Ashurst has advised OneSavings Bank plc ("OSB"), the specialist lending and savings group, on its successful £134 million initial public offering ("IPO") on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. OSB was formed in 2011 following the recapitalisation of the Kent Reliance Building Society by funds advised by J.C. Flowers. OSB serves customers in the UK, Jersey and Guernsey and focuses its specialist lending activities on selected sub-sectors of the lending market.

Travers Smith private equity partner Paul Dolman and corporate finance partner Adrian West have advised the management of Spire Healthcare Group plc on the initial public offering of the company on the Official List. Admission and unconditional dealing in the shares commenced on 23 July 2014. At admission Spire had a market capitalisation of approximately £840 million.

DLA Piper represented TubeMogul, Inc., an enterprise software company for digital branding that provides a video buying platform to advertisers, in its US$43.8 million initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

The DLA Piper team representing TubeMogul was led by partner Peter Astiz, global co-head of the firm’s Technology practice and partner Mike Torosian and included associates Jennifer Gallo, Chris Trester and Jennifer Lee (all of Silicon Valley).

Clifford Chance has advised the underwriters – Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse -- on the international aspects of Icon Offshore Berhad's US$295 million Reg S IPO on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Icon Offshore is Malaysia's largest pure-play Offshore Support Vessel operator.

"We were delighted to assist on the international aspects of this successful IPO, the largest so far this year in Malaysia," said Raymond Tong, who led on the deal.

Raymond was assisted by senior associate Jeremy Ward.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Blue Note S.p.A. ("Blue Note"), a market leader in Italy in the music and entertainment sector and owner of a popular jazz club and restaurant in Milan on obtaining admission to trading of its ordinary shares on AIM Italy - Alternative Capital Market system organized and managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A. The shares will start trading on 22 July 2014. Blue Note is the only company of its kind – active in the live entertainment sector – admitted to the AIM Italy market.

Nabarro has advised a consortium of brokers comprising Panmure Gordon, Oriel Securities, RBC Europe and Pareto Securities in relation to the £65m cashbox placing by Faroe Petroleum. Faroe is an AIM listed independent oil and gas group focused on exploration, appraisal and production in Norway, the Atlantic Margin and the UK North Sea.

The Nabarro team was led by Head of Corporate Iain Newman and assisted by senior associate Ben Price and associate Sarah Etherington. Faroe was advised by K&L Gates LLP.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Macquarie Capital Securities Limited and ICBC International Capital Limited in relation to their role as the joint sponsors of Kangda International Environmental Company Limited’s (“Kangda”) HK$1.4 billion Initial Public Offering (IPO) and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Kangda is a leading wastewater treatment service provider in the People’s Republic of China. The company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 4 July 2014.

Ashurst has advised Canaccord Genuity, acting as bookrunner, in connection with the initial public offering (IPO) of Lucibel on the Paris Alternext market.

Lucibel has completed a private offering prior to its listing on Alternext in order to finance its growth both in France and abroad. Thus, Lucibel intends to reinforce  its commercial strength, improve its innovation capacity and continue its acquisition strategy.

Simmons & Simmons advised Tel Aviv-based Matomy Media Group Ltd. on the admission of the company’s shares to trading today on the High Growth Segment of the London Stock Exchange’s main market, and the $75 million initial public offering of its shares to institutional investors.

Olswang has advised Capital & Regional, the Main Market listed specialist retail property company, on its recent acquisition of further units in the Mall Fund, the UK dominant community shopping centre fund, for approximately £213 million.

The acquisition, which constituted a reverse takeover under the Listing Rules, will increase the Capital & Regional group's ownership interest in the Mall Fund to 91.82 per cent.