In our St. Louis Real Estate, Zoning & Public Finance Service Group, Drew Heffner has joined our firm as a senior attorney.

We are pleased to have Treston D. Marshall join our St. Louis office’s General Liability Service Group.

The $1.2 billion zero-coupon convertible bonds (CB) sale by Wistron Corporation, a prominent worldwide technology and artificial intelligence service provider listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, comes due in 2030.

Sarah Birrell, an Energy partner in Melbourne, and Victoria Lanyon, a Tax partner in Sydney, are newly hired by Baker McKenzie. Victoria arrives from King & Wood Mallesons, while Sarah joins from Allens.

CIG Shanghai Co., Ltd. (“CIG Shanghai”) sought legal advice from Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong and the United States throughout its successful international offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Dentons is happy to announce that David Kirton has become a partner in its Technology, Media, and Telecoms (TMT) practice in Dublin.

Davis-Standard LLC (Davis-Standard) has received advice from Norton Rose Fulbright on the purchase of shares in FB Balzanelli S.p.A. (FB Balzanelli), an Italian business that produces automatic and semi-automatic coilers for the pipe and tube industry worldwide.

On the US$1.5 billion unsecured syndicated term loan facility to QNB, the biggest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, Dentons has provided advice to a group of foreign and regional lenders. Global and regional banks actively participated in the five-year refinancing, which was significantly oversubscribed.

Mayer Brown has provided advice to United Energy (MENA) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Energy Group (UEG), regarding its $150 million acquisition of Apex International Energy Holdings I (Apex), which has interests in onshore concessions in Egypt’s Western Desert oil-producing region.

In connection with its appointment as development manager for Victory Group’s high-profile acquisition and planned renovation of 105 Jermyn Street, London SW1, K&L Gates provided advice to LBS Properties Limited, a real estate development and asset manager that specializes in the office and residential sectors of the Central London market.