We advised the Finnish teleoperator DNA Oyj in its listing on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki. This was the largest IPO in Finland in a decade. The Company’s current market value is over EUR 1.3 billion.

The initial public offering, which consisted of public, institutional and personnel offering, was oversubscribed, and after the offering the Company has over 10,000 shareholders. Trading with the Company’s shares on the official list of Nasdaq Helsinki began on 2 December 2016.

Gowling WLG has advised Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum") and Fidante Partners Europe Limited ("Fidante") on the open offer to shareholders and placing of C Shares in Ranger Direct Lending Fund plc ("Ranger") to raise up to £40 million.

The issue forms part of a placing programme whereby Ranger will look to raise £200 million.

Ranger invests in debt instruments originated or issued by direct lending platforms and its shares are admitted to the premium segment of the official list and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.

Simmons & Simmons has advised on the flotation of Oxford BioDynamics on AIM.

The Simmons & Simmons team, led by partner Charles Mayo, advised the nominated adviser and broker Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on the admission of Oxford BioDynamics to AIM and the placing of 12,658,228 Ordinary Shares at 158 pence per share, giving it a market capitalisation of around £136m.

Vinge has advised RusForest AB (publ) (“RusForest”) in connection with a public offer to the shareholders of RusForest, made by Dimesilia Holdings Ltd. (”Dimesilia”). Dimesilia offered SEK 2.12 in cash per each share in RusForest. Based on all outstanding shares in the company, the total value of RusForest amounts to approximately SEK 277 million.

Vinge’s team primarily consisted of Jesper Schönbeck, David Andersson and Joel Wahlberg.

Niederer Kraft & Frey advises Swiss Prime Investment Foundation in connection with the offering of claims of the investment group „SPA Immobilien Schweiz” with a volume of CHF 470 million. The total equity capital of the investment group is now above CHF 1 billion.

The NKF Team was led by Sandro Abegglen (Lead Partner) and Luca Bianchi (Senior Associate, Financial Products/Regulatory). It further comprised François M. Bianchi (Partner, Regulatory) and Markus Kronauer (Partner, Tax).

ByggPartner has today been listed on Nasdaq First North Premier.

ByggPartner i Dalarna Holding AB (publ) is a pure construction company with complementary activities in construction services and scaffolding. The main business of construction works includes construction and renovation of commercial, residential and public buildings. The company operates in Stockholm, Mälardalen, Uppsala, where it sees significant growth potential and in Dalarna where the Company is one of the leading construction companies.

On 16 November 2016, logistics real estate investment trust (BE-REIT) Warehouses De Pauw launched a public capital increase in cash with irreducible right of allocation for existing shareholders in order to finance its announced investment pipeline as part of its growth plan.

Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising Oak Hill Advisors (Europe) LLP (Oak Hill Advisors) in connection with the proposed subscription for shares by Growthpoint Properties Limited and funds and/or accounts managed by Oak Hill Advisors and its affiliates, which has been announced by Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited (Globalworth) and is expected to raise proceeds of around €200 million.

Shearman & Sterling advised Tele2 in connection with its approximately SEK 3 billion (approx. €300 million) rights issue. The shares were offered to the public in Sweden, the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

Tele2 is a European telecom operator and the second-largest operator in Sweden in terms of mobile service revenue. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data network services, content services and global Internet of Things solutions to more than 16 million customers in eight European countries and Kazakhstan.

Shearman & Sterling advised the joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, led by Danske Bank and Morgan Stanley, on the initial public offering and Nasdaq Helsinki listing of DNA Oyj. The transaction, which closed on December 2, 2016, is one of the biggest flotations in Finland in a decade.

The offering comprised a secondary sale by DNA’s two largest shareholders, Finda Oy and PHP Holding Oy, among other selling shareholders, and a primary issuance by DNA for total gross proceeds of approximately €474 million (including the over-allotment option).