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Simmons wins debut role for Rafferty on $3.5bn Euronext listing
By Sofia Lind | April 7, 2010
Simmons & Simmons has advised new client Rafferty on a $3.5bn (£2.3bn) Euronext listing. Simmons advised the US investment firm and its investment vehicle Direxion Shares EFT Trust on its first foray into the European market - the listing of six of its 34 active exchange traded funds (EFT) on Euronext Amsterdam.
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Freshfields and Linklaters act on tech company's £400m IPO
By Jeremy Hodges | March 24, 2010
Magic circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won lead roles on Promethean World's £400m initial public offering (IPO). Interactive learning technology company Promethean, which makes high-tech whiteboards, handheld learning systems and electronic equipment for the classroom, priced at £2 per share, giving it a market capitalisation of £400m.
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Herbert Smith hires Linklaters' former London US head
By Claire Ruckin | March 10, 2010
Herbert Smith has bolstered its City capital markets group with the hire of the former head of Linklaters' US practice in London. Steve Thierbach is set to join the top 10 City law firm as a partner next month (6 April) and will work closely with the firm's capital markets head, Jim Wickenden.
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Ashurst leads on insurer's planned £450m IPO amid turbulent market
By Jeremy Hodges | March 3, 2010
Ashurst has advised product insurer CPP Group on its proposed £450m initial public offering (IPO). CPP, which runs insurance schemes for mobile phones and credit cards, has announced that it is planning to float on London's main market next month.
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Portuguese debt capital market profile on the rise
By Legal Week | March 3, 2010
Over the last 18 months, the Portuguese capital markets have been stirred into life by a number of interesting trades, many involving the acquisition of shares in Portuguese-listed companies by foreign investors. This trend reached a new high in recent weeks when Brazilian industrial group Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) launched a takeover bid for Cimpor, a major Portuguese-based cement company. Two other Brazilian groups (Votorantim and Camargo Correa) have taken a significant interest in Cimpor, acquiring stakes in the company with deals for €1bn (£893m) and €1.3bn (£1.2bn) and generating additional excitement in the market.
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Pinsents and Freshfields take lead on buyout company's £418m listing
By Sofia Lind | February 24, 2010
Pinsent Masons and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken lead roles on the £418m listing of restaurant entrepreneur Hugh Osmond's corporate acquisition company Horizon on the London Stock Exchange. The initial public offering (IPO), which also handed an advisory role to Morrison & Foerster (MoFo), saw Horizon start trading stock on 9 February.
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Shearman and Linklaters strike gold on billion-dollar mining IPO
By Jeremy Hodges | February 19, 2010
Shearman & Sterling and Linklaters have taken lead roles on Barrick Gold's spin-off of its African mining assets and subsequent listing on the London Stock Exchange. Canada's Barrick, the largest gold miner in the world, will list its Tanzanian mining assets as African Black Gold (ABG) with a pricing set to take place in the next fortnight.
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A&O partner joins Mayer Brown for global derivatives launch
By Sofia Lind | February 18, 2010
Allen & Overy (A&O) New York capital markets partner Josh Cohn has joined Mayer Brown to help launch a global derivatives and structured products practice for the firm. Top-rated derivatives partner Cohn joined Mayer Brown yesterday (17 February) as co-head of the new global practice alongside London-based partner Ed Parker. Cohn will also head the US side of the derivatives practice, replacing Joel Telpner, who left to join US rival Jones Day at the end of last year. The firm has a further six associates specialising in the field in New York.
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Ashurst recruits Dewey and Pedersoli partners in boost for Italy practice
By Suzi Ring | February 18, 2010
Ashurst is bulking up its Italian practice with three new recruits, including a Dewey & LeBoeuf partner duo. Dewey partners Ugo Giordano and Fabio Pizzoccheri are both set to join Ashurst's banking and capital markets team, along with partner Ilario Giangrossi, who joins from Milan's Pedersoli & Associati.
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White & Case and Linklaters lead on first CIS bond offering of 2010
By Jeremy Hodges | February 16, 2010
White & Case and Linklaters have lined up on the first Eurobond offering in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) this year. White & Case was instructed by long-term oil client TNK-BP on its $1bn (£6.4m) issuance, providing English, US and Russian law advice. The offering was spilt into two $500m (£320m) issues, with the first a tranche of 6.25% notes due in 2015 and the second a tranche of 7.25% notes due in 2020. The proceeds of the offering will go towards funding investment programmes aimed at building up oil and gas production and reserves.
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