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3 September 2018
Deals | China | France | International Capital Markets
Gide has advised Veolia Environnement on its second issue of Panda Bonds on the Chinese domestic bond market for an amount of RMB 1 billion (approximately EUR 127 millions) under its Chinese law issuance programme of RMB 15 billion, approved by the NAFMII (National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors).
Veolia Environnement was the first French, and the second European, corporate issuer to complete a private bond placement on the Chinese domestic market.
Gide’s team comprised partner Hubert du Vignaux and counsel Laurent Vincent, assisted by associates Marie-Hélène Gryparis and Juliette Pierre in Paris on French law aspects, and partner Jiannian Fan in Shanghai on Chinese law aspects.
Bank of China acted as lead underwriter.
