Equity Capital Markets

Equity Capital Markets

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Tapping into the global equity capital markets is a complex business, filled with challenges and opportunities. To find the right path and ensure access to the funding and transactions necessary to achieve your goals, you need a proven partner who understands a shifting landscape.

Dentons has the depth of experience and vision necessary to help you minimize risk and maximize opportunities in the fast-moving global equity capital markets. Our team offers insight and expertise in equity fundraising and other stock exchange transactions, and we can assist in the efficient, proactive delivery of IPOs and secondary listings for both issuers and their advisors.

Only a firm with global reach can truly develop an integrated strategy, whether your transactions happen in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia or beyond. From reverse takeovers, secondary offerings or regulatory advice, to tax-advantaged securities, debt issuances and shareholder activism, Dentons can help you stand on solid ground.

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A&D Pharma: Advising the largest integrated pharmaceutical wholesale and retail business in Romania in connection with its admission to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. The project received the Deal of the Year Award from the Diplomat monthly publication and is the first listing of a Romanian company to the Main Market of London.
Arawak Energy: Advising on its listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Cadogan Petroleum plc: Advising a UK-registered oil and gas company with onshore assets in Ukraine on its £150 million IPO and listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
Capital Power: Advising on the completed sale of 9.2 million common shares of Capital Power to EPCOR at an offering price of C$24.40 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds to EPCOR of C$224,480,000. The aggregate offering was comprised of an offering of 8.2 million common shares at C$24.40 per share together with the underwriters’ exercise of an over-allotment option for the sale of an additional one million common shares at C$24.40 per share. The underwriting syndicate for the offering was co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets. EPCOR’s wholly owned subsidiaries build, own and operate electrical transmission and distribution networks, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and infrastructure in Canada and the US. EPCOR is headquartered in Edmonton, AB. Capital Power is a growth-oriented North American power producer, also headquartered in Edmonton, AB. The company develops, acquires, operates and optimizes power generation from a variety of energy sources. Capital Power owns more than 3,300 megawatts of power generation capacity at 16 facilities across North America. An additional 487 megawatts of owned wind generation capacity is under construction or in advanced development in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
EDA Group Holdings Limited (SEHK: 2505) and China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 2128): Advising EDA Group Holdings Limited, a one-stop end-to-end supply chain solutions provider for e-commerce vendors, on its spin-off and separate listing from China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 2128), and the global offering of its shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The offering raised a gross proceed of approximately HK$222.6 million. Also advising China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 2128) in its PN15 application for EDA's spin-off in the transaction.
Germany based property company : Advising a Germany-based property company in a €75 million issuer tender offer.
Guernsey investment company : Representing in the €600 million Euronext listing and US 144A offering of shares.
Haywood Securities Inc.: Advising in connection with equity and bond offerings by Northland Resources S.A. in Canada, Europe and the United States for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $325 million.
IBS Group Holding Ltd.: Advising on the GDR (Global Depositary Receipts) program listing on the regulated market (General Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as well as in connection with the admission of up to 24,855,244 GDRs with a prospectus supplement. This was the first prospectus for a GDR program approved by BaFin and the first admission of GDRs to the regulated markets in Germany. Our teams advised in Russia, the US, the UK and Germany.
Investec: Advising it in its role as broker to Synergy Health, a FTSE 250 Company, on its £22 million placing.
Major bank: Representing the ADR depositary bank for a major Chinese medical technologies company in it's CA$2.3 billion SEC-registered global ADR offering and NASDAQ listing.
Major bank: Representing the ADR depositary bank for a major independent Chinese television advertising company's CA$49 million SEC-registered global ADR offering and NYSE Arca listing.
Marengo Mining Limited: Advising on its proposed restructure and redomicile to Canada by way of a scheme of arrangement and previously on C$83.25 million in equity raisings in the aggregate. Advising Marengo’s geological and engineering consultants and staff on the requirements for technical reporting under National Instrument 43-101. Marengo Mining Limited is an Australian mining company exploring the Yandera Copper Project in Papua New Guinea, one of the largest undeveloped copper projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Its development partners include Chinese State Owned Enterprise, China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd, as well as Petromin PNG Holding Limited, an independent company created by the State of Papua New Guinea to hold the state’s assets and to maximize indigenous ownership and revenue gains in the mineral and petroleum sectors.
McEwen Mining Inc.: Advising on the cross-border offering of approximately $112 million of its common stock. The common stock was issued by way of a prospectus supplement that was filed under US Gold's shelf registration statement, which was previously filed with securities regulatory authorities in the US and in Canada under the northbound multijurisdictional disclosure system.
OJSC Sofrinskiy Experimental Mechanical Plant: Advising on the establishment of a GDR (Global Depositary Receipts) program and the listing of the GDRs at the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (March 2011). Sofrinskiy is a Russian producer of welded tin cans and one of the country’s leading manufacturers. Sofrinskiy was assisted by our offices in Frankfurt, London, New York and Moscow.
Victoria Gold Corp.: Advising the leading gold exploration and development company advancing the Eagle Gold Project in the Yukon to production, on Canadian legal and mining matters, including the sale of the Cove McCoy Property, located in Nevada, to Premier Gold for C$24 million; the sale to Barrick Gold Corporation in respect of the Mill Canyon Property, located in Nevada, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$48 million; and in relation to a bought deal public offering of common shares and flow-through common shares for C$30 million. Advising geological and engineering consultants and staff for Victoria Gold on the technical reporting requirements under National Instrument 43-101.
XXF Group Holdings Limited (SEHK: 02473): Advising the client as Hong Kong legal counsel on the global offering of its shares on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The offering raised a gross proceed of approximately HK$113 million. XXF Group Holdings Limited is an established automobile retailer providing automobile finance lease service primarily through its self-operated sales outlets in the PRC.

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Dentons Hong Kong and its lawyers recognised in IFLR1000 2024

September 24, 2024

Dentons Hong Kong and its lawyers have been ranked by the 2024 edition of IFLR1000, the guide to the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. IFLR1000 has recognised six Dentons Hong Kong lawyers as Highly Regarded practitioners in their respective fields. The firm has also received two practice rankings. These rankings reflect the strength of the firm's talent by recognizing their quality of work and positive feedback among clients and peers

Dentons HPRP Shines with Two Top Honors at ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2023

October 26, 2023

Dentons HPRP, a leading law firm in Indonesia, wins 'Aviation Law Firm of the Year' and 'Equity Market Deal of the Year' at the ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2023.

Dentons wins two awards at Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards 2023

June 14, 2023

Italy: Dentons was named “Law Firm of the year – Team Capital Markets,” and Partner Luigi Costa was recognized as “Lawyer of the year” at the “Legalcommunity Forty Under 40 Awards 2023.”

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Insights

Public offers and admissions to trading: further particulars on the new UK regime

February 5, 2025

United Kingdom: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has followed up its 2024 consultation (CP24/12) with a consultation paper on further changes to the proposed new UK public offers and admissions to trