Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Scotiabank Perú S.A.A. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. on the offer to purchase for cash made by the Republic of Peru of its 7.125% global bonds due 2019 and various series of its Bonos Soberanos, including in the form of global depositary notes (GDNs).
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised ÅF on the recommended cash Tender Offer for all shares in Pöyry.
The offer amounts to €10.20 per share, which values the entire company at €611 million.
Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising Amer Sports Corporation on Mascot Bidco Oy's voluntary recommended cash tender offer for all the shares in Amer Sports Corporation.
Ashurst advised UBS and CMB International on the global offering and the HK$1.28 billion (approx. US$164 million) listing of Chinese mobile ad giant Mobvista Inc. (MobVista, HKex: 1860) on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Baker McKenzie has advised Fundamenta Real Estate AG, a Swiss based real estate company, on the listing of its shares on SIX Swiss Exchange after its move from BX Swiss to SIX Swiss Exchange. The re-IPO includes an authorized capital increase whereby 5,857,840 new shares were issued, resulting in net proceeds of around CHF 80.44 million. The first day of trading of the new shares as well as the existing shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange was December 6, 2018.
Today, on 7 December 2018, first day of trading occurred in the IPO of Q-linea on Nasdaq Stockholm. The IPO attracted strong interest from institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden and was substantially over-subscribed.
G+T has advised Sonic Healthcare Limited (Sonic) on its $600 million placement and related share purchase plan (SPP) to fund the acquisition of Aurora Diagnostics.
Aurora Diagnostics is one of the leading pathology groups in the USA, comprising 32 community-based pathology practices with over 200 pathologists. The acquisition will create one of the largest pathologist groups in the world.
International law firm Clifford Chance is advising CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution, on its proposed US$180 million equity investment in Liquid Telecom, the largest independent fibre and cloud computing provider in Africa.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ('Freshfields') has advised the sponsors and underwriters of the listing of Natural Food International Holding Limited ('Natural Food International') on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange ('HKSE'). Shares started trading today (12 December 2018).
Linklaters acted as Hong Kong and U.S. legal advisors to the underwriters including, CCB International Capital Limited, China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited, ICBC International Capital Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, on the IPO of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Gold") on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on 28 September 2018.