DLA Piper advised Globant S.A. (NYSE: GLOB) in the follow-on underwritten offering of Globant shares held by a subsidiary of WPP plc. Total gross proceeds to the selling shareholder (including from the exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares) were US$347.8 million.

Globant is a digitally native company where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. Globant uses the latest technologies in the digital and cognitive field to empower its clients' organizations in every aspect. Globant has more than 6,900 professionals in 12 countries.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited and China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited as the sponsors to the listing of 51 Credit Card Inc. (‘51 Credit Card’) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (‘HKSE’) and other underwriters of the offering. The offering comprises approximately 118,703,000 shares (subject to the over-allotment option) and is worth approximately US$129m. The shares commenced trading today (13 July 2018).

Hong Kong – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Redsun Properties Group Limited, a leading comprehensive property developer in Jiangsu Province, China, on its US$234 million global offering and IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Ashurst is advising Deutsche Bank in relation to the increased offer by 21st Century Fox for Sky plc, announced today. Deutsche Bank is acting as lead financial advisers to 21st Century Fox in relation to the proposed acquisition. Under the terms of the increased offer, 21st Century Fox will acquire the remaining 61% of shares in Sky that it and its affiliates do not already own. Ashurst also advised Deutsche Bank in relation to 21st Century Fox's initial offer for Sky announced in December 2016.

International law firm Gowling WLG has acted for London investment bank Panmure Gordon on a secondary fundraising by B.P. Marsh & Partners plc, an AIM-listed specialist venture capital investor in early stage financial services businesses.

The £17m fundraising comprised a placing to a new investor, an entity in the ASX-listed PSC Insurance Group, raising gross proceeds of £15.5 million, together with an open offer to existing shareholders which was significantly oversubscribed and raised gross proceeds of £1.5 million.

Sidley has acted as the legal advisor to the underwriters and joint sponsors in the global offering and listing of Bank of Jiujiang Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 6190) (Bank of Jiujiang) on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Our clients were Silk Road International Capital Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, CMB International Capital Limited and ICBI International Capital Limited as the underwriters, as well as ABCI Capital Limited and China Securities (International) Corporate Finance Company Limited as both the underwriters and joint sponsors.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised Bank of Jiujiang Co., Ltd. on its US$486 million (HK$3.816 billion) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Partners Tim Wang, Amy Lo and Jean Thio led on the deal, with support from consultants Tianning Xiang and Corey Zhang, senior associate Lawrence Zhang, associates Janet Tang, Samson Chan, Aimee Yi, Vicky Zheng and paralegal Aidan Yu.

Fieldfisher's Equity Capital Markets team has advised AIM-listed Access Intelligence plc on a £2.8 million secondary placing to fund the development of its data-driven communications management technology.

London-based Access Intelligence, a leading supplier of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for communications and reputation management to more than 1,600 clients, raised the funds largely from existing shareholders via a significantly over-subscribed placing of 70 million new ordinary shares at a price of 4p per placing share.

Cooley advised Autolus Therapeutics on its $172.5 million initial public offering of 10,147,059 American Depositary Shares, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. Cooley partners Christian Plaza, Darren DeStefano, Brian Leaf and Ed Lukins led the team advising Autolus.

Goldman Sachs & Co. and Jefferies acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities and William Blair & Company acted as lead managers.