The Fieldfisher Energy – Oil and Gas team has recently acted as English legal advisers for client JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("KMG EP") in respect of US$1.95 billion tender offer launched by the company on 8 December 2017 for its GDRs and shares, valued at US$5.6bn. The team also advised on its proposed delisting from the Official List of the London Stock Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.

Advising Vobile Group Limited on its initial public offering and listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The firm has advised Vobile Group Limited (Stock code: 3738) on its initial public offering and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Simmons & Simmons acted as issuer's Hong Kong counsel to Vobile Group Limited. Silicon Valley-based Vobile Group is the leading provider of online video content protection services.

Mayer Brown JSM acted as the legal adviser for Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited as Sole Sponsor in relation to China Futex Holdings Limited’s listing on Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

China Futex is engaged in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of both single and double circular knitting machines.

The Mayer Brown JSM team was led by Corporate & Securities partner Derek Tsang.

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, advised Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, as manager, in relation to the HK$928.2 million secondary block trade of shares in Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. held by General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte. Ltd. The block trade represents approximately 6.3% of the issued share capital of Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co., Ltd.

DLA Piper has advised US technology company BuildingIQ (ASX: BIQ) on its latest capital raising to help fund the company’s growing sales pipeline and 5i Platform services development.

BuildingIQ helps building owners and operators worldwide lower energy use and increase building operations efficiency. The company builds services and solutions based on a core set of technologies incorporated into its 5i cloud-based platform and methodology.

Linklaters advised J.P Morgan, acting as the presenting bank alongside BNP Paribas, in relation to a potential takeover bid, followed by a squeeze-out targeting shares in the SFR group initiated by Altice.

The Linklaters team was managed by Marc Petitier, a partner in the Corporate division. Cyril Abtan, partner, dealt with the aspects of the counter-guarantee for the presenting banks. They were assisted by Maxime Le Bivic, associate. Luis Roth, a partner in Capital Markets dealt, with all the American law aspects of the deal. He was assisted by Sonny Ha, associate.

The Leeds and Dublin offices of International legal business DWF has advised mineral explorer Erris Resources plc in respect of its admission to trading on AIM.

The Leeds and Dublin offices of International legal business DWF has advised mineral explorer Erris Resources plc in respect of its admission to trading on AIM.

As part of the admission process, Erris Resources raised £4million through a placing of 16,000,000 new ordinary shares at a placing price of 25 pence each, implying a market cap of £7.8million on Admission.