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DealFolio Digest June 1 – 15 2015

www.legaldealfolio.com

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Organised Insight into Lawyers’ Client Work

•  DealFolio Digest for the first half of June 2015, with information on law firm client work in the following practice areas:

–  Corporate and M&A –  Debt Capital Markets –  Equity Capital Markets –  Infrastructure and Project Finance, –  International Finance and Bank Credit –  Real Estate and –  Restructuring.

•  Highlights include Slaughter and May advising on the Aviva Dated Tier 2 Fixed to Floating Notes issuance, Davis Polk advising on the Republic of Sri Lanka Bonds due 2025 and White & Case advising on Capital Stage AG’s - UK Solar Parks Refinancing Project Bond.

•  Please refer to the index on slide 106 for deals classified by industry.

•  Full information available at www.legaldealfolio.com.

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•  Infrastructure and Project Finance –  Project Bonds………………………………….84 –  Project Finance………………………………..85

•  International Finance and Bank Credit –  Acquisition Finance…………………….…….88 –  Asset Finance and Leasing…………….…….92 –  Real Estate Financing…………………..…….93 –  Syndicated and Bilateral Loans……….…….95

•  Real Estate –  Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals…..105

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•  Corporate and M&A –  Financial Buyer Acquisitions…………………5 –  Group Restructurings………………………...12 –  Joint Ventures………..………………………..14 –  Mergers………………………………………..16 –  Strategic Buyer Acquisitions………………...17

•  Debt Capital Markets –  Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes....30 –  Corporate Bonds……………………...………32 –  Equity-Linked Securities……………….…….50 –  Islamic Finance……………………….……….54 –  Securitisation and Structured Finance……...56 –  Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds………....57

•  Equity Capital Markets –  Block Placings………..………………….…….59 –  Initial Public Offerings…………………….…61 –  Rights Issues………………………..…………70 –  Secondary Offerings and Placings………..…71

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Corporate and M&A

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Travers Smith Brookfield Property Partners Acquisition of Center Parcs UK  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure  

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Chris Hale

Travers Smith Montagu Private Equity Sale of The University of Law  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out General Retailers  

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Paul Dolman

Ashurst ITOCHU Corporation Investment in Bosideng International  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Minority Investment Personal Goods  

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Jonathan Hsui

Simpson Thacher Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Acquisition of Channel Control Merchants  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out General Retailers  

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Marni J Lerner

Travers Smith Patron Capital Sale of Motor Fuel Group to CDR  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out General Retailers  

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Edmund Reed

Ashurst Oakley Capital Private Equity Acquisition of EliteMedianet GmbH  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure  

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Lars Jessen

Shearman & Sterling International Chemical IG Purchase of INEOS Chlorovinyl Assets  

Financial Buyer Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Chemicals  

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Thomas Konig

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Hutchison Whampoa/Cheung Kong Property Reorganisation and Spin-Off  

Group Restructurings Real Estate Investment & Services  

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Grace Huang

Ashurst Vedanta Limited and Cairn India Limited Intra-Group Merger  

Group Restructurings Mining  

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Tom Mercer

Ashurst Oxford Instruments/GDI - Ultra High Vacuum Surface JV

Joint Ventures Technology Hardware & Equipment  

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Tim Rennie

Simpson Thacher Karl Lagerfeld Group Joint Venture with G-III Apparel Group

Joint Ventures Personal Goods  

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Ryerson Symons

Simpson Thacher JP Morgan - Standard Pacific Merger with The Ryland Group Inc

Mergers Household Goods & Home Construction  

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Robert E Spatt

Fox Williams Pion Limited Sale to SAGE Publications Limited

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Media  

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Peter Faber

DLA Piper Walter Kuna - Sale of Kuna and Co to Evercore

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services  

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Silke Gantzckow

DLA Piper Sale of Mixamo Inc to Adobe Systems Incorporated

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Software & Computer Services  

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Tom Furlong

Davis Polk Bio-Reference Laboratories Acquisition by OPKO Health

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology  

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David L Caplan

Macfarlanes Faccenda Investments Sale of Hillesden Securities (dlc)

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services  

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Emmie Jones

Simpson Thacher Apax Partners Sale of Golden Jaguar International

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Travel & Leisure  

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Shaolin Luo

Davis Polk Government Properties Income Trust Acquisition of REIT Management

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Real Estate Investment Trusts  

