CMS has acted as the issuer’s legal advisor on the IPO of Venture Inc S.A., a venture capital fund, which took place on 6 November 2017 at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Venture Inc had been previously listed on NewConnect, and its debut on the WSE’s main market was the fifth transfer from NewConnect in 2017.
Allen & Overy has advised on the ground-breaking listing and equity offering of Vincom Retail’s shares on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE), using a new offer structure that dramatically shortens settlement timetables compared to previous offerings in Vietnam.
Jeantet advised Aroundtown, a real estate Luxembourg company whose property assets mainly based in Germany and in the Netherlands are worth around 7.8 billion Euros, on the delisting of its shares from Euronext Growth Paris (of which Aroundtown was the biggest value, with a market capitalisation of almost 5.8 billion Euros).
King & Wood Mallesons acted as Hong Kong counsel to the Sole Sponsor in the initial public offering (IPO) of Putian Communication Group Limited (Putian Communication Group, Stock Code: 1720).
On 9 November, Putian Communication Group launched its IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). The IPO comprised a total of 275 million shares issued. Priced at HK$0.66 per share, the IPO raised a net amount of approximately HK$146.7 million.
Greenberg Trauig advised Gremi Media S.A., the publisher of leading Polish daily newspapers "Rzeczpospolita" and "PARKIET Gazeta Gieldy i Inwestorow," on the listing of shares of Gremi Media S.A. on NewConnect market, the alternative trading system of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The listing involved 1.1385 million shares of the Company, with the nominal value of PLN 4 per share.
Greenberg Trauig advised Gremi Media S.A., the publisher of leading Polish daily newspapers "Rzeczpospolita" and "PARKIET Gazeta Gieldy i Inwestorow," on the listing of shares of Gremi Media S.A. on NewConnect market, the alternative trading system of the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The listing involved 1.1385 million shares of the Company, with the nominal value of PLN 4 per share.
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance advised the joint sponsors and underwriters including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse on China Literature's US$1.1 billion (HK$8.3 billion) initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The deal received exceptionally strong demand in all three tranches of the offering. The retail tranche was more than 625 times oversubscribed attracting over 400,000 applications and application monies of over US$66 billion (HK$520 billion), making it the second most oversubscribed deal in Hong Kong.
The shares of RHI-Magnesita N.V. (RHI-Magnesita), the worldÿs largest refractory industry player, were admitted to trading on the premium listing segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market for listed securities on 27 October 2017.
Clifford Chance has advised a banking syndicate on the successful IPO of Befesa S.A. at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
German-Spanish Befesa S.A. is a leading European provider of recycling services to the secondary steel and aluminium industries. The company was listed on the regulated market (Prime Standard segment) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 3 November 2017. Befesa's issue is the second largest IPO in Germany in 2017.
Addleshaw Goddard has advised longstanding client Norcros on its £60m acquisition of Merlyn Industries and related equity and debt fundraisings.
The fundraisings consist of a firm placing and placing and open offer of new shares, together with a new debt facility
The 50 person AG team was led by partner Roger Hart and included George Danczak, Jamie Partridge, Katie Parker, David Auty, Azhar Khan, Kim Meadowcroft, Richard Oman, Caroline Gray, Charlotte Fallon and Kate McGough.