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Freshfields checks in for lead role on Samsonite's $1.5bn Hong Kong IPO

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won a lead role on Samsonite International's $1.5bn (£909m) Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), reports The Asian Lawyer. Luggage maker Samsonite is set to become the second foreign consumer brand to go public in Hong Kong, following French skincare brand L'Occitane International's $780m (£473m) launch last year.
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LinkedIn GC's shares in company valued at $27m as IPO surges

LinkedIn GC Erika Rottenberg's shares and options in the company have been valued at approximately $27m (£16.6m) by the social networking site's initial public offering (IPO), reports The Recorder. Shares in the company more than doubled in price after launching on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday (19 May), closing at $94.25 (£58) per share and giving the company a market cap close to $10bn (£6.1bn).
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Sidley signs up Gibson Dunn capital markets partner for London office

Sidley Austin has sealed the hire of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher capital markets partner Dorothee Fischer-Appelt, who is switching between the City offices of the two US firms. Fischer-Appelt, who will become the fifth partner in Sidley's London capital markets team, has a practice focused on US and international capital markets, cross-border M&A, joint ventures and restructurings. As a German speaker, she will lead Sidley's push into the Central and Eastern European (CEE) corporate and capital markets.
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A&O beats City rivals to lead in Q1 bank roles for Euro capital markets

Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters' EMEA debt capital markets rankings for the first quarter of the 2011 calendar year by manager, with US firm Sidley Austin topping the equivalent table by issuer. A&O was the most active adviser to managers on international bond issues, advising underwriters on 129 deals generating proceeds of $92.8bn (£56bn). The tally gave the firm a 7% share of the market by volume, ahead of Linklaters, Clifford Chance (CC), Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Davis Polk & Wardwell.
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Long-serving BLP partner to exit firm

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) banking and capital markets partner Mark Waghorn is set to leave after 21 years at the firm. Waghorn has handed in his notice and will officially leave the partnership next week (28 April), but will continue to serve as a consultant partner for a short time to assist in handing over client matters. He will not be based in the office during this time.
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Dealmaker: Adrian Cartwright

CC's co-head of European ECM on sweating it out at the office and the world's worst closing dinner
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Kirkland boosts London base with Shearman partner hire

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its City office with the addition of a partner from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman capital markets partner Ward McKimm (pictured) is understood to have handed in his notice yesterday (12 April), with the intention of joining US rival Kirkland.
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Simpson Thacher to open Houston base with Vinson partner hire

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is opening an office in Houston later this year with the addition of Vinson & Elkins capital markets partner Robert Rabalais, reports The Am Law Daily. "Opening in Houston is a natural outgrowth of our already strong and longstanding energy practice," firm chairman Philip Ruegger said in a statement. "The Houston office, with a resident partner as talented as Robert, will provide a tremendous benefit to our clients active in the oil and gas space." Rabalais will join the firm once the Houston office officially opens. He has represented clients including UBS, Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas.
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Linklaters and CC set for roles on landmark $10bn-plus Glencore IPO

Linklaters and Clifford Chance (CC) are in line to take lead roles on commodities trader Glencore's planned initial public offering (IPO), which is set to value the company at around $60bn ($36.7bn). The offering, likely to become the largest ever in London, will see the Swiss-based company sell a 20% stake worth between $10bn (£6.1bn) and $12bn (£7.3bn).
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Freshfields leads array of firms advising on German float

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Dechert are among a raft of advisers to pick up roles on the €386m (£340m) initial public offering (IPO) of German industrial parts maker Norma Group on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Freshfields and Dechert jointly advised the issuer - a portfolio company of private equity house 3i - with teams led by Frankfurt capital markets partner Andreas Koenig and Munich corporate partner Berthold Hummel respectively.
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