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FINANCE

Ashurst has advised China Real Estate Opportunities on its £259m fundraising and admission to the Alternative Investment Market, which gives the Jersey-incorporated company a market capitalisation of £398m. Corporate partner Nigel Stacey (pictured) led the team for Ashurst.

Linklaters advised Barclays on the establishment of a €15bn (£10bn) programme for the issuance of covered bonds and the initial issue of €1.5bn (£1bn) covered bonds for Norwegian financial services group DnB NOR Bank. London-based securitisation partner Jim Rice led the team for Linklaters.

CORPORATE

Wragge & Co has advised Opus Land on its £58m acquisition of Saltley Business Park in Birmingham from Hermes Real Estate. Commercial property partner John Burns led the team for Wragges while LG real estate partner Christine Jackson advised Hermes.

Baker & McKenzie acted for HealthTech Corporation on the £130m sale of its Russia-based Aquavision soft drinks bott-ling facility to the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company. Bakers fielded a team including corporate partner James Richards and associate David Allen in London and corporate and commercial partners Paul Melling and Alexey Trusov in Moscow. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Moscow-based corporate partner John Sheedy acted for Coca-Cola Hellenic.

Linklaters advised CVC European Equity Partners on its £540m buy-out of Belgian chemicals company Taminco. Brussels corporate head Paul Van Hooghten took the lead role for Linklaters. Allen & Overy corporate partner Pascal Weerts acted for Taminco, which also instructed local firm Loyens & Loeff.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised UK publisher Northcliffe Media on its £64m acquisition of the southeast regional newspaper business of market rival Trinity Mirror. Freshfields corporate partner Julian Long led for Northcliffe while Norton Rose corporate partner Chris Pearson represented Trinity Mirror.

REAL ESTATE

SJ Berwin acted for property investment company Delancey on its sale of 7 Moorgate in the City to The Prudential for £26.75m. Real estate partner Nick Minkoff (pictured) led the team for SJ Berwin, while Lovells real estate associate Stephen Elliot acted for The Prudential.

Clifford Chance (CC) has advised regular client Canary Wharf Group on the sale and future construction of a new 320,000 sq ft London headquarters for international credit rating agency Fitch worth £290m. CC real estate partner Jonathan Solomon led the team while Travers Smith acted for Fimalac, the French parent company of Fitch, fielding a team under property partner Simon Rutman.

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