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Phillip R Mills

White & Case Banco de Sabadell SA Public Cash Offer for TSB Banking Group plc

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Banks  

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Juan-Manuel de Remedios

Simpson Thacher Panasonic Healthcare Acquisition of Bayer Diabetes Care Business

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Healthcare Equipment & Services  

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David A Sneider

Simpson Thacher Acquisition of HCC Insurance by Tokio Marine Holdings

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Nonlife Insurance  

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Carolina B Gottschalk

Clifford Chance Citi Sale of Consumer Banking Business in Egypt

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Banks  

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Mo Al-Shukairy

White & Case Comverse, Inc Agreement to Acquire Acision

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Software & Computer Services  

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Gavin Weir

Debt Capital Markets

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Simpson Thacher BRF SA - Cash Tender Offer for Notes due 2017 - 2022

Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes – Repurchase Offers Food Producers  

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Grenfel S Calheiros

White & Case CGG Public Exchange Offer for Convertible Bonds due 2019

Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes – Exchange Offers Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution  

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Severin Robillard

Davis Polk Fantasia Holdings Group Co High-Yield Notes due 2018

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Real Estate Investment & Services  

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William F Barron

Davis Polk Energizer SpinCo Issuance of Notes due 2025  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Electronic & Electrical Equipment  

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Michael Kaplan

Davis Polk ArcelorMittal Offering of Notes due 2020, due 2025  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Industrial Metals & Mining  

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Andres V Gil

Davis Polk Autodesk Issuance of Senior Notes due 2020, due 2025  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Software & Computer Services  

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Alan F Denenberg

Shearman & Sterling Consolidated Communications Offering of Senior Notes due 2022  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Fixed Line Telecommunications  

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Jason R Lehner

Davis Polk TTX Company Issuance of Series A Medium-Term Notes  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Industrial Transportation  

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Bruce K Dallas

Simpson Thacher NXP Funding Offering of Senior Notes due 2020, due 2022  

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Technology Hardware & Equipment  

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Nicholas J Shaw

Slaughter and May Aviva Dated Tier 2 Fixed to Floating Rate Notes  

Corporate Bonds – Subordinated Debt Nonlife Insurance  

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Miranda Leung

Davis Polk Mohawk Industries Issue of Senior Notes due 2022     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Construction & Materials  

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Richard A Drucker

Davis Polk XPO Logistics, Inc Offering of Senior Notes due 2022     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Support Services  

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Michael Kaplan

Shearman & Sterling Lenovo Group Limited - Issuance of Senior Notes due 2020     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Technology Hardware & Equipment  

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Kyungwon Lee

Shearman & Sterling Reliance Industries - Formosa Senior Notes due 2035     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt General Industrials  

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Kyungwon Lee

Davis Polk DuPont Fabros Technology Offering of Senior Notes due 2023     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Support Services  

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John G Crowley

Simpson Thacher Apple Inc Issuance of Yen Denominated Notes due 2020     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Technology Hardware & Equipment  

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Kevin P Kennedy

Davis Polk Meritor Inc Registered Public Offering of Senior Notes due 2024     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt General Industrials  

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Joseph A Hall

Davis Polk WW Grainger Offering of Senior Notes due 2045     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Support Services  

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Richard D Truesdell Jr

Simpson Thacher Diana Shipping Inc Offering of Senior Notes due 2020     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Industrial Transportation  

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Lesley C Peng

Simpson Thacher Scripps Networks Interactive Notes due 2020, due 2022, due 2025     Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Media  

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Andrew R Keller

Davis Polk FireEye, Inc Issuance of Convertible Senior Notes due 2035     Equity-Linked Securities – Convertible Bonds Software & Computer Services  

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Bruce K Dallas

Davis Polk Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Convertible Senior Notes due 2022     Equity-Linked Securities – Convertible Bonds Travel & Leisure  

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John B Meade

Shearman & Sterling Silver Lake Investment in Qunar Senior Unsecured Convertible Notes     Equity-Linked Securities – Convertible Bonds Travel & Leisure  

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Paul Strecker

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer British Land Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2020     Equity-Linked Securities – Convertible Bonds Real Estate Investment & Services  

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Julian Long

Clifford Chance Garuda Indonesia - Airline Capacity Structure Sukuk Issuance     Islamic Finance – Sukuk, Wakala Travel & Leisure  

