Firm advises leading travel brand Mr & Mrs Smith and Mexican fast food favourite Chilango on multi-million pound raises via Crowdcube.

European law firm Fieldfisher has acted for boutique travel company Mr & Mrs Smith on its recent equity crowdfunding round on the entrepreneurial investment platform, Crowdcube.

Dentons and the Lithuanian law firm TGS advised the Auga Group, Europe's largest organic food producer operating on the "from field to shelf" model, on a secondary public offering of shares and their listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. At the same time, the company's shares were admitted to trading on the Vilnius Stock Exchange.

Dentons' advisory services included the preparation of the Polish parts of the prospectus and other transaction documents.

Led by partners Michael Schlitt, Lutz Angerer and Lillian Tsu, a team comprising German and US lawyers at the international law firm Hogan Lovells advised voxeljet AG on a capital increase.

Led by Frankfurt partner Michael Schlitt international law firm Hogan Lovells advised VAPIANO SE on a capital increase against cash contributions through the partial use of its authorised capital, under the exclusion of shareholders' pre-emptive subscription rights.

Shearman & Sterling advised Celeste Management SA (“Celeste”), an investment company under Swiss law, in connection with the initial public offering of Neoen. Celeste has acquired 2.8 million shares of Neoen, representing a subscription amount of €46.2 million (3.3% of its capital).

International law firm Clifford Chance advises a banking consortium led by Deutsche Bank AG on the IPO of Chinese household appliance producer Qingdao Haier on the German-Chinese stock exchange platform Ceinex (China Europe International Exchange) in Frankfurt. Qingdao Haier has so far only been listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange SSE with so-called A-shares and is thus the first company to seek a second listing on the D-shares market since Ceinex was founded in 2015. The D-Shares of the Company are expected to start trading on 24 October 2018.

Linklaters advised Qingdao Haier, the world’s number one household appliances manufacturer, on their secondary listing on the D-Shares Market of the China Europe International Stock Exchange AG (CEINEX). This listing marks the first IPO in the CEINEX D-Share Market, and Qingdao Haier the first company to do so.

Cravath, alongside Hengeler Mueller, represented Knorr-Bremse AG in connection with its EU3.87 billion initial public offering of bearer shares. Knorr-Bremse AG is a leading manufacturer of brake systems and a supplier of additional safety-critical sub-systems for rail and commercial vehicles. The shares were listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on October 16, 2018.

The Cravath team included partner Philip J. Boeckman and associates Yannick Adler, Ingo M. Berner and Brian T. Bodensteiner.

King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) advised Qingdao Haier Inc. (“Qingdao Haier”, SSE: SH600690, CEINEX: 690D) on its IPO and listing on the D-Share Market of China Europe International Exchange (“CEINEX”). In its global offering, Qingdao Haier issued 265 million shares (before exercising over-allotment) at a price of EUR 1.05 per share. Qingdao Haier is the first Chinese public company to directly float its shares on Frankfurt Stock Exchange.