Allen & Overy LLP has advised E.ON SE in connection with a significantly oversubscribed syndicated 5 billion euros revolving credit facility.
The team included partner of Allen & Overy Dr Neil George Weiand and senior associate Dr. Urs Lewens (both Banking and Finance, Frankfurt).
E.ON SE-house Dr. Cora Hartan worked.
Irwin Mitchell has advised leading fuel wholesaler, Mabanaft, on the disposal by its subsidiary, South Eastern Fuels Ltd, of its Advance Fuels business for an undisclosed seven figure sum.
Croydon-based Advance Fuels, supplies fuel oil to domestic and commercial customers throughout London and the South East of England.
Its UK parent company, Mabanaft, is an independent fuel wholesaler specialising in supplying retailers, hauliers, marine-bunker providers, supermarkets, and the industrial sectors.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Fusion for Energy (F4E), the European Union organisation managing Europe’s contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, on the signing of its largest contract to date.
A Travers Smith team led by Environment & Regulatory partner Doug Bryden, working alongside the law firm Baker Botts LLP, advised GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd on regulatory, environmental, planning and real estate legal matters associated with its recent entry into UK onshore shale gas.
GDF SUEZ's agreement with Dart Energy Limited to acquire a 25% share in 13 UK onshore petroleum exploration and development licences located in Cheshire and the East Midlands marks another significant investment in UK shale gas.
Herbert Smith Freehills was named Corporate Law Firm of the Year by the Australian Financial Review at its annual CFO Awards. The CFO Awards is one of Australia’s most prestigious award programs and acknowledges the very best firms and leaders in the finance sector over the past 12 months.
Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Chinese solar panels maker Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Limited on the placement of 400,000,000 new shares to raise US$144 million on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Budapest, Hungary - Baker & McKenzie Budapest has advised state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works on its acquisition of German utility E.On's entire Hungarian gas business, including gas trade and gas storage businesses. Completion of this deal sees a significant part of the energy sector re-nationalized, following privatization in the late 1990s.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Masdar, the Abu Dhabi renewable energy company, and its shareholder Mubadala Development Company PJSC on the project financing of its 20 per cent interest in the first phase of the London Array offshore wind farm project.
Slaughter and May is advising Infinis and its principal shareholder, Terra Firma, on its intention to proceed with an initial public offering of its ordinary shares, as announced on 21 October 2013.
Infinis is the leading independent renewable energy generator in the UK and the third largest generator of renewable power produced under the Renewables Obligation regime in the UK. It is the largest generator of electricity from landfill gas in the UK and one of the leading UK onshore wind generators.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised long-standing client EDF Energy on the agreement of the contract to build the UK's first nuclear power plant for a generation – with the development of two European Pressurised Reactors at the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset.
Bangkok, Thailand – Baker & McKenzie has advised Amata B. Grimm Power Co. on the establishment of the Amata B.Grimm Power Infrastructure Fund (ABPIF). This is the first energy-related infrastructure fund in Thailand and the second infrastructure fund in Thailand overall.