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Stuart Ure

White & Case Republic of Indonesia Ten-Year Sukuk Al-Wakala     Islamic Finance, Sovereign Bonds Public Sector  

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Shibeer Ahmed

Simpson Thacher GTP Acquisition Partners Series 2015-1 Secured Revenue Notes     Securitisation and Structured Finance – Corporate Securitisation Fixed Line Telecommunications  

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Laura Palma

Davis Polk Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Bonds due 2025     Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds – Sovereign Bonds Public Sector  

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William F Barron

Equity Capital Markets

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Simpson Thacher Pets at Home Group Plc Secondary Offering of Ordinary Shares

Block Placings General Retailers  

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Adam Signy

Simpson Thacher First Reserve Corporation Offering of Glencore Shares

Block Placings Mining  

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Adam Signy

Fladgate Opera Investments plc LSE Admission to Trading

Initial Public Offerings – LSE: Main Exchange Financial Services  

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Paul Airley

Clifford Chance HTSC Hong Kong Stock Exchange Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – Hong Kong Stock Exchange Financial Services  

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Amy Lo

Simpson Thacher FPC Par Corretora de Seguros - Sao Paulo SE IPO

Initial Public Offerings – Sao Paulo Stock Exchange Nonlife Insurance  

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Grenfel S Calheiros

Simpson Thacher DAVIDsTEA Inc NASDAQ Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – NASDAQ Beverages  

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D Rhett Brandon

Davis Polk EndoChoice Holdings New York Stock Exchange IPO

Initial Public Offerings – NYSE Healthcare Equipment & Services  

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Sophia Hudson

Davis Polk Evolent Health New York Stock Exchange IPO

Initial Public Offerings – NYSE Healthcare Equipment & Services  

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Sophia Hudson

Simpson Thacher Grupo Gicsa Mexican Stock Exchange Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – Mexican Stock Exchange Real Estate Investment & Services  

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Juan F Mendez

Davis Polk 3SBio Inc Hong Kong Stock Exchange Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – Hong Kong Stock Exchange Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology  

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Bonnie Y Chan

Fieldfisher Cantor Fitzgerald Europe - Gateley Holdings AIM IPO

Initial Public Offerings – LSE: Main Exchange Support Services  

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Neil Matthews

White & Case Goldman Sachs - Banco de Sabadell Rights Issue

Rights Issues Banks  

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Juan-Manuel de Remedios

Simpson Thacher Star Bulk Carriers Corp Common Shares Direct Offering

Secondary Offerings and Placings – NYSE Industrial Transportation  

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Lesley C Peng

White & Case Charterhouse and Chequers Capital Sale of Elior Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings Food Producers  

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Severin Robillard

Simpson Thacher Hilton Worldwide Holdings Offering of Common Stock

Secondary Offerings and Placings - NYSE Travel & Leisure  

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Joshua Ford Bonnie

DLA Piper WP Carey Inc: At-the-Market Stock Offering Programme

Secondary Offerings and Placings - NYSE Real Estate Investment Trusts  

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Christopher P Giordano

Simpson Thacher Blackstone Mortgage Trust Public Offering of Common Stock

Secondary Offerings and Placings - NYSE Financial Services  

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Andrew W Keller

Shearman & Sterling Catalent Inc Secondary Public Offering of Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings - NYSE Healthcare Equipment & Services  

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Michael W Benjamin

Davis Polk Nevro Corp Follow-On Offering of Common Stock

Secondary Offerings and Placings - NYSE Healthcare Equipment & Services  

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Alan F Denenberg

Slaughter and May Santander UK Group - Issuance of Tier 1 Capital Securities

Secondary Offerings and Placings – LSE: Main Exchange Banks  

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Miranda Leung

Simpson Thacher Pets at Home Group Plc Secondary Offering of Ordinary Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings – LSE: Main Exchange General Retailers  

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Adam Signy

Davis Polk Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Offering of Tangible Equity Units

Secondary Offerings and Placings – NYSE Oil & Gas Producers  

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Mark M Mendez

Davis Polk Markit Ltd Secondary Offering of Common Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings – LSE: Main Exchange Financial Services  

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Richard D Truesdell Jr

White & Case Mansa Investments Sale of Shares in Polenergia

Secondary Offerings and Placings – NYSE Electricity  

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Marcin Studniarek

Infrastructure and Project Finance

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White & Case Capital Stage AG - UK Solar Parks Refinancing Project Bond

