Ashurst advised Deutsche Bank on the successful USD172 million financing to the Republic of Ghana for the first phase renovation of the Kumasi Market, which is the largest open-air market in West Africa (the 'project'). The...
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised HSBC Middle East Limited, Mashreqbank PSC and Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.) as joint initial mandated lead arrangers of the USD340 million term and revolving facilities provided by a syndicate of eight...
Gibson Dunn represented the Bateel Group and itsshareholders in connection with a strategic transaction with L Capital Asia Funds, which is backed by the LVMH Group. Bateel is a Gulf-based gourmet food company and owner of...
A team of HFW lawyers has advised NewLead Holding Ltd in relation to the recent delivery of five bitumen tankers to NewLead’s fleet, the "Captain Nikolas I", the "Nepheli", the "Sofia", the "Ioli" and the "Katerina...
Dentons has advised Total on its bid for an interest in the new 40 year Abu Dhabi onshore oil concession, known as the new ADCO onshore concession. The first stakeholder to be awarded a concession interest...
Meysan Partners has advised the shareholders of online food takeaway market leader Talabat.com on its acquisition for USD170m by German e-commerce group, Rocket Internet AG. This is the first deal completed by Meysan Partners since the...
Linklaters has advised the Tunisian government on the country’s debut unassisted international bond, which raised USD1 billion in an oversubscribed offering. The issuance is the first international sale of Tunisian government debt since the Arab Spring...
Arthur Cox, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have scooped the lead roles as construction giants Holcim and Lafarge sell off assets ahead of their €40bn merger. Arthur Cox client CRH is acquiring...
The Hong Kong government’s inaugural Sukuk under the Government bond programme has won the following awards – Best Islamic Financing Deal of the Year in FinanceAsia Achievement Awards and Best Sovereign Bond in GlobalCapital Asia/Asiamoney Regional...
Clifford Chance is advising DP World Limited (DP World) on the proposed acquisition of Economic Zones World FZE (EZW) from Port and Free Zone World FZE (PFZW) for total cash consideration of USD2.6 billion, subject to...
