The Warsaw office of Chadbourne & Parke recently won a precedent-setting case before the Polish Supreme Court on behalf of Park Wiatrowy Tychowo Sp. z.o.o. against the distribution system operator ENEA Operator Sp. z .o.o.

Ashurst has advised Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”) on its acquisition of a stake in the US$16 billion Gladstone Santos LNG project (“GLNG”), which completed on 16 February 2011. KOGAS and Total have acquired a combined interest of 15% in GLNG. Ashurst also advised KOGAS on the associated 20-year LNG off-take contract, which provides for the sale by GLNG of 3.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG to KOGAS.

International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is advising Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in a transaction whereby Charterhouse Capital Partners will acquire approximately 65 percent of the shares in ERM as part of a management buy-out. The deal values ERM at US$950 million. Under the terms of the transaction, the remainder of the shares will be held by ERM’s 440 partners, whose approval is required for completion of the transaction.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Fila Korea Ltd., the owner of the Fila® brand globally, and Mirae Asset Private Equity, the largest private equity firm in Korea, in connection with their agreement to purchase the Acushnet golf business from Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO).  The agreed purchase price is USD $1.225 billion in cash.  The closing is scheduled to occur after satisfaction of certain identified conditions.

Shearman & Sterling represented Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A (“Gruposura”) in connection with the issuance by its wholly owned subsidiary Gruposura Finance of $300 million principal amount of 5.70% Notes due 2021 offered under Rule 144A/Regulation S, and unconditionally guaranteed by Gruposura. Gruposura is the principal shareholder in a group of companies which are market leaders in Colombia across diversified industries, including commercial banking (Bancolombia S.A.), insurance (Suramericana S.A.), pension fund administration (Protección S.A. ), processed foods (Grupo Nutresa S.A.), cement and ready mix production (Cementos Argos S.A.) and energy generation (Compañía Colombiana de Inversiones S.A.).

Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated as joint book-running managers on the debut SEC-registered debt offering by Google Inc., including $1 billion of 1.25% notes due 2014, $1 billion of 2.125% notes due 2016 and $1 billion of 3.625% notes due 2021.

Shearman & Sterling advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and HSBC in connection with Styrolution Group’s €480 million high yield bond offering.

Simpson Thacher recently represented Seagate Technology in the issuance of $600 million in aggregate principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2021. The notes were issued by Seagate HDD Cayman and guaranteed by its parent, Seagate Technology plc. Seagate intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment, redemption and/or repurchase of a portion of its outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures and investments in its business.