Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, acting as Sole Global Coordinator, on the €2 billion sale by Vivendi of its entire stake in Ubisoft, representing approximately 30.5 million shares and 27.3 percent of Ubisoft's share capital.
The overall transaction, carried out at a single price of €66 per share, includes the following:
MinterEllison has advised multinational steelmaker, POSCO, on its interests related to the IPO of Jupiter Mines Limited (Jupiter), which aims to return to the ASX-boards.
POSCO is the second largest shareholder of Jupiter, with 17% equity. Jupiter delisted from the ASX in 2014.
An offer of a minimum of 500 million shares, and a maximum of 600 million shares, is being made through the prospectus.
CMS Belgium assisted Tessares, spin-off of Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) founded in March 2015, in the preparation of its EUR 3 million fundraising in order to further develop its activities. Proximus, Vives II and the SRIW participated in this fundraising.
Tessares is an innovative startup active in the deployment of software solutions improving the performance and the quality of Internet access thanks to a new internet protocol (Multipath TCP). Tessares is headquartered in Belgium with development and sales teams in Belgium and the UK.
White & Case LLP has advised Energean Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the eastern Mediterranean, on its initial public offering (IPO) on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, which values the company at around £695 million (US$968 million).
Baker McKenzie acted as Australian and U.S. legal counsel to RBC Capital Markets and Morgans Corporate Limited, as joint lead managers of a fully underwritten A$50 million institutional placement by Megaport Limited and a secondary sell-down by Mr Bevan Slattery, Chairman of Megaport Limited.
Ashurst has advised UBS AG, Australia Branch (UBS) and Veritas Securities Limited (Veritas) as Underwriters on Freedom Foods Group Limited's (Freedom Foods) A$200 million equity raising.
Skadden represented Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation and its asset manager, Daiwa House Asset Management Co., Ltd., in the issuance of new investment units and secondary offering of investment units.
Ashurst has advised UBS AG, Australia Branch (UBS) and Veritas Securities Limited (Veritas) as Underwriters on Freedom Foods Group Limited's (Freedom Foods) A$200 million equity raising.
DLA Piper has advised leading Chinese car services and rental company Yestock Car Rental Company Limited ("Yestock") on a share equity financing and strategic cooperation with Didi, a major Chinese car-hailing, ride-sharing, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate backed by Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu.
The equity financing from Didi and other investors will provide Yestock capital support to continue its business expansions.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on the HK$3.33 billion (US$425 million) top-up placement of 900.12 million shares by Chinese property developer, China Jinmao Holdings Group Limited.