The Trianon skyscraper in Frankfurt owned by funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Madison International Realty was refinanced by Helaba. The building comprises 66,000 square metres on 47 floors.

Hengeler Mueller advised Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Madison International Realty on the refinancing. The Hengeler Mueller team included partner Martin Geiger (London) and counsel Alex Gehringer as well as associate Bernhard Quensel (both Frankfurt) (all Financing).

Castrén & Snellman is representing Maakunnan Asunnot Oy, a Finnish real estate investment company, in a public tender offer for the shares in SSK Suomen Säästäjien Kiinteistöt Oyj, another real estate investment company. Maakunnan Asunnot will publish the offer document for the tender offer on or about 5 November 2014. The offer period will begin on or about 6 November 2014 and end on or about 27 November 2014.

Associates of the banking & finance/capital markets practice provided the legal support for the reorganization procedure of NIKIMT-Atomstroy OJSC (which belongs to the state company “Rosatom”) in the form of spin-off of Zheleznogorskaya TEC OJSC.

The deal structure provided for placing of all shares in the spin-off company (Zheleznogorskaya TEC OJSC) in favor of the parent company (NIKIMT-Atomstroy OJSC).

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has advised Kennedy Wilson on a refinancing facility with GE Real Estate Loans Limited worth £127 million.

The firm's Commercial Development and Investment (CDI) team, alongside the Retail, Energy, Leisure and Management (RELM) team, assisted Kennedy Wilson, an LSE listed company which invests in real estate and real estate loans in Europe, on the transaction.

Gide and Bredin Prat have advised Oxford Properties Group, the real estate subsidiary of Omers, on its acquisition of “32 Blanche”, a 21,125m² office building located in Paris’ 9th arrondissement. The building was acquired from a real estate fund managed by The Carlyle Group, for approx. 263 million euros.

Mayer Brown has advised Ho Bee Land Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary HB St Martins Pte. Ltd. (“HBSM”), on the purchase of 60/62 St Martin’s Lane, London for £43.9 million.

Ho Bee Land Limited, a Singapore-based real estate development and investment company, acquired the prime trophy office and retail building, located in the heart of Covent Garden, from St Martin’s Property Limited.

Mayer Brown has previously assisted Ho Bee Land Limited on its purchase of Rose Court for £67.2 million in 2013.

Vinge has advised Bygghemma Sverige AB in connection with the acquisition of Pro HBG Arbetsklader AB (Protecty). Bygghemma has sold inter alia building materials on the internet since 2006 and is now the leading Nordic e-business company for building materials. Protecty sells working clothes and protective clothing on the internet.

Kristian Ford is advising Bygghemma together with Madelene Eriksson. Carl Fahleryd provided employment law advice.

The shareholders of Retail Estates, a Belgian REIT specialised in peripheral retail properties and listed on Euronext Brussels, approved the change of status from a “public real estate investment company” (“openbare vastgoedbevak / sicafi publique”) into a “public regulated real estate company” (“openbare gereglementeerde vastgoedvennootschap / société immobilière réglementée publique”).

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising China National Building Material Company Limited ('CNBM') in relation to its subscription for new ordinary shares in China Shanshui Cement Group Limited ('Shanshui') for a total consideration of HK$1.56 billion (US$201 million). The transaction will give CNBM a 16.67% interest in Shanshui. The shares will be issued pursuant to the general mandate granted by the shareholders of Shanshui at its last Annual General Meeting.

Borenius advised Paroc Group Oy (”Paroc”) and its owners in the sale of Paroc to the Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners for an Enterprise Value of approximately EUR 700 million.