Mayer Brown represented BNP Paribas in connection with its role as a lead arranger for the lenders party to the Veterans Coordinated Approach to Recovery and Employment (Veterans CARE), a Pay for Success project credit facility to improve employment outcomes for veterans with service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This project is supported by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the city of Boston, New York City partners and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

PARIS – Dechert LLP advised MedinCell on its IPO on the regulated market of Euronext in Paris. MedinCell is a technology-based pharmaceutical company developing a portfolio of long-acting injectable products in different therapeutic areas.

Skadden advised Merrill Lynch International as international underwriter’s counsel in a ¥37.1 billion (approximately US$328 million) equity offering by OUTSOURCING Inc., which trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Skadden served as international underwriters’ counsel on the ¥48.4 billion initial public offering of WORLD CO., LTD. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

China Parenting Network Holdings Limited (“ci123.com”, 01736.HK ) transferred successfully from the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) to the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx). On July 8, 2015, ci123.com launched its IPO by way of placing on the GEM of HKEx, and formally applied for transfer of listing from the GEM to the Main Board on March 30, 2017.

111, Inc. (“111”, NASDAQ: YI), China’s leading online healthcare platform and parent company of 1 Drugstore, successfully launched its IPO on NASDAQ. 111 priced its IPO of 9.3 million American depositary shares (ADSs) at US$14 per ADS to raise approximately US$100 million. 111 is the first US-listed online healthcare platform in China.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer ('Freshfields') has advised the underwriting syndicate led by the Joint Global Co-ordinators, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, for the IPO of Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. (‘Ganfeng Lithium’) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The listing has raised US$423.5 million (before the over-allotment option is exercised). Shares started trading today (11 October 2018).

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Goldman Sachs as leader in a fundraising for JUMO, the largest and fastest growing technology platform for operating inclusive mobile financial services marketplaces.

Other leading investors including Proparco, the private sector financing arm of the French Development Agency (AFD), Finnfund, Vostok Emerging Finance, Gemcorp Capital and LeapFrog Investments also participated in the funding.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising STADA Arzneimittel AG ("STADA") on the public delisting purchase offer for the STADA shares by Bain Capital and Cinven. The offer price is expected to amount to EUR 81.83 per STADA share. The total offer is expected to amount to approximately EUR 1.8 bn.