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Bakers, A&O advise as Saudi sukuk lists on London Stock Exchange

Baker & McKenzie has advised Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) on a $2bn (£1.3bn) deal which marks the first-ever London-listed sukuk programme by a Saudi bank.
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Bakers secures South Africa launch with hire of 31-strong Dewey team

Baker & McKenzie has launched in South Africa with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf's 31-strong Johannesburg office, one of the disintegrating firm's last remaining international bases. The move, which comes as Dewey filed for bankruptcy last night (28 May), will gift Bakers a fully operational South Africa presence.
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Lawyers on much-touted Facebook float set to share fees of $2.6m

Lawyers on Facebook's looming float are set to share a $2.6m (£1.6m) fee from advising on the hotly anticipated public offering, writes the Am Law Daily. The social media giant specified the $2.6m in legal fees and expenses related to its initial public offering (IPO), according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday (15 May). The fees are a rough estimation and not a precise gauge of invoices related to the myriad legal costs in bringing a company public.
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Norton Rose boosts capital markets with hire of former A&O partner

Norton Rose has strengthened its London structured finance and capital markets practice with the hire of former Allen & Overy (A&O) partner David Shearer.
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International Edition

Pinsents and Bird & Bird advise on Chinese consumer brand AIM listing first

Pinsent Masons, Bird & Bird and Ogier have landed roles on the AIM listing of China sportswear group Naibu, in the first flotation of a Chinese consumer brand on the junior London market. Corporate finance partner Sean Page led the Pinsents team on the £68m listing, which raised £6m in new money for Naibu's expansion plans.
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Simmons and A&O take roles on €7.3bn Italian bond issue

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Simmons & Simmons have advised on a €7.3bn (£6.1bn) Italian sovereign bond issue linked to domestic inflation. The deal saw A&O take a lead underwriter role, advising Banca IMI and UniCredit on the structuring and documentation of the deal. Simmons advised the same banks on administrative and compliance aspects, while the Italian Treasury used its own in-house legal team.
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A&O and CC advise on Abu Dhabi healthcare company's London IPO

Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) are advising on Abu Dhabi healthcare company NMC Health's planned $250m (£159m) London listing. According to the advisers, the initial public offering (IPO) could mark the first time an Abu Dhabi business has obtained a full premium listing on the London Stock Exchange.
2 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Lewis leads as Deutsche Boerse sues EC over NYSE merger

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has taken the lead role for Deutsche Boerse on its lawsuit against the European Commission (EC) over the rejection of its merger with NYSE Euronext. The US firm's Frankfurt office has been instructed to advise the German stock exchange following its decision to sue the European Commission at the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.
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International Edition

Linklaters and Debevoise lead on AIG's $6bn Hong Kong share sale

Debevoise & Plimpton and Linklaters have taken lead roles on AIG's $6bn (£3.8bn) placement of shares in its Hong Kong spin-off, AIA Group, reports The Asian Lawyer. Debevoise took the lead for for AIG, which sold the shares to institutional investors on 5 March as a way of partially paying back the US Government for a $182bn (£116bn) bailout in 2008, following the onset of the global financial crisis.
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International Edition

Hogan Lovells acts on multibillion-euro note programme

Hogan Lovells has taken the lead role on French asset manager Amundi's two recent multibillion-euro asset-backed note programmes issued on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The instruction, which came through the transatlantic firm's Paris office, saw the establishment of a €10bn (£8.3bn) English law programme and a €10bn French law programme, which will be used to invest in secured structured products through a single Luxembourg securitisation vehicle.
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