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Appleby Mauritius Awards 2024 Scholarships

This year’s scholarships are awarded to Marie Anaëlle Kimberly Julie, Marya Bibi Assia Fatadin and Kritin Deenoo.

Multi-Disciplinary Maples Team Advises StepStone Group on Fifth PE Secondaries Fund

The Fund closed with US$7.4 billion in capital commitments between the Fund and related separate accounts in September 2024 and is the largest commingled secondaries fund raised by StepStone to date.

Hogan Lovells advises banks on the establishment of debt issuance programmes of Volkswagen Financial Services AG and Volkswagen Financial Services Overseas AG

Volkswagen Financial Services Overseas AG will manage the non-European financial services business.

Macfarlanes advises Legal & General on establishment of £350m residential property development build-to-rent joint venture

The Macfarlanes team was led by private funds partner Harriet Miller and associate Jade Allman.

Addleshaw Goddard advises accountants Cooper Parry on double acquisition

The Addleshaw Goddard team advising on the deal included Paul Medlicott, Katie Parker, Dan Conway, Nelema Akhtar, Ethan Turner, Joel Power and Millie Johnson.

Freshfields advises Goldman Sachs and Berenberg on financing an acquisition by Bregal

The transaction concerns BSI Software Group which has been acquired by the private equity firm Bregal Unternehmerkapital.

Linklaters advises auxmoney on further ABS issuance in the amount of 500 million euros

The transaction, known as “Fortuna Consumer Loan ABS 2024-2”, increases auxmoney's total issuance volume in the public capital markets to over €2 billion.

Andrew Azarmi named Dentons’ San Francisco/Oakland office managing partner

A seasoned trial lawyer, Azarmi has served as lead counsel in numerous high-stakes disputes, including jury and bench trials, arbitrations and appeals.

White & Case advises NowCM on creation of digital and fully automated commercial paper platform

The White & Case team in Frankfurt that advised on the transaction was led by partner Karsten Wöckener and included local partner Felix Biedermann and associates Darleen Stöckl and Domenik Mack.

In-house legal and cyber experts must work together on cyber risk

The survey results formed part of a report by the Financial Times on the critical role in-house lawyers can play in protecting the business.

Updates to Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Regulations: SCCs, Guidelines and More

In addition, SDAIA issued standard contractual clauses for personal data transfers outside of the Kingdom.

Clifford Chance advises ABN AMRO on its inaugural tokenized commercial paper issuance

The transaction took place in the context of the ECB trials and experiments, with the cash leg being settled in atomic fashion on the French Central Bank's DL3S Platform.

Dentons advises Arada Developments LLC on the US$150 million tap issuance of its US$400 million sukuk due 2029

The tap issuance increased the overall amount of sukuk outstanding (at US$550 million) to above benchmark size.

A&O Shearman advises on debut issuance of green bonds by Bank Millennium

The A&O Shearman team was led by Łukasz Walczyna assisted by Alicja Urbańska. Jamie Durham and Enakshi Jha provided English law advice. Arkadiusz Pędzich supervised the project.

Hogan Lovells advises Piraeus Bank on sale of €350 million NPE portfolio

The Hogan Lovells team that advised on the transaction was led by partners Madeleine Horrocks and Annalisa Dentoni-Litta with support from senior associate Franco Lambiase and trainee lawyer Noemi Biagini.

Dechert Advises GIC on Acquisition of Minority Stake in Reworld from EQT

EQT will remain the largest shareholder after the transaction closes in Q1 2025, pending customary conditions and approvals.

Clifford chance advises the Hellenic financial stability fund

The sale was structured as a fully marketed secondary equity capital markets offering and comprised both Greek and international institutional offering tranches as well as a Greek public offering.

Clifford Chance advises on Meituan's US$2.5 billion bond issuance in China's largest offshore technology sector debt transaction of 2024

Partners Angela Chan and Alan Yeung co-led the Clifford Chance team in Hong Kong, which included senior associate Ran Bi, and associates Valerie Chan and Xavier Chan.

Hogan Lovells advises Cazenove Capital, part of Schroders Wealth Management, on acquisition of Whitley Asset Management

The acquisition signals Schroders’ continued commitment to investing in Wealth and to extending Cazenove Capital’s strong UK franchise.

Latham Represents SI Group in Its Recapitalization, Strengthening of Its Financial Position

A multidisciplinary team represents the global manufacturer in the private transaction.

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