Watson, Farley & Williams, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised the initial mandated lead arrangers Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, KfW‐IPEX Bank GmbH, Dexia Crédit Local and Société Générale on a EUR 1bn debt financing of the German offshore wind farm project Global Tech I. This was successfully signed on 7 July 2011. To date, this is the biggest finance deal in the German offshore wind market.

A cross-border team headed by Nikolaus Reinhuber (Frankfurt),  Philipp Spatz and Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac (Vienna) assisted a group of issuing banks with the “Re-IPO” of Lenzing AG, a global market leader that supplies cellulose fibers in Austria. The team provided advice on all relevant aspects of Austrian and U.S. law. The consortium of banks was comprised of Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit Bank Austria as joint bookrunners; and Raiffeisen Centrobank and Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich as co-lead managers.

The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 and $345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031, which reflects the initial purchasers’ full exercise of their over-allotment options. The notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Watson, Farley & Williams, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised The Riverside Company (‘Riverside’) on its investment in TRANSPOREON GmbH and TICONTRACT GmbH (‘TRANSPOREON’). The transaction will close once merger approval has been obtained.

Dewey & LeBoeuf has advised private equity client Insight Venture Partners in its equity financing of Photoways Holdco Ltd, a vehicle owned by digital photo business PhotoBox, in connection with the acquisition by Photobox of Moonpig for £120 million (US$195 million). The cash component of the purchase price for the Moonpig acquisition consisted of equity financing from Insight, Greenspring Associates and Quilvest, as well as from certain existing shareholders of Photobox, and debt financing from UK lenders.

It was recently announced that effective July 22 Willkie client WEBER-HYDRAULIK, a leading international provider of customized hydraulic drive and control engineering solutions, acquired U.S.-based Hyco International Inc. from U.S. financial investor Centre Partners Management LLC. Hyco International Inc. is a global supplier of hydraulic cylinders with manufacturing locations in Canada, the United States, Brazil and Germany. With 600 employees and an annual turnover of approximately €100 million, HYCO’s products are used in forestry and construction machinery, refuse handling equipment, dump trucks, oil and gas field installations and cranes, as well as mining and agricultural equipment.

Shearman & Sterling is representing Simcere Pharmaceutical Group in its establishment of a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc., acting through an affiliate and known as Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. outside the United States and Canada, focused on providing significantly improved access to quality medicines in major therapeutic areas in China. The partnership includes an equity joint venture that will be owned 51% by an affiliate of Merck and 49% by Simcere or one of its affiliates.