Project Bonds - Solar Alternative Energy  

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Florian Degenhardt

Ashurst EIB Financing for the Nordergrunde Wind Farm, German North Sea

Project Finance – Renewable Energy – Wind Farms Alternative Energy  

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Tom Beckerhoff

DLA Piper Nord LB Financing for Municipality of Melfi Wind Farm

Project Finance – Renewable Energy – Wind Farms Alternative Energy  

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Wolfram Distler

International Finance and Bank Credit

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Davis Polk Apollo Global Management Acquisition of OM Group

Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition General Industrials  

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Jason Kyrwood

Slaughter and May Ultra Electronics Acquisition of Kratos Defence Division

Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition Aerospace & Defence  

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Matthew Tobin

Davis Polk Finance for Leonard Green/TPG Acquisition of Life Time Fitness

Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition Travel & Leisure  

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Meyer C Dworkin

Ashurst Acquisition of Weener Plastic Packaging Group by 3i

Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition Chemicals  

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Anne Grewlich

Milbank LATAM Airlines Group - Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (Initial Purchasers)

Asset Finance & Leasing – Aircraft EETC Travel & Leisure  

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Elihu F Robertson

Norton Rose Fulbright Refinancing of Echo Shopping Centre, Kielce Debt

Real Estate Finance – Shopping Centres and Retail Real Estate Investment & Services  

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Grzegorz Dyczkowski

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Goldman Sachs Funding for Dynamic Credit Partners Mortgage Business

Real Estate Finance – Residential Portfolio Financial Services  

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Mandeep Lotay

Davis Polk Black Knight InfoServ Term and Revolving Credit Facilities

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services  

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Jinsoo H Kim

Slaughter and May McKay Security plc Refinancing Term Loan Facilities

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services  

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Robert Byk

Clifford Chance Glencore - Refinancing of Existing Revolving Credit Facilities

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Mining  

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Russell Wells

Ashurst China Development Bank Corporation Loan to Transnet SOC

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Industrial Transportation  

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Chin Chuan Chen

Shearman & Sterling Fibra Prologis - Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Real Estate Investment Trusts  

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Malcolm Montgomery

Davis Polk Technicolor - Repricing of Tech Finance Term Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Media  

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Jeffrey R O’Brien

Simpson Thacher JP Morgan - KLX INC Asset-Based Credit Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services  

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Patrick J Ryan

Macfarlanes Alcuin Capital Refinancing of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Debt

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Travel & Leisure  

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Bronwen Jones

Slaughter and May INEOS Finance/INEOS US Finance - Extension of Credit Agreement Maturity

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Chemicals  

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Caroline Phillips

Real Estate

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Macfarlanes Stanhope Acquisition of BBC Media Village Site, London

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals Real Estate Investment & Services  

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•  Aerospace & Defence………………….…………….89 •  Alternative Energy ………………………….84, 85, 86 •  Banks…………………………………...…24, 27, 70, 78 •  Beverages……………………………………………..64 •  Chemicals……………………………………11, 91, 103 •  Construction & Materials…………………...………40 •  Electricity……………………………………………..82 •  Electronic & Electrical Equipment…………………33 •  Financial Services……………18, 21, 61, 62, 75, 81, 94 •  Fixed Line Telecommunications………………..36, 56 •  Food Producers………………………..…………30, 72 •  General Industrials………………..…………43, 46, 88 •  General Retailers…………………...……6, 8, 9, 59, 79 •  Healthcare Equipment & Services…25, 65, 66, 76, 77 •  Household Goods & Home Construction……..….16 •  Industrial Metals and Mining………………………34 •  Industrial Transportation…………….…37, 48, 71, 98

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•  Media………………………………...………17, 49, 100 •  Mining ………………………..………………13, 60, 97 •  Nonlife Insurance……………………………26, 39, 63 •  Oil & Gas Producers……....................................…...80 •  Personal Goods……………………………………7, 15  •  Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology………..….20, 68 •  Public Sector…………………………………...…55, 57 •  Real Estate Invest./Services…...12, 32, 53, 67, 93, 105 •  Real Estate Investment Trusts………………23, 74, 99 •  Software & Computer Services……...…19, 28, 35, 50 •  Support Services……...……41, 44, 47, 69, 95, 96, 101 •  Technology Hardware & Equipment.…14, 38, 42, 45 •  Travel & Leisure …5, 10, 22, 51, 52, 54, 73, 90, 92, 102

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