Slaughter and May is advising CLSA Limited (CLSA) on its proposed placing under a share and convertible bond placing agreement entered into with Louis XIII Holdings Limited (Louis XIII) to raise gross proceeds of up to HK$1,560 million (US$200 million) from the placing of (i) up to a maximum of 520 million new shares (Shares), or (ii) up to HK$1,560 million (US$200 million) worth of convertible bonds (CBs), or (iii) a combination of Shares and CBs.
The Moscow office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Sberbank of Russia in its agreement with ASTOC GmbH & Co. KG, a German architect bureau, for the elaboration of a masterplan and development of a design code with respect to the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Site and neighboring urban areas (total project site area exceeds 460 hectares). This project will be one of the largest capital construction project in terms of square meters ever implemented in Moscow.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised The Export-Import Bank of Korea (K-EXIM), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Standard Chartered Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi on the US$1 billion project financing of a 950 MW combined cycle natural gas-fired (CCGT) power station in Kirikkale, Turkey.
The Hong Kong office of Eversheds has advised CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited and CLSA Limited in connection with the HK$697.5 million initial public offering (IPO) of Q Technology (Group) Company Limited. The company was successfully listed on 2 December 2014.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Commonwealth of Australia (Commonwealth) on the privatisation of Medibank Private Limited (Medibank) via an initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
The offer consisted of an institutional offer, policyholder offer, employee offer, broker firm offer and general public offer (Offer). The final price payable by institutional investors was set by the Commonwealth at A$2.15, which values Medibank at approximately A$5.9 billion.
Simpson Thacher recently represented Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners for an offering by Roche Holdings, Inc. of $1 billion principal amount of notes, guaranteed by Roche Holding Ltd. The Firm also represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as dealer-manager for Roche’s related debt tender offer.
Arendt & Medernach’s teams in Luxembourg and Hong Kong have advised ICBC (Europe) S.A. throughout the process leading up to the approval by the Luxembourg regulator (the “CSSF”) of their first Luxembourg R-QFII UCITS.
It is the first time a Chinese bank has tapped the European investment fund industry by setting up a proprietary UCITS structure, which will help the group to position itself on Europe’s private banking and asset management markets.
Pareto Securities AB has, in its capacity as custodian, issued Swedish interim depository receipts (SDB R) corresponding to certain Subscription Receipts issued by Lundin Mining Corporation in connection with the financing of Lundin Mining Corporation’s acquisition of 80 per cent. of Candelaria/Ojos del Salado copper mining operations and supporting infrastructure from Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Castrén & Snellman advised Summa Capital Oy, which acted as the sole manager and bookrunner of Nixu Oyj’s initial public offering on the NASDAQ OMX First North marketplace. The value of the IPO was EUR 4,99 million. Nixu is the largest specialist company in information security consulting in the Nordics. The IPO was oversubscribed, and the subscription period ended prematurely due to the strong demand. Trading of Nixu Oyj’s shares will commence approximately on 5 December 2014.
Clarksons is the world's largest shipbroker, with 1,085employees in 42 offices. Clarksons are UK-based and are listed on the London stock exchange, with a market cap of approx.. GBP 425 million. Platou is Norway's largest shipping and offshore broker and also has a leading position in merchant banking in these sectors. Platou has 370 employees in 13 countries. See FT article here.
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