plots and projects under development, along […]
Bracewell represented Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole) as lead arranger in connection with the financing of McDermott International, Inc.’s (McDermott) all-stock combination with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CB&I). The transaction, which was announced on December 18, 2017, closed on May 10, 2018, with an enterprise value of approximately $6 billion. […]
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) has issued $1.75billion in bonds, split into a £750million seven year tranche and a $1billion 12 year tranche. Linklaters advised joint lead managers Citigroup, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, ING, Mizuho, Scotiabank and SMBC Nikko. The Linklaters team was led by Capital Markets partners Jonathan Fried (picture) and Cecil […]
Metinvest, the vertically integrated steel and mining group of companies, has completed the refinancing of its US$2,271 million of debt, consisting of the issuance of two tranches of bonds and the amendment and restatement of its pre-export finance (PXF) facility. As part of this refinancing, Linklaters acted for the bookrunners on (i) the issuance of […]
Abuhimed AlSheikh AlHagbani (AS&H) in co-operation with Clifford Chance advised NADEC on the acquisition of Al Safi Danone Company (ASD). This transaction will reinforce NADEC’s position as a leading regional dairy and beverage player. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, NADEC has agreed to acquire (i) thirty-four million nine hundred and fifty-four thousand seven […]
White & Case LLP has advised Qatar Petroleum on the deal The transaction creates the world’s largest LNG company. The integration became effective on January 1, 2018, from which date all the activities of Qatargas and RasGas are now operated by the new ‘Qatargas’. Qatar Petroleum operates in the oil and gas industry in Qatar. […]
Shearman & Sterling was appointed by managing investor Yaatra Ventures to represent the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) in connection with the signing of an exclusive Project Framework Agreement for the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a greenfield refinery project in Hoima District, Uganda (the Refinery Project). AGRC is an American-led private sector […]
