King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin has advised Duke Street on the sale of its controlling stake in leading UK debt purchaser, Marlin Financial Group (Marlin), to Cabot Credit Management (CCM) in a deal which values the company at £295 million.

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Simpson Thacher recently represented UBS and Deutsche Bank in connection with the offering by Far Eastern International Bank (“FEIB”) of US$135 million global depositary shares. FEIB is a leading commercial bank in Taiwan and its common shares are traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the trading code “2845”. The global depositary shares are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Greentown China Holdings Limited, a luxury residential property developer in China, on its subsidiary’s offering of US$500 million subordinated perpetual capital securities callable 2019. More >>

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Falcon Group, a consortium of investors 75% controlled by funds managed or advised by Mid Europa Partners, the leading buyout investor which focuses on Central & Eastern Europe and Turkey, on the conclusion of a binding agreement for the €828 million sale of its entire stake in T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. to Deutsche Telekom AG. The deal is expected to close by the end of February. More >>

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, as initial purchasers, in the $800 million bond issuance by Comcel Trust, a Cayman Islands trust, guaranteed by Guatemala-based wireless telecom company Comunicaciones Celulares S.A. and its sister companies, better known by the brand name TIGO, subsidiaries of Luxembourg-based global digital service provider Millicom (STO: MIC-SDB).

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Skadden is representing The Coca-Cola Company in its 10-year agreement to collaborate with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. on the development and introduction of Coca-Cola’s global brand portfolio for use in Green Mountain’s forthcoming Keurig Cold at-home beverage system, announced on February 5. Under the terms of the agreement, Coca-Cola will acquire a 10 percent stake in Green Mountain for $1.25 billion.

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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan, UBS Investment Bank, Jefferies, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Morgan Stanley as joint book-running managers and Barclays and SMBC Nikko as co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2022 by JLL/Delta Dutch Newco B.V. Proceeds from the offering were placed into escrow to be used in connection with the company’s pending acquisition of the outstanding equity securities of Patheon Inc. and the pharmaceutical products business of Koninklijke DSM N.V. More >>

Davis Polk advised Technicolor S.A. in connection with the successful closing of a new $75 million and €126 million incremental term loan facility for Tech Finance & Co S.C.A. The incremental term loan was used to fund the acquisition by Tech Finance, a stand-alone Luxembourg special-purpose vehicle, of outstanding participations in loans under Technicolor’s existing credit facilities.

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Kramer Levin clients La Française and Forum Partners today announce their acquisition of Cushman & Wakefield Investors (CWI), the investment management business of Cushman & Wakefield (C&W). This acquisition, subject to regulatory approval, will be jointly owned by La Française and Forum, 66.6% and 33.3% respectively, and will operate under the brand La Française Forum Real Estate Partners (“LFF Real Estate Partners”).

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Linklaters LLP represented Corporacion Andina de Fomento, a Latin American multilateral development bank, in connection with a US$237.5m A/B structured loan under New York law to Pan American Energy LLC, Argentine Branch, the second largest producer of oil and gas in Argentina. The B Loan tranche was participated by CAF to a syndicate of lenders, comprised of ICBC, Credit Agricole, Natixis and Banco Itaú. The proceeds of the loan will be used by the borrower to fund capital expenditures in connection with the continued development and production of the Cerro Dragon block in the Argentine provinces of Chubut and Santa Cruz. The transaction closed on January 24, 2014.

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