Linklaters Advises on First Project Financing Led by a Chinese Bank in Europe

Linklaters has advised China Development Bank on its EUR350 million project financing of a 300MW mine mouth coal fired power plant in Stanari, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first ever project financing led by a Chinese bank in Europe, this transaction is also one of the largest independent power projects in the region and the first large scale power project to be constructed by Chinese contractors in Europe.

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Hogan Lovells Advises on ENOC Expansion

International law firm Hogan Lovells has acted as counsel to Emirates NBD Bank PJSC, Noor Islamic Bank PJSC and Standard Chartered Bank as arrangers on a US$75,000,000 and AED91,825,000 Istisna – Ijara financing facility.

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Maples Advises Edwards Group on Cross-Border IPO

Maples and Calder and Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Edwards Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company which has its headquarters in Crawley, England, in connection with its initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York. Shares of the manufacturer of industrial vacuum equipment were priced at $8 per share; and trading of the approximately 12.5 million shares on offer commenced on 11 May 2012. At pricing, the market capitalisation of Edwards Group was $903 million. The IPO closed on 18 May 2012.

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