Chadbourne & Parke acted as the key legal advisor to investment firm Yi-Ko Holding GmbH in its acquisition from Burger King Worldwide Inc. of its wholly-owned subsidiary Burger King GmbH and its 91 company-owned Burger King restaurants in Germany. As part of the transaction, Yi-Ko Holding GmbH agreed to develop new Burger King restaurants during the next five years and remodel an additional 57 Burger King restaurants during the next 18 months. Burger King is the second largest fast food hamburger restaurant chain in the world.

International law firm Clifford Chance recently advised Russian private business group Renova Group in relation to a strategic equity financing transaction in the amount of CHF 1 billion.

CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW, a privately-owned universal commercial bank operating in Moscow and the Moscow region, today closed a $500 million offering of 5.5-year subordinated Eurobonds with an interest rate of 8.70% p.a. The bonds were issued by CBOM Finance p.l.c., an Irish special purpose vehicle, for the purpose of funding a $500 million subordinated loan to CREDIT BANK OF MOSCOW.

Baker & McKenzie has completed six Russian mortgage securitizations over the last five months, raising over RUB40 billion in investor funding and representing 75% of all mortgage securitizations done in Russia since 2012.