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- Chiesi Farmaceutici in connection with its proposed US$1.48 billion acquisition of Amryt Pharma PLC by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
- Oxford BioDynamics plc in connection with the placing, subscription, and open offer of its new ordinary shares.
- The sellers of Content+ Cloud, a leading UK-based specialist cloud services business and a portfolio company of ECI Partners, on its sale to Advania.
- Numis Securities Limited in connection with a £62.4 million secondary placing of shares in listed law firm Knights Group Holdings plc.
- Bentley Systems in connection with the acquisition of SRO Solutions Holdings Limited and the assets of DXSTRO Software LLP.
- Canaccord Genuity Limited in connection with an equity fundraising by Mirriad Advertising plc.
- Bentley Systems in connection with the acquisition of Professional Construction Strategies Group Ltd, a UK-based digital built-environment consultancy.
- Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A (OTE) in connection with the sale of its stake in fixed telecommunications operator Telekom Romania to Orange Romania.
- Investec Bank plc in connection with a £172 million equity fundraising by ITM Power plc.
- Advanced Oncotherapy plc in connection with its strategic funding partnership and debt facility with Nerano Pharma.
- Numis Securities Limited and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, as joint bookrunners on a £100 million equity fundraise for LSE AIM-listed Keywords Studios plc, an international technical services provider to the global video games industry.
- Spark Advisory Partners on its £30 million public takeover bid by Redmile Group, LLC for Redx Pharma PLC, a UK-based publicly listed biotechnology company.
- Bentley Systems, a leading global provider of software services in connection with the acquisition of GroupBC, a UK-based SaaS software and cloud services business.
- Numis Securities in connection with an equity fundraising by listed law firm Knights Group Holdings plc.
- Ashmore Group and Spinnaker Capital in connection with the sale of certain Russian real estate assets to the Russian Direct Investment Fund.
- Share plc, the LSE listed holding company for The Share Centre, one of the UK's leading independent retail stockbrokers, on its £62 million takeover by Interactive Investor, the UK's second largest direct to consumer investment platform, which is majority owned by J.C. Flowers IV, L.P., a fund advised by J.C. Flowers & Co, LLC, a leading private investment firm.
- M1 Cement Holding Limited in connection with the unwinding of its JV with Mittal and subsequent sale of its shares in Breedon Group plc, a leading UK construction materials group, raising gross proceeds of £82.4 million.
- GIC in the US$27 billion sale of Refinitiv by a consortium (consisting of Blackstone, an affiliate of GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Thomson Reuters) to London Stock Exchange Group plc.
- Centaur Media plc, as part of its strategic divestment program on the sale of (i) its financial services division to Metropolis Group; (ii) Centaur Human Resources Limited, to DVV Media International Ltd; (iii) Centaur Media Travel and Meetings Limited, to Northstar Travel Media UK Limited; and (iv) its engineering portfolio, including The Engineer and Subcon, to Mark Allen Group.
- Stripes Group on the sale of its portfolio company Audio Network Limited to Entertainment One Limited.
- Further Global, a US private equity firm that makes investments in businesses within the financial services industry, on its successful £100 million take private of GBGI, the London listed holding company for the "The Global Benefits Group" which provides international benefits insurance globally through various subsidiary companies.
- SQS Software Quality Systems AG on its £300m takeover by a portfolio company of Ardian a world-leading private investment house.
- Centaur Media plc, a London listed business information, events and marketing provider which owns The Lawyer magazine, on the sale of its Home Interest business to Future plc, a UK listed media company and the acquisition of MarketMakers, a B2B telemarketing and lead generation company.
- Liberty plc, the iconic Regent Street retail business, on its £71.5 million takeover by Bluegem Capital Partners a London based mid-market private equity buyer.
- Kofax® Limited, the LSE and NASDAQ listed provider of capture driven business process automation solutions, on its US$1 billion sale to Lexmark, a US manufacturer of laser printers and imaging products.
- Stirling Square Capital Partners on its US$150 million acquisition of Public Safety Equipment, an international provider of highway safety solutions from Seton House Group (a Bank of Scotland private equity vehicle).
- IT Lab Enterprises a managed IT services provider and the technology support business behind McLaren sports cars, on its sale to ECI Partners in a private equity led MBO transaction.
- ACM Shipping Group plc in connection with its £150 million recommended merger with Braemar Shipping Services plc (a company listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange).
- Travel Leaders Group on its acquisition of Colletts Travel, a UK based luxury travel agency.
- Kofax® Limited, the leading provider of capture driven business process automation solutions, on its premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and a listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
- Cantor Fitzgerald Europe on the tender offer by San Leon Energy plc, a specialist oil and gas company with an extensive portfolio of assets across Europe and Africa.
- Investec in connection with the placing and open offer of shares by their client ITM Power plc, a listed manufacturer of integrated hydrogen energy solutions to enhance the utilisation of renewable energy.
- Shore Capital on an equity fundraising and debt restructuring by AIM-listed Styles & Wood plc.
- The Share Centre Limited, a subsidiary of AIM listed Share plc, a leading UK independent retail stockbroker, on its agreement with Barclays Bank plc to acquire up to 3,000 nominee share dealing accounts serviced by Barclays Stockbrokers.
- Spark Advisory Partners Limited, as nominated adviser, and WH Ireland Limited and Whitman Howard Limited, as joint brokers, on the admission to trading on AIM of IMIMobile plc, a leading global technology company.
- Shore Capital as nominated adviser and broker to SafeCharge International Group, an international provider of payments services, risk management and IT solutions for online businesses, on its US$400 million (c.£242.6 million) IPO on AIM.
- MWB Group Holdings plc, the listed hotels and serviced offices holding company, on the corporate aspects of its £282.5 million bank refinancing with the Bank of Scotland and RBS and in relation to the £100 million sale and leaseback of five of its Malmaison hotels.
- MWB Group Holdings plc on a US$100 million institutional fund raising and capital restructuring.
- RPG Industries SE on its £83 million investment into London Stock Exchange-listed Ferrexpo plc, the Ukrainian natural resources company.
- New World Resources NV, the owner of the Czech Republic’s largest hard coal mining company., in connection with its £1.3 billion IPO on the London, Prague and Warsaw Stock Exchanges.
- Shareholders of Charlemagne Capital Limited in connection with Charlemagne Capital’s £298 million AIM IPO.
- Flender AG on its €1.2 billion sale to Siemens AG.
- A member of the consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group which acquired NTL’s proposed towers and transmission division for £1.27 billon.
- Chiesi Farmaceutici in connection with its proposed US$1.48 billion acquisition of Amryt Pharma PLC by way of Scheme of Arrangement.
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