The Manchester office of Shoosmiths, the leading national law firm, has advised on a major strategic acquisition and share placing for long-standing international client Malvern International.

In a deal led by corporate partner Karen Procter, global education provider Malvern International, which is listed on the AIM-market, has acquired Manchester-based Communicate English School Limited for £2.34m.

Malvern International has funded the acquisition via a placing of 100 million shares at 4p, raising £4m.

DLA Piper represented Roth Capital Partners, LLC as the lead underwriter in the recently completed US$64.4 million initial public offering of The Lovesac Company (NASDAQ: LOVE). The Lovesac Company is a direct-to-consumer specialty furniture brand with 68 retail showrooms supporting its ecommerce delivery model. Lovesac's name comes from its original Durafoam filled bags called Sacs. Lovesac derives a majority of its current sales from its proprietary platform called Sactionals, a washable, changeable, reconfigurable, and shippable solution for large upholstered seating.

DLA Piper advised Trupanion, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRUP) in its follow-on public offering of common stock valued at approximately US$69 million.

Seattle-based Trupanion is a leading provider of medical insurance for cats and dogs throughout the United States and Canada.

The DLA Piper team representing Trupanion was led by co-Chair of the Public Company and Corporate Governance practice Andrew Ledbetter (Seattle), and also included partner Trenton Dykes (Seattle), and associate Patrick O'Malley (San Diego).

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised long-standing client, Transense Technologies Plc, on a placing of 2,500,000 new ordinary shares at 40 pence per share to raise £1m, together with an associated share capital reorganisation. The special resolution to approve the share capital reorganisation, and to grant the directors sufficient share issuance authority to complete the placing, was passed at the company’s general meeting held on 21 June 2018.

Trading in Calliditas Therapeutics AB's (Calliditas) started today, 29 June, on Nasdaq Stockholm. The Offering attracted very strong interest from institutional investors as well as the general public in Sweden and was substantially over-subscribed. The price per share was SEK 45, corresponding to a total value of the number of outstanding shares in Calliditas upon completion of the IPO of approximately SEK 1.5 billion.

Sidley has represented Shanshan Brand Management Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 1749) (Shanshan Brand Management) in connection with its spinoff of Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd. by way of H-share global offering and listing on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The global offering comprised a total of 33,400,000 H shares. The total offering amount was HK$126 million (approximately US$16 million).

Sidley has advised CTEH INC. (SEHK: 1620) in connection with its initial public offering on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The total offering amount was HK$108 million (approximately US$13.8 million).

CTEH INC. is a leading air ticket consolidator and travel business process management provider in Canada, with more than 40 years of operating history. Its principal businesses include, air ticket distribution, travel business process management and design, development and sale of travel products and services.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Amigo Holdings PLC, the leading company in the UK guarantor loan space, on its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Amigo is to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List and the main market of the LSE. At the agreed offer share price of 275 pence per share, the total market capitalisation of Amigo at the commencement of conditional dealings is approximately £1.3 billion.

London—Dentons has advised RA International Group PLC, the construction services provider, on its successful initial public offering (IPO) and admission to London's AIM Market. The company was admitted to AIM today with a market capitalisation of £97.2 million, and the offering raised gross proceeds of £18.8 million.