Travers Smith LLP has advised Peel Hunt LLP and WG Partnership LLP, as joint bookrunners in connection with the £20.5 million placing of new shares by Oxford BioMedica plc.

Oxford BioMedica is a leading gene and cell therapy company focused in developing life changing treatment for serious diseases.

The Travers Smith team comprised Corporate Finance Partners Neal Watson and Dan McNamee, Corporate Finance Senior Associates Tom Coulter and Brent Sanders, and Corporate Finance Associate Stephanie Poulier.

De Brauw was lead counsel on the acquisition Caldic Ingredients of Acatris Beheer B.V.

Client name
Caldic B.V.

Other parties involved
Acatris Beheer B.V.

Nature of transaction
Acquisition by Caldic Ingredients of Acatris Beheer B.V. a supplier of ingredients to the food processing industry

Value of transaction
Undisclosed but more than EUR 5 million: note that this information cannot be disclosed

Date deal
01 February 2018

De Brauw involvement
Lead counsel

Baker McKenzie acted on the issue of A$750 million Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2028 by DBS Group Holdings under DBS's USD$30 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme.

Baker McKenzie partner on the transaction, Duncan McGrath stated: "This was DBS's first issue of regulatory capital notes into the Australian market. We were delighted to act for the Joint Lead Managers on such a unique transaction."

Application will be made to the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited for the listing of the Notes on the Singapore Exchange.  

Dechert LLP assisted Sofinnova Partners in the financing round of MicroPep Technologies, a French biotechnology company developing biological alternatives to agrochemical molecules.

Sofinnova Partners led the €4 million financing round of MicroPep Technologies, thus becoming its major shareholder, together with IRDInov and Toulouse Tech Transfer.

Allen & Overy today announced the appointment of leading senior litigator Gerhard Rudolph as a partner in the global litigation practice based in the Johannesburg office.

International law firm Ashurst announces the appointment of Anne Reffay and Hortense de Roux as partners in its corporate and dispute resolution practices in Paris.

Anne joins from Jones Day, where she has been since 2015. Prior to that, Anne worked for 15 years as a corporate lawyer at Ashurst. Anne specialises in leveraged buyouts and M&A, including joint ventures. She advises both investment funds and industrial companies and also has significant experience in advising on the corporate aspects of restructurings.

Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that infrastructure and construction lawyer Adam Lewinberg has joined the firm as partner in its Toronto office.

Lewinberg, who previously was the associate general counsel at Carillion Canada, has broad experience that focuses on P3s/infrastructure, and possesses significant expertise in corporate governance and compliance matters — including designing and delivering training to senior leadership and board members, and advising on governance, ethics, directors’ duties, bribery, lobbying, competition and related matters.

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy M. Clark has rejoined the firm as a partner in the New York office focusing on investment funds and secondary transactions. He was previously a partner at O'Melveny & Myers. The move significantly boosts Dechert’s continuing growth in the private funds and private equity transactions space.   

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Maria Isabel (“Marie”) Manley has joined the firm in London as a partner in its global Life Sciences practice. She will lead the Life Sciences team in London. Ms. Manley comes to Sidley from Bristows LLP, where she was the leader of its Life Sciences regulatory department.