De Brauw served as Dutch counsel in the proposed cross-border merger between two listed companies.
Client name
RELX N.V.
Other parties involved
RELX PLC
Nature of transaction
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) is advising RELX Group, a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries, on its simplification of its corporate structure from a dual-listed company into a single parent company that will be listed in London, Amsterdam and New York.
De Brauw served as Dutch counsel in the proposed cross-border merger between two listed companies.
Client name
RELX N.V.
Other parties involved
RELX PLC
Nature of transaction
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has successfully advised a group of vendors which included Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment Company Limited on a reorganisation, spin-off and listing of their tourism-related assets under the Memories Group on the Singapore stock exchange, through the reverse takeover of Catalist-listed SHC Capital Asia Limited (SHC).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HSBC, Huatai Securities and Morgan Stanley as the joint global coordinators in the spin-off of A-Living Services Co. Ltd. from Agile Group Holdings Ltd. and the offering and separate listing of H shares of A-Living on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The transaction, which closed today (9 February 2018), involved the offering and listing of approximately 333m H shares. It raised gross proceeds of approximately US$526m (HK$4.1bn).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised HSBC, Huatai Securities and Morgan Stanley as the joint global coordinators in the spin-off of A-Living Services Co. Ltd. from Agile Group Holdings Ltd. and the offering and separate listing of H shares of A-Living on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The transaction, which closed today (9 February 2018), involved the offering and listing of approximately 333m H shares. It raised gross proceeds of approximately US$526m (HK$4.1bn).
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has successfully advised a group of vendors which included Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and First Myanmar Investment Company Limited on a reorganisation, spin-off and listing of their tourism-related assets under the Memories Group on the Singapore stock exchange, through the reverse takeover of Catalist-listed SHC Capital Asia Limited (SHC).
Mason Hayes & Curran acted for the shareholders of Blueface Limited, an Irish unified communications service provider in a merger with Star2Star, a major US hybrid cloud communications company.
The firm advised on all tax aspects of the joint venture structure.
We advised North Cork Co-operative Creameries on its merger with Feale Bridge & Headley’s Bridge Co-operative Dairy Society. The merger is subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising 1116 SEN radio station owner Pacific Star Network Limited on its merger with Crocmedia.
The Norton Rose Fulbright team assisted in the negotiation of the term sheet, drafted all agreements giving effect to the arrangement, conducted full legal due diligence of Crocmedia and is currently drafting relevant market notices and announcements.