International legal practice Norton Rose LLP has appointed Simon Lew as a shipping partner in its London banking practice. Simon was previously a partner at Clifford Chance.
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Sarah Zeng Joins SNR Denton’s Corporate Team in Beijing
Shearman & Sterling Advises NGP Energy Capital Management on $3.586 Billion Fund
Shearman & Sterling advised NGP Energy Capital Management (NGP) in the closing of NGP Natural Resources X, L.P., a $3.586 billion private equity fund. NGP X will continue NGP Energy Capital Management’s 23-year history as a premier provider of private capital and sponsorship to the natural resources industry, focusing on oil and gas production, oilfield services, and the energy mid-stream sectors through its Natural Gas Partners investment platform and focusing on the water resources and services and food and agriculture sectors through its NGP Global Adaptation Partners investment platform. NGP X will be managed by NGP, bringing the cumulative capital managed by NGP and its affiliates since inception to a total of $13 billion.
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Freshfields Advises on US$902m IPO of Yitai Coal
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the US$902 million global offering of shares of Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd and its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Bracewell Represents Noble Energy, Inc. in $617 Million Sale of Mid-Continent Properties
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Noble Energy, Inc. in its announced sale of certain oil and natural gas properties in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle to Unit Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unit Corporation, for $617 million. The properties include Noble Energy’s interest in about 900 producing wells on approximately 84,000 net acres.
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White & Case Advises the Lenders of a Bouygues-Led Consortium on the Abidjan Toll Bridge in Ivory Coast
Global law firm White & Case LLP advised a group of lenders, including African Development Bank (AfDB), FMO, West African Development Bank, EBID (ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development), BMCE Bank of Foreign Trade, the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) and the African Finance Corporation (AFC), for the financing, design, construction and operation of a toll bridge in Abidjan, which is located in the Ivory Coast. The financing will result in a toll bridge that is a strategic asset, linking the boroughs of Riviera and Marcory over the Ebrié laguna. It will be the third bridge connecting the city of Abidjan.
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Wong & Partners, the Malaysian member firm of Baker & McKenzie International advised Sime Darby Berhad (“Sime Darby”) on its joint-venture (“JV”) to acquire Battersea Power Station, the iconic 39-acre site situated on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The regeneration of this site is regarded as one of the city’s most important and high profile with the auction process to acquire the site being highly contested. Partner Brian Chia, assisted by associate Sue Wan Wong, led the team.
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Paul Hastings Represents Gevo, Inc. in Two Public Offerings worth $100 Million
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Gevo, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, in two public offerings with gross proceeds of over $100 million.
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Akin Gump Wins Defamation Case Against Hong Kong Mogul
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP obtained a favorable verdict in a defamation case in Virginia state court on behalf of Michael Hotung, the son of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman. The younger Mr. Hotung had sued his father Eric for making defamatory and insulting comments about him following a denial of paternity.
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