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Dentons advises The Islamic Development Bank

Dentons advised The Islamic Development Bank (the IsDB) on the update of the IsDB Trust Services Limited USD10 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Program (the Program) completed on February 24, 2015. Dentons also advised the IsDB on...

Ashurst advises Deutsche Bank

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 advises banks for Bahrain Steel

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 represents Bateel Group

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...

HFW advises NewLead Holding

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’ latest deals

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 advises Talabat.com

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 advises Tunisian government

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...

In Brief – March 2015

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...

Hong Kong government’s USD1 billion Sukuk wins awards

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...

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