Capital Markets

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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Cadwalader London chief heads back to US

By Jeremy Hodges | February 3, 2010

Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft's London head Bob Link is to step down from his post, with capital markets partner Angus Duncan set to take the helm. Former firmwide chair Link is expected to return to the US full time over the next few months, although it is unclear what his exact role with the firm will be.

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Placing of new Tullow Oil shares hands roles to Ashurst and Dickson Minto

By Jeremy Hodges | February 3, 2010

Ashurst and Dickson Minto have advised on the share placing by FTSE 100 oil company Tullow Oil, which is expected to raise around £1bn. The company will issue 80.4 million new shares, representing roughly 10% of the group's existing shares.

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Deal lawyers set to AIM slightly less low in 2010

By Georgina Stanley | January 27, 2010

Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see why, as the market saw a dismal tally of just 36 admissions, with the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) barely scraping double digits at just 13.

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International Edition

Deal lawyers set to AIM slightly less low in 2010

By Georgina Stanley | January 27, 2010

Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see why, as the market saw a dismal tally of just 36 admissions, with the number of initial public offerings (IPOs) barely scraping double digits at just 13.

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CC and Latham check in for roles on Singapore airline IPO

By Sofia Lind | January 22, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles as Tiger Airways becomes the first Asian airline to complete an initial public offering (IPO) for five years. The IPO, reportedly the first listing of a low-cost air carrier on the Singapore Exchange, raised a total of S$248m (£109m), with the deal widely viewed as a boost for market confidence.

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