Shearman & Sterling acted as lenders’ counsel for the Pemex and GDF Suez consortium in connection with the approximately $1.1 billion senior secured financing related to the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Los Ramones Sur gas transportation system. The new system will be comprised of a new natural gas pipeline of approximately 291.5 km in length and 42 inches in diameter and approximately 15.5 km of 16 inch diameter pipeline to be located in central Mexico, commencing at the point of interconnection with the Los Ramones II (Norte) Project located in the Municipality of Villa Hidalgo in the State of San Luis Potosi and terminating at the interconnection point with the 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by PGPB located in the Municipality of Apaseo El Alto in the State of Guanajuato. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Real Estate Capital Asia Partners IV and its investment manager, SC Investment Management Pte. Ltd., in the formation of an $850 million private investment fund that will focus on real estate investment opportunities across the Asia Pacific region. The Fund held its final closing on December 5, 2014, raising capital from a diverse institutional investor base including, among others, public and private pension funds, endowments and private foundations. Paul Hastings also represented the Fund in establishing a $150 million subscription line credit facility. More >>

Cravath represented the managers, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the €700 million Regulation S debt offering of Albemarle Corporation, a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals across a diverse range of end markets. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on December 8, 2014. More >>