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  • Gide Loyrette Nouel has represented French energy supplier Areva T&D on the creation of three joint-ventures in China. The deal, worth $20.4 million, joins Beijing Yuli Lian Ou High-Voltage Electric Equipment Company, Guangzhou LeeKeen Group and Wuxi Hengchi Electrical Apparatus Company.
  • Three UK firms have advised on the debt financing of Northern Ireland Energy Holding's purchase of parts of Phoenix Natural Gas - the first sterling-denominated public monoline-wrapped deal to close in 2008. McGrigors advised the issuer on the deal, while Allen & Overy and Carson McDowell advised the underwriters.
  • Basel II is inadequate. It miscalculated the amount of capital that institutions need to cover the risk of complex products, the Basel Committee admitted yesterday
  • In a move that could start government-sponsored securitisation, the Bank of England is planning to allow banks to swap mortgages for treasury bonds
  • Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is representing Delta Air Lines in its merger with Northwest Airlines. The $17.7 billion all-stock combination will form the largest US airline.
  • Eversheds has expanded into South Africa by signing an agreement with Routledge Modise.
  • Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has represented Goldman Sachs on a pharmaceutical buyout. Goldman was the financial advisor to Millennium Pharmaceuticals as the Massachusetts company was taken over by Takeda Pharmaceutical. The latter is the largest pharma company in Japan and paid $8.8 billion for Millennium.
  • Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Mayer Brown's Chicago office. Bruce Gelman, Thomas Geraghty and Joshua Hanna have joined Kirkland's Chicago office. All three bring extensive private equity, tax and/or real estate capabilities to the firm.
  • Norton Rose has hired Linklaters partner Martin Krause to boost its debt capital markets team in Frankfurt. Krause specialises in debt and structured finance products, securitisation, and upstream/downstream work for closed-ended funds. He also has experience with tax and regulatory matters.
  • Clifford Chance's Dubai partner Mohamed Hamra-Krouha has relocated to the firm's Saudi Arabian associate Al Jadaan & Partners in Riyadh. Hamra-Krouha, a partner in the firm's banking and project finance practice, moved across to Al Jadaan & Partners on March 1. He specialises in advising sponsors, financiers and governments on projects across the Middle East and Africa.