Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is advising the underwriters, including China International Capital Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, as the Joint Sponsors on the US$8 billion listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. (PSBC). This is the largest share offering globally thus far for 2016. PSBC is a leading retail bank in China with the largest distribution network and largest customer base.

Baker & McKenzie has advised Sundance Energy Australia Limited, an ASX-listed Australian corporation with oil & gas operations in the United States, on the listing of its shares, as represented by American Depositary Receipts, on Nasdaq.

Sydney-based US Corporate Partner Andrew Reilly led the transaction with support from associates Heath Trisdale in Houston and Anna Kramer in Sydney.

Herbert Smith Freehills is delighted to have advised NEXTDC Limited on its A$150 million fully underwritten equity raising.

It consisted of a A$50 million placement to institutional investors at A$4.06 per share and a 1 for 9.1 accelerated non-renounceable pro-rata entitlement offer at A$3.74 per share, announced to the ASX on 6 September 2016.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Berenberg and Jefferies as joint bookrunners on Eurofins's €300 million capital increase, by way of accelerated private placement.

Sampo plc has launched a mandatory public cash offer for all outstanding shares in Topdanmark A/S, the second largest Danish insurance company. Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Sampo plc. Our core team included Johan Aalto, Sonja Siggberg and Maria Lassenius.

Roschier represents Knorr-Bremse AG on its public offer to the shareholders of Haldex AB (publ). Haldex is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Mid Cap. The total value of the offer is approx. SEK 4.9 billion.

Slaughter and May advised SEGRO plc (SEGRO) on a placing of approximately 9.9% of its existing issued share capital, which raised gross proceeds of approximately £325 million (the Placing). The Placing, which was announced on 2 September, was conducted by an accelerated book-building process. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS Limited acted as joint bookrunners and corporate brokers in connection with the Placing.

Paris - Altice announced it filed today a public exchange offer for all of the remaining shares issued by SFR Group, a publicly traded company listed in Paris. The share-for-share offer targeting the 22.5% free-float not yet owned by Altice is made on the basis of 8 new Altice NV class A shares for 5 SFR Group shares. The transaction values SFR Group at approximately 11 billion Euros.

Shearman & Sterling in association with Dr. Sultan Almasoud & Partners represented Takween Advanced Industries Company, a leading producer of plastic packaging solutions and non-woven fabrics materials, on its proposed SAR 600 million rights issue on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), which was approved by the Capital Market Authority of Saudi Arabia in July 2016. When completed, this landmark offering will be the second-largest rights issue under the tradable rights framework introduced in the Kingdom in 2012.

On Friday, 2 September 2016, the Austrian Finance Minister has given the green light to finance a public offer by Kärntner Ausgleichszahlungs-Fonds (KAF) to HETA creditors pursuant to § 2a of the Austrian Financial Market Stability Act. The offer will implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concluded in May 2016 between the Austrian Minister of Finance and a significant number of creditors of debt instruments issued by HETA ASSET RESOLUTION AG (HETA) that are subject to a regional law deficiency guarantee.