Drummond Woodsum Welcomes Attorney Alexandra Caulfield

We are pleased to welcome Alix Caulfield, one of the finest commercial finance transactional lawyers in the state of Maine, as a new member of Drummond Woodsum’s Banking and Commercial Finance Group. She brings extensive experience to the firm, representing a wide range of financial institution clients in a broad variety of financing transactions, including commercial real estate, construction and financings for operating businesses, financing of mergers and acquisitions and purchase of significant assets by businesses. She has been involved in many significant financing transactions occurring in the state of Maine over the past several years, and has also handled transactions in Massachusetts where she is also licensed and in New Hampshire. Prior to joining Drummond Woodsum, Alix practiced for over 20 years at another Portland law firm.

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Norton Rose Advises Islamic Development Bank on Update to Its US$6.5 Billion Sukuk Programme

International legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on the update of its US$6.5 billion Sukuk programme. A team from Dubai and London advised on updating the Trust Certificate Issuance Programme and a first drawdown under the updated programme. This included an issuance of US$800 million 1.357 per cent Trust Certificates due in 2019.

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Freshfields Advises Burger King on Strategic Cooperation with Private Equity Partners to Expand in China and Russia

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Burger King on its strategic cooperation with US-based private equity firm, Cartesian Capital, and the Kurdoglu family (Burger King’s current master franchisee in Turkey and the largest Burger King franchisee worldwide), to rapidly grow and expand the Burger King brand in China. The transaction was closed on 15 June.

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