Akin Gump has advised VimpelCom Holdings BV as borrower and VimpelCom Amsterdam BV as guarantor under a $1 billion credit facility from China Development Bank and Bank of China, which was signed on November 19, 2014. More >>

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised CVC Capital Partners on its agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Sky Betting & Gaming, the online betting and gaming business owned by Sky plc.
The transaction values Sky Bet at £800 million, with Sky receiving £600 million cash on completion, together with further deferred and contingent consideration. More >>

Shearman & Sterling advised managers Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. and Banco Santander, S.A., as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, Goldman Sachs International, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and UBS Limited, as joint bookrunners, in connection with the €3.1 billion sale of shares in Endesa, S.A. by Enel Energy Europe, S.L.U. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Enel S.p.A.). The offering is one of the largest equity offerings in Europe in 2014. More >>

The Firm has represented underwriters in 12 public offerings of debt securities by KfW to date in 2014:
◦$5,000,000,000 of 2.500% Global Notes due 2024 (which closed in November 2014)
◦C$1,000,000,000 of 1.750% Global Notes due 2019 (which closed in October 2014);
◦$3,000,000,000 of 0.875% Global Notes due 2017 (which closed in October 2014);
◦€3,000,000,000 of 0.050% Global Bonds due 2017 (which closed in October 2014); More >>

Clifford Chance is advising DP World Limited (DP World) on the proposed acquisition of Economic Zones World FZE (EZW) from Port and Free Zone World FZE (PFZW) for total cash consideration of US$2.6 billion, subject to certain adjustments, and its proposed delisting from the London Stock Exchange.

EZW is the holding company for the Jebel Ali Free Zone, a 57 square kilometre modern commercial and industrial logistics park adjacent to DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali port in Dubai. The free zone is considered an integral component of the supply chain for DP World’s customers at the Jebel Ali port. More >>

Law firm Eversheds has acted as international counsel to Chemtura on the sale of its agrochemicals business Chemtura AgroSolutions, to Platform Specialty Products Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company. The sale consists of $950 million in cash and 2 million shares of Platform’s common stock.

The sale, which is a result of Chemtura’s objective to transform the business into a leading industrial chemicals specialist, completed on 3 November 2014. More >>

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on the £1.35 billion financing for Phase 2 and Phase 3 of Battersea Power Station, one of the largest UK real estate financing transactions to take place in recent years. More >>