White & Case Advises Bank Syndicate on Capgemini's €1.1 Billion Notes Offering
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised the bank syndicate led by Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Natixis and Société Générale as joint lead...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Banks on €800 Million Dual Tranche Bond Issue and an Up...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, as joint bookrunners, on a €800 million dual tranche bond issue and an up to €200 million...
View ArticleTransferability – An attempt to take the heat out of the transfer market
fEuropean Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 4, 2018Immediately in the aftermath of the 2008/2009 financial crisis, the provisions governing transfers of interests in loans were more or less...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises ETF Securities on Sale of Specialist Commodity Exchange...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised ETF Securities Limited on the sale of its specialist commodity Exchange Traded Product (ETP) US business to Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI).The...
View ArticleM&A Advisor Names White & Case Transactions "Deals of the Year"
fAt the 2nd Annual EMEA Corporate Growth Awards on April 25 in London, mergers and acquisitions information service The M&A Advisor honored transactions on which White & Case advised with three...
View ArticleNew SFO chief should speed up investigations
London-based White & Case partner Jonathan Pickworth recently spoke with the press about David Green leaving the UK government’s Serious Fraud Office and plans for the SFO’s reorganization. Now,...
View ArticleItalian Golden Power Law: 5 Years Old and Beginning to Speak
fThe Italian Golden Power Law is five years old and recent amendments have created new uncertainty for acquisition and sale processes. October 2017 updates to the Golden Power LawThe Golden Power The...
View ArticleNew Italian disclosure requirements for acquisitions of 10%, 20% or 25%...
fThe Italian legislators enacted new measures that require prompt and detailed disclosure of the objectives of investors who acquire interests exceeding 10%, 20% or 25% in companies listed on the Milan...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Gamenet on High Yield Bond Issuance and Super Senior...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Gamenet Group S.p.A. on the issuance of its €225 million high yield Senior Secured Guaranteed Floating Rate Notes due 2023.The notes have been listed...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Piaggio & C. S.p.A. on Exchange Offer and €250 Million...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Piaggio & C. S.p.A. on the issuance of a new €250 million high yield bond, 3.625% percent Senior Notes due 2025 and the related exchange offer to...
View ArticleEU reinforces human rights-related sanctions against Burma/Myanmar
fThe EU has extended existing sanctions against Burma/Myanmar, while adding new embargo measures in response to alleged human rights violations against Rohingya and other minorities. Also, there is now...
View ArticleTransparency in the territories – public ownership registers in Cayman,...
fUK overseas territories – including the offshore financial centres of the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the BVI – will be required to introduce public registers of local companies' beneficial owners by...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises on US$1.15 Billion Senior Secured Bond Issuance and...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, HSBC and Barclays, as global coordinators, and Merrill Lynch International, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole, Goldman Sachs,...
View ArticleJim Armitage: Green shoots are withering at the City’s Fraudbuster
The UK government's Serious Fraud Office has seen an eventful year thus far, topped by director David Green departing last month. Mark Thompson, the SFO’s COO during Green's tenure, was selected to...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Banks on Finalization of Strasbourg Western Bypass...
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised the bank syndicate including the European Investment Bank (EIB), AUXIFIP, Banca IMI (Intesa Sanpaolo Group), Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Alsace...
View ArticleContract Law reform: the main changes brought about by the Ratification Act
fThe Ordinance (ordonnance) of February 10, 2016, reforming Contract Law, the General Rules and Proof of Obligations, was ratified by Act No. 2018-287 of April 20, 2018. The Ratification Act clarifies...
View ArticleDominic Ross Joins White & Case as a Partner in London
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice with the addition of Dominic Ross as a new partner in London."Our strategic ambition is to build a...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Consolidated Energy Finance on $825 Million Loan Financing
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., a financing subsidiary of Switzerland-based leading international methanol and fertilizer manufacturer Consolidated...
View ArticleWhite & Case Advises Avast on London's Biggest Ever Software IPO
fGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Avast, the leading global cybersecurity provider, on its US$816.6 million (£602 million) initial public offering (IPO), the biggest ever software IPO...
View ArticleConstruction contracts: who bears the risk of obtaining statutory approvals?
fIn Clin v Walter Lilly & Co Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 490, the English Court of Appeal held that, in the absence of express provisions, a term should be implied into an amended JCT contract to require...
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