Baker McKenzie has advised TrustInSoft on its fundraising from investment funds managed by Idinvest Partners.
The funds raised should enable TrustInSoft to strengthen its teams and prepare for its international expansion.
Founded jointly in 2013 by Fabrice Derepas, Benjamin Monate and Pascal Cuoq, TrustInSoft specialises in the development and sale of cybersecurity software and provides cybersecurity services.
Clifford Chance has advised a banking syndicate on the successful IPO of Aumann AG at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Aumann AG is a global leader in the production of innovative machinery and automated production lines for electric vehicle components in particular. The company was listed on the regulated market (Prime Standard segment) at Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 24 March 2017.
Slaughter and May advised Countrywide plc (Countrywide) on a cashbox placing of up to approximately 9.99% of its existing issued ordinary share capital (the Placing) which raised gross proceeds of approximately £37.8 million. The Placing, which was announced on 9 March 2017, was conducted by an accelerated book-building process. Barclays Bank plc and Jefferies International Limited acted as joint bookrunners in connection with the Placing.
On January 30, 2017, Credit Suisse Group AG issued USD 1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.125 per cent. Perpetual Tier 1 Contingent Convertible Capital Notes (the Contingent Convertible Notes), followed by the issuance of CHF 200,000,000 3.875 per cent. Perpetual Tier 1 Contingent Write-down Capital Notes (the Write-down Notes) on March 20, 2017. Both the Contingent Convertible Notes and the Write-down Notes are "high trigger" regulatory capital instruments that are eligible to fulfill Credit Suisse Group AG's Swiss going concern requirements.
29 March 2017, advised by King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. (“Zheshang Bank”) issued US$2.175 billion 5.45% non-cumulative perpetual offshore preference shares. While growth in Chinese banks’ planned issuance of preference shares overseas is expected to explode in 2017, Zheshang Bank’s overseas issuance marks the very first one among its peers in 2017.
The London Corporate team at international law firm DAC Beachcroft has underlined its equity capital markets credentials with the announcement of three admissions to UK public markets in March on which it advised.
First, DAC Beachcroft advised nominated adviser, Cairn Financial Advisers LLP, and broker, Turner Pope Investments (TPI) Ltd, on the imminent admission of life sciences company, SkinBioTherapeutics, to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
White & Case LLP has advised Emirates NBD Capital Limited as listing advisor, and EFG-Hermes UAE Limited and Emirates NBD Capital Limited as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, on the initial public offering of shares of ENBD REIT (CEIC) Limited (ENBD REIT) and its listing on Nasdaq Dubai, including a primary offering of 94,594,595 new shares at an offer price of US$1.11 per share.
ENBD REIT is a Shari'a compliant real estate investment trust established in the Dubai International Financial Centre and managed by Emirates NBD Asset Management Limited.
Ashurst is advising IBU-tec advanced materials AG (IBU-tec) in relation to its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Scale segment, scheduled for 30 March 2017. The transaction is the first IPO in the newly founded segment for small and medium sized companies, which was launched on 1 March.
Vinge has advised Vicore Pharma Holding AB (publ) in connection with two directed share issues totaling at SEK 64 million through a private placement procedure.
Munich, 29 March 2017 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Hornbach Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH on the private placement of 1,000,000 ordinary shares on the capital market. The private placement in an accelerated bookbuild was announced by Commerzbank AG on 27 March and successfully completed on 28 March 2017. The sold one million ordinary registered shares equal 6.25 per cent of the KGaA's share capital.