Key areas of focus for the Hogan Lovells International LLP team include international IPOs and secondary issuances as well as privatisation transactions and private placements. The team is well-versed in handling US fundraising matters and also serves as key port of call for a series of investment managers seeking advice on fund mergers and buyouts. The practice is jointly led by domestic and international IPO expert Daniel Simons alongside Jonathan Baird, Tom Brassington, Nicola Evans, and Erik Jamieson.

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Key clients

  • Internet Mobile Communications
  • CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund
  • Global Ports Holdings
  • Southern Energy Corp.
  • 3i Infrastructure plc
  • Deutsche Numis
  • BH Macro
  • Investec Bank PLC and JP Morgan Cazenove

Work highlights

  • Advised  Global Ports Holdings plc on the issuance of new ordinary shares equal to approximately 8.2 per cent of GPH’s current issued share capital to its majority shareholder, Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş.
  • Advised Southern Energy Corp. on its $5m equity fundraising, by way of a placing to new and existing institutional investors in the UK and a concurrent public prospectus offering in Canada.
  • Advised BH Macro on the establishment of a £1bn share issuance programme and the initial issue of shares under that programme, raising £315m.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Simons, Jonathan Baird, Tom Brassington, Nicola Evans, Erik Jamieson