Latham and Davis Polk advise as Pandora lists on Danish OMX

Latham & Watkins and Davis Polk & Wardwell have taken lead roles on the €1.5bn (£1.3bn) initial public offering (IPO) of Danish jewellery maker Pandora.

Davis Polk advised the jewellery company on its listing, fielding a team led by London corporate partner John Meade.

Latham, meanwhile, advised the financial sponsors on the deal, which completed earlier this month on Copenhagen's NASDAQ OMX exchange.

A London-based Latham team led by corporate partners Olof Clausson and Antti Ihamuotila advised the joint global co-ordinators and bookrunners, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley and Nordea Bank. The firm also advised co-lead managers Carnegie Bank and SEB Enskilda. New York-based partner Jiyeon Lee-Lim advised on tax aspects of the listing.

The listing also generated roles for firms in Denmark along with Latham and Davis Polk. Pandora instructed Kromann Reumert as local counsel, with corporate partner Henrik Mogelmose leading. Danish law firm Gorrissen Federspiel advised the banks on the deal, which has been viewed as a further sign of recovery in the Danish deal market.

Ihamuotila said: "The transaction was very interesting to work on, not only because of the multi-layer international aspects of the deal, but also because Pandora's development is a classic growth story."

He added: "The total volume of the transaction makes the listing the largest Nordic financial sponsor IPO and the second largest Nordic private sector IPO."

Pandora, which was founded in 1982 in Copenhagen, makes jewellery including customisable gold and silver charm bracelets and sells its products in 47 countries across six continents.