Heimstaden AB (publ) has carried out a capital increase trough the issue of preference shares, amounting to a total of SEK 750M, to institutional investors and the public in Sweden. The preference shares are to be listed on Nasdaq First North Premier and first day of trading is expected to be the 11th of June 2015. Carnegie Investment Bank AB has acted as sole manager and bookrunner.

Volati AB (publ) have today carried out a capital increase in the approximate total amount SEK 850M through new issue of preference shares to be listed on Nasdaq First North Premier. First day of trading is expected to 8 June 2015.

The prospectus received the visa from the French financial markets authority (Autorite des marchés financiers) on May 29, 2015 and the maximum amount of the offer is approximately €1 billion, including a €700 million capital increase. SPIE’s IPO on the regulated market of Euronext Paris is planned for June 10, 2015, the first listing date.

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Ardian and Caisse de Depot et de Placement du Québec hold around 77 percent of the company, with the balance held by managers and employees.

White & Case LLP has advised CGG, a leading geoscience company, on its public exchange offer for all its convertible bonds maturing in 2019 for a total amount of €360 million.

CGG offers to exchange 2019 convertible bonds for convertible bonds maturing in 2020. The terms of the offer are two 2019 convertible bonds for five of 2020 convertible bonds being issued. The offer has been approved by the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) on May 28, 2015 and runs from June 1 to June 19, 2015.

Simpson Thacher is representing Apax Partners in connection with its sale of its entire equity interest in Golden Jaguar Group (“Golden Jaguar”) to Carnival Group International Holdings Limited (“Carnival”) for an aggregate price of approximately HK$241 million. Carnival will also make a primary equity investment in Golden Jaguar for an aggregate subscription price of approximately US$34 million. The closing of the foregoing transactions will be subject to customary closing conditions.

The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and BofA Merrill Lynch, in connection with the initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market of American depositary shares (ADSs) of Baozun Inc. (“Baozun”). The offering of 11,000,000 ADSs, representing 33,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, raised US$110 million of gross proceeds to Baozun before exercise of the greenshoe.

Simpson Thacher is representing Silver Lake Partners in leading a strategic investment round totaling $500 million in Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (NASDAQ: QUNR) in the form of 2% Convertible Senior Notes of Qunar. Silver Lake will purchase $330 million of the Qunar convertible notes, and another investor will purchase $170 million of the Qunar convertible notes.

Qunar is China’s leading mobile and online travel platform. Qunar will use the capital to continue to expand its mobile presence, grow business lines and further enhance technology capabilities.

Retail Estates, a Belgian public regulated real estate company (“B-REIT”) specialised in peripheral retail properties, and listed on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels, on 28 May 2015 successfully completed a capital increase by way of a public offering with preferential subscription rights for an amount of EUR 76,214,270.

We advised Sponda Plc in the issue and listing of a EUR 175 million fixed rate unsecured bond. The bond was listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki on 29 May 2015.

Sponda Plc’s team of advisers included Partners Tero Tuomisto and Janne Lauha as well as Associate Niko Johansson.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised HSBC as the sole manager in the block sale of 191,400,000 shares in Sinotrans Limited, a company listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, by Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding GmbH at a total consideration of approximately HK$1.09 billion.