Tim Casben led the team advising the Dubai based management team working with colleagues in Dubai and London. Tim commented:

"We are delighted to be advising VI Mining PLC, which we have advised since inception. VI Mining's listing on the NEX exchange reflects the efforts of management in the last 18 months and marks its evolution into a company with the potential to be a significant player in the Peruvian mining space.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd (Datang Power) on its non-public issuance of A-Shares to its controlling shareholder, China Datang Corporation Limited (CDC), and its non-public issuance of H-Shares to a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC, for an aggregate consideration of approximately RMB13 billion (approximately US$2.1 billion).

This is the first completed non-public issuance of A-Shares and H-Shares involving a whitewash waiver in Hong Kong.

Cleary Gottlieb is representing Fidessa group plc (Fidessa) in relation to the recommended all cash offer from ION Investment Group Limited (ION) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Fidessa.

Davis Polk advised Notre Dame Intermédica Participações S.A. in connection with the initial public offering by Notre Dame Intermédica and by Bain Capital, the controlling shareholder of Notre Dame Intermédica, of 146,484,361 common shares of Notre Dame Intermédica for an aggregate amount of R$2.4 billion (approximately $691 million). The common shares trade on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. Common shares sold in the international offering were placed under Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Simpson Thacher represented Athenex Inc. (“Athenex”) in connection with its follow-on offering of 4,300,000 shares of common stock. The offering raised US$65.6 million of gross proceeds before exercise of the greenshoe. Deutsche Bank and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint bookrunning managers of the offering and as representatives for the underwriters of the offering.

Simpson Thacher represented GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS”) in connection with its follow-on offering of 12,650,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), comprising 8,225,000 ADSs offered and sold by GDS and 4,425,000 ADSs offered and sold by certain selling shareholder entities affiliated with SBCVC Holdings Limited (“SBCVC”), representing an aggregate of 101,200,000 Class A ordinary shares.

Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities plc, as sole global coordinator, joint bookrunner and joint lead manager, Merrill Lynch International, LLC Seoul Branch, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited, UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, as joint bookrunners and joint lead managers and Hanwha Investment & Securities Co., Ltd., as joint lead manager, in connection with the offering of US$1 billion Subordinated Capital Securities by Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised the sole sponsor and the underwriters as the Hong Kong counsel on the initial public offering (IPO) and the listing of the H-shares of Tianjin Tianbao Energy Co., Ltd. (Tianbao Energy, Stock Code: 1671) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Listed on 27 April 2018, the IPO comprised a share offer and placing of a total of 44.3 million shares, after the offer size adjustment option was exercised. Priced at HK$1.9 per share, the gross proceeds from the share offer and placing was approximately HK$ 84.2 million.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised longstanding client, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), in relation to its latest round of debt fundraising, in which EAIF raised approximately US$385million in new long-term debt capital to invest in sub-Saharan African infrastructure projects. Norton Rose Fulbright has advised EAIF on its debt financings since 2013.

The new funds will be used by EAIF over the next five years in infrastructure projects across Africa enabling EAIF to mobilise private sector capital for investment in African infrastructure.

Baker McKenzie has advised Atari, one of the world leaders in the publishing and production of interactive games, a company listed on Euronext Paris, in the framework of an increase in capital in the form of a private placement.

This 7.5 million euro private placement was made by means of an accelerated book building process.

This fundraising should enable Atari to accelerate its development plan and enhance the value of its portfolio of more than 200 games internationally.