Ashurst is delighted to support long term client Crossrail Limited on the rolling stock and depot supply contract. The intention to award the contract to Bambardier was announced on 6 February.

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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers and bookrunners on the issue of US$500 million 4.25 per cent credit-enhanced bonds due 2019 by China Shipping Overseas Finance 2013 Limited, an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of China Shipping (Group) Company. The joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners include Bank of China, Deutsche Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch, Barclays Bank PLC, DBS Bank Ltd and ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch.

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King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin advised Eurazeo PME on the acquisition of the French company Vignal Systems. At the end of the closing, Eurazeo PME will own 71% of the capital, alongside management.

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On February 13, Willkie client Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable Inc. announced that their Boards of Directors have approved a definitive agreement for Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast in a deal valued at approximately $45.2 billion, or $67 billion including debt. Creating one of the world’s leading technology and media companies, the merger is expected to accelerate delivery of Comcast’s technologically advanced products and services to Time Warner Cable’s customers. Willkie’s Communications, Media & Privacy Department is leading the effort to secure FCC regulatory approval for the deal.

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Axinn is representing Bauer Performance Sports, Ltd., a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance sports equipment and apparel, as U.S. antitrust counsel in its $330 million asset acquisition of the Easton baseball, softball and lacrosse businesses from Easton-Bell Sports. More >>

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers and bookrunners on the issue of US$500 million subordinated perpetual capital securities callable 2019 by Moon Wise Global Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greentown China Holdings Limited, a leading property developer in China. The joint lead managers and joint bookrunners were BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Macquarie Capital Securities Limited, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch. The subordinated perpetual capital securities are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers in the financing for the US$1.3 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management of CEC Entertainment, Inc., which operates 577 Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurants. More >>

Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Revance Therapeutics, Inc. on its $110 million IPO. Revance is a specialty biopharmaceutical company developing botulinum toxin products for use in aesthetic and therapeutic indications. It now trades on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “RVNC.”

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