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Transmisión de Electricidad’s $56.4 Million Wind-Powered Electric Facility Project Financing

January 22, 2020 Ambrogio Visconti

Shearman & Sterling advised lenders and facility agent on the deal. Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO), DEG – Deutsche Investitions- Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) and Société De Promotion Et De Participation Pour La Coopération Economique S.A. (PROPARCO) acted as lenders, and FMO, as facility agent on the $56.4 million financing deal for the completion […]

Europe Legal Chronicle

BrickMark AG’s Acquisition Of A Prime Commercial Building

January 22, 2020 Paolo Bossi

Baker McKenzie advised BrickMark AG (“BrickMark”) in the purchase of a prime commercial building in the heart of Zurich’s central business district. The transaction volume amounts to over CHF 130 million. Initially, BrickMark acquired 80% of the shares of Bahnhofstrasse Immobilien AG with a call option on the remaining 20% exercisable within 9 months. The […]

Asia & Pacific Legal Chronicle

Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing Co., Ltd.’s HK$507 Million IPO

January 22, 2020 Michael Patrini

O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented the sponsor and the underwriters in Hong Kong IPO of Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing. Guotai Junan Capital Limited as sole sponsor, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited actes as main underwriter in the approximately HK$507 million (approximately US$65 million) initial public offering and H share listing of Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing Co., […]

Latin America Legal Chronicle

Casinos Enjoy v. Sun Dreams

January 22, 2020 Ambrogio Visconti.

FerradaNehme, Gutiérrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo and Cisternas, Concha y Cía advised on the deal The Santiago Court of Appeals rejected the claim filed by Sun Dreams against the Casinos Superintendence on Enjoy’s permission to operates in Puerto Varas. FerradaNehme advised Enjoy S.A., Casino del Lago S.A. and Casino de Puerto Varas S.A. with Nicole […]

Middle East Legal Chronicle

Rada Electronic Industries Ltd.’s $25 Million Follow-On Offering

January 15, 2020 Michael Patrini.

Gornitzky advised the underwriters, led by Canaccord in the USD 25 million follow-on offering of Rada Electronic Industries Ltd. on the Nasdaq Capital Market. RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. (“RADA”) (NASDAQ: RADA), offered 4,190,480 of its ordinary shares at a price to the public of $5.25 per share. In addition, RADAhas granted the underwriters of the […]

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 […]