Davis Polk advised Nomura Securities International, Inc. as representative of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by Cowen Group, Inc. of an aggregate principal amount of $149.5 million of 3% cash convertible senior notes due 2019. In addition, Davis Polk advised Nomura Global Financial Products Inc. as counterparty to cash convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with Cowen Group, Inc. in connection with the cash convertible senior notes offering. 

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised BNP Paribas and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as joint global coordinators of Haichang Holdings Ltd's HK$2.45 billion (approx. US$315 million) global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The Company sold a total of 1,000,000,000 shares at HK$2.45 each. Haichang started trading in Hong Kong on Thursday, 13 March 2014.

A tax and corporate team, led by Tax Partner Russell Warren and Corporate Partner Adrian West have advised Pets at Home Group Plc and its management team on matters relating to management shareholders in connection with the company's listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 17 March 2014.

DLA Piper has announced its involvement in the IPO of online fashion retailer boohoo.com

The Manchester team who acted for boohoo.com plc provided advice to the company on its flotation and placing of new shares on AIM.

boohoo.com, which is based in Manchester is to place 600 million new ordinary shares at 50 pence per share, giving the business a market capitalisation of approximately £560m. Existing shareholders will retain a further 44% of boohoo's shares.

DAC Beachcroft has advised newly-formed Capital for Colleagues plc on its IPO and admission to the ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange (ISDX) growth market today (17 March).

The company, an investment vehicle focussed on opportunities in the Employee-Owned Business (EOB) sector, was expected to have a market capitalisation of £3.25m upon admission.

Simmons & Simmons is advising NM Rothschild & Sons Limited as sponsor and Investec Bank plc and Liberum Capital Limited as joint bookrunners on a £75.1m firm placing and placing and open offer by Costain Group plc (Costain), a leading tier one engineering solutions provider to the UK infrastructure, energy and water markets. The purpose of the capital raising is to enable Costain to take greater advantage of the opportunities in its chosen markets and thereby accelerate the group's medium and long term growth prospects.

Simmons & Simmons advised Liberum Capital Limited and Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited as Joint Bookrunners on the placing by Sirius Minerals Plc (Sirius) of new ordinary shares and warrants in respect of new ordinary shares. The placing raised gross proceeds of £43m. Sirius is a potash development company quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market (AIM) and is primarily focused on the development of the world’s largest and highest grade polyhalite deposit in the United Kingdom.

Simmons & Simmons is advising JP Morgan Cazenove and Numis Securities as joint sponsors on the Class 1 acquisition by Interserve of the facilities service business of Rentokil Initial plc, for a cash consideration of £250m (Acquisition). The acquisition is being part financed by a placing of new shares representing up to 9.9% of the issued share capital of Interserve to raise approximately £78m (Placing). Simmons & Simmons are also advising JP Morgan Cazenove and Numis Securities as joint bookrunners on the Placing.

Simmons & Simmons is advising JP Morgan Cazenove, Numis Securities and Jefferies on a £100m firm placing and placing and open offer by The UNITE Group plc, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation. Half of the net proceeds of the firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer will be used to fund an acceleration of the group's highly targeted regional development programme in select key university towns and cities, taking advantage of cyclically low development costs.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Poundland Group plc, the largest single-price value general merchandise retailer in Europe by both sales and number of stores, together with its majority shareholder, Warburg Pincus, on its initial public offering (IPO), London premium listing and simultaneous refinancing