Watson Farley and Williams (“WFW”) has advised Citibank N.A, London Branch (“Citibank”) and Nordea Bank AB (Publ), New York Branch (“Nordea”) on the amendment and restating of a US$963m loan to Euronav, as a result of the Belgian shipowner’s US$504m merger with Gener8 Maritime (“Gener8”).

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (“NORD/LB”) on the circa €40m long-term financing of the first German-Danish cross border tender for a portfolio of eight solar plants in Denmark with a total installed capacity of 70 MW to be developed by Danish company European Energy.

Travers Smith LLP has acted for Numis Securities Limited and Goodbody Stockbrokers as joint brokers and underwriters and Numis as nominated adviser in connection with the proposed £115 million placing and subscription (the "Fundraising") by Draper Esprit plc ("Draper Esprit").

Led by Frankfurt based partner Michael Schlitt Hogan Lovells has advised for a second consecutive year Commerzbank AG on the payment of a share dividend and a rights issue in connection thereto by Vonovia SE.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the sponsors (Macquarie Capital, Ørsted and Swancor Renewable Energy) on the NT$18.7 billion (US$627 million) 16-year project financing of the development, construction, commissioning, testing and operation of Formosa 1 – Taiwan's first commercial scale offshore wind farm.

This landmark transaction represents a defining first step towards Taiwan achieving its objective of delivering 5.5GW of energy from offshore wind farm projects by 2025.

Clifford Chance advised one of China's leading independent third-party payment service providers, Huifu Payment Limited (Hui Fu Tian Xia You Xian Gong Si ), on its US$216 million (HK$1.7 billion) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CLSA and J.P. Morgan acted as sponsors on the transaction. Huifu is the first payment company to list in Hong Kong and this is also the first payment company IPO out of Asia.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (as Nomad and Joint Bookrunner) and Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (as Joint Bookrunner) in connection with the acquisition by Atlantis Resources plc of SIMEC Uskmouth Power Limited from SIMEC, a member of the GFG Alliance and an associated £20 million equity fundraising.

The acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules for Companies. As such, both the acquisition and the fundraising are subject to the approval of Atlantis shareholders, to be sought at a general meeting on 13 June 2018.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (as Nomad and Joint Bookrunner) and Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (as Joint Bookrunner) in connection with the acquisition by Atlantis Resources plc of SIMEC Uskmouth Power Limited from SIMEC, a member of the GFG Alliance and an associated £20 million equity fundraising.

The acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules for Companies. As such, both the acquisition and the fundraising are subject to the approval of Atlantis shareholders, to be sought at a general meeting on 13 June 2018.

Eversheds Sutherland Ireland has advised Investec Bank Plc, as ESM Advisor, Bookrunner and Financial Advisor, on the IPO of Yew Grove REIT plc (“Yew Grove”) on the Enterprise Securities Market of Euronext Dublin (“ESM”) and the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (“AIM”) and its associated €75 million fundraising. Yew Grove’s shares were admitted to trading on AIM and the ESM on Friday 8 June 2018.