Taylor Wessing has advised Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc, the closed-ended investment company, on its oversubscribed £200 million initial public offering on the specialist fund segment of the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
Triple Point Social Housing REIT is focused on investing in social housing assets in the UK, with a particular focus on supported housing.
International law firm Bird & Bird LLP advised Quill Content Limited ("Quill"), a global content creator business, on its latest funding round led by Panoramic Growth Equity with participation by existing investor Smedvig Capital.
Quill, the global content creator business, aims to help ecommerce companies optimise the online purchase journey and use Primary Content to drive sales. The business has over 170 global customers in 13 countries including the likes of Google, John Lewis, House of Fraser, Ebay and Virgin Holidays.
Dacadoo ag, based in Zurich, has completed a new capital raise with, among other investors, the new lead investor Rakuten Capital, the investment arm of the Japanese e-commerce market leader Rakuten. Dacadoo develops and operates a digital, mobile health engagement platform that helps people actively manage their health.
The capital increase was successfully completed by the end of July 2017.
Lenz & Staehelin advised dacadoo ag and the founder as Swiss counsel in this transaction.
Global law firm DLA Piper has advised digital travel business Webjet Limited (ASX: WEB) on the acquisition of leading European B2B travel wholesaler JacTravel for AU$330 million (£200 million), and the associated AU$164 million equity raising.
Baker McKenzie's Sydney office successfully acted for Moelis Advisory Australia, in its role as sole lead manager and underwriter to the initial public offering of new fully paid shares in Windlab, and the sale by Windlab SaleCo of existing shares in Windlab. Windlab is seeking to raise AUD$50 million under the offer.
SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschutz advised selling shareholders on the initial public offer-ing of Vapiano SE, a European restaurant chain in the fast casual dining segment.
In the frame of the initial public offering a total of 8 million shares were placed at a price of EUR 23 per share, of which around half originate from a capital increase of the Vapiano SE and half from existing shareholders. The first day of trading in the shares on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) was June 27, 2017.
Shearman & Sterling advised the underwriters of Venator Materials PLC’s initial public offering of 26,105,000 ordinary shares (including 3,405,000 ordinary shares purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their option to purchase additional ordinary shares) at an initial public offering price of $20.00 per share. All of the ordinary shares were sold by Huntsman Corporation through its subsidiaries, which received approximately $522.1 million in gross proceeds from the offering.
Clifford Chance advised the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners of PJSC Polyus' ("Polyus") public offering of 12,020,442 shares in the form of ordinary shares and depositary receipts and the listing of the depositary receipts on the LSE. The total size of the offering was $799 million, excluding the over-allotment option. The offering was the largest international offering by a Russian issuer since 2Q 2014 and the first offering with a listing of depositary receipts by a Russian issuer on the London Stock Exchange since 2014.
Ashurst is advising Credit Suisse International in relation to the £2.96 billion recommended cash offer for Paysafe Group plc by PI UK Bidco Limited ( a newly formed company jointly-owned by a consortium of funds managed by Blackstone and funds managed and/or advised by CVC), announced today.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Expert360 on its A$13 million Series B capital raising, with capital contributed by VC fund Airtree and existing shareholders.
Expert360 is an online marketplace that matches its global network of freelance consultants with businesses on a project by project basis. Following the investment from AirTree, Australia’s largest venture capital fund, Expert360 has now raised A$21 million since its inception.