Ashurst has advised Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited (MCAL) and UBS AG, Australia Branch (UBS) in a fully underwritten offer to raise approximately A$397 million by the DUET Group.

DUET, an ASX-listed owner of energy utility assets in Australia, announced an accelerated non-renounceable pro-rata entitlement offer (Entitlement Offer) of 1 new stapled security for every 8 existing stapled securities (New Stapled Securities) at an offer price of $2.39 per New Stapled Security, to raise approximately $397 million.

International law firm Clifford Chance is advising leading private equity firms Cinven and Carlyle on an accelerated book build to sell 7.5 million shares in European cable and telecoms company Altice.

Cinven and Carlyle acquired their stake in Altice earlier this year as part of the transaction under which they sold French domestic broadband provider Numericable to Altice. The combined value of the stake in Altice is approximately EUR337.5 million.

DWF has advised Zeus Capital in relation to Collagen Solution’s acquisition of New Zealand-based Southern Lights Biomaterials and its £6million share placing. Zeus Capital acted as the nominated adviser and broker on the deal.

The £6million acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover and the net proceeds of the placing will partially fund the initial £2.5million cash element of the consideration and provide working capital.

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has advised real estate investment trust Empiric Student Property on a £65.6 million secondary fundraising.

The funds were raised through the placing and offer for subscription of shares at 101 pence each. The new shares will be listed today (Monday, 24 November).

Investment funds specialist, partner John Reed led the Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co team, with assistance from corporate solicitor Emily Troubridge.

Hogan Lovells is proud to announce it is advising the underwriters in connection with the high-profile initial public offering (IPO) of Paramount Group, Inc., owner of premier office buildings in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco.

The US$2.3 billion transaction is the largest real estate investment trust (REIT) IPO in history. Hogan Lovells is acting as underwriters’ counsel to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Securities, and Deutsche Bank Securities.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised CLSA India Private Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (India) Private Limited, ICICI Securities Limited, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited and IDFC Securities Limited as joint bookrunning lead managers on CESC Limited’s (CESC) approximately US$80 million Rule 144A/Regulation S qualified institutions placement of 7,621,118 equity shares at a price of Rs. 644 per equity share.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised ANTA Sports Products Limited and its controlling shareholders on its HK$1.1billion share placing. The placing involves 70,000,000 shares in ANTA Sports at HK$16.32 per share.

ANTA Sports is a leading professional sportswear company in China. It is involved in designing, manufacturing and retailing sportswear across China. ANTA Sports was established in 1994 and was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007.

Herbert Smith Freehills Paris has recently Arkema, France's leading chemicals producer, on the launch of its share capital increase with preferential subscription rights of shareholders for an amount of around €350 million.

The rights issue, which did not involve a waiver of preferential subscription rights, is aimed at financing part of the cost of acquiring the Bostik group, formerly of Total's specialty chemicals branch, as announced by Arkema on 19 September 2014.

DLA Piper advised Neothetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEOT), a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the aesthetic market, in the pricing of its initial public offering of 4,650,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $14.00 per share.

The San Diego-based DLA Piper team representing Neothetics was led by partners Michael Kagnoff and Larry Nishnick, and associates Patrick O'Malley and Lindsey Wyman.

Zhong Lun recently advised PICOOC, an innovative enterprise producing intelligent device, on its Series B financing, with investors from Tencent and Jing Dong.

Zhong Lun team, Led by partner Jason Liu, including associates Frank Zhu and Reese Huang, acted as legal counsel for PICOOC. Zhong Lun’s legal service included reviewing and revising transaction documents, carrying due diligence, issuing PRC legal opinion and assisting with the closing.