Slaughter and May is advising DS Smith plc, a leading international packaging business, on its fully underwritten rights issue to raise approximately £1,000 million (c.€1,148 million) net of expenses (the Rights Issue). The Rights Issue was announced on 19 June 2018 in connection with the proposed acquisition of Papeles y Cartones de Europa, S.A., known as “Europac”, a leading Western European integrated packaging business (the Acquisition).

Osborne Clarke has advised REWE-ZENTRALFINANZ eG and another shareholder on the IPO of Home24.

The company’s shares started at a price of EUR 28.50 in Frankfurt. This offer corresponds to a premium of around 24% at an issue price of EUR 23. The 6.5 million issued shares are accompanied with over-allotments of nearly a million shares. The IPO was accompanied by Berenberg, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised AIQ Limited, a special purpose vehicle with a focus on the development and establishment of new technology, on a placing of shares and an oversubscribed open offer (which was announced on 22nd May 2018). Admission to the London Stock Exchange Main Market and dealings commenced on 14th June 2018.

Cleary Gottlieb has acted as international counsel to Citigroup, Carnegie Investment Bank, Erste Group, Swedbank, and LHV as underwriters in the initial public offering of the ordinary shares of Aktiaselts TALLINNA SADAM, the Port of Tallinn, and listing on the Baltic Main List of the Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange.

Latham & Watkins has advised the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, and ABN AMRO, BofA Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup as Joint Bookrunners, on the €947 million initial public offering of Adyen N.V.

DLA Piper advised Immunomedics, Inc. in its follow-on public offering of common stock valued at approximately US$276 million.

New Jersey-based Immunomedics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.

The DLA Piper team representing Immunomedics was led by partners Andrew Gilbert and Scott Cowan and included associates Brian Tribuna and Michael DeJianne (all of Short Hills).

Travers Smith LLP has acted for Numis Securities Limited and Goodbody Stockbrokers as joint brokers and underwriters and Numis as nominated adviser in connection with the proposed £115 million placing and subscription (the "Fundraising") by Draper Esprit plc ("Draper Esprit").

Travers Smith LLP has advised Benchmark Holdings PLC, the international biotechnology and food chain sustainability business, on its £19m fundraising and acquisition of a 49% interest in a Chilean salmon breeding and genetics joint venture with Empresas AquaChile S.A.

Led by Frankfurt based partner Michael Schlitt Hogan Lovells has advised for a second consecutive year Commerzbank AG on the payment of a share dividend and a rights issue in connection thereto by Vonovia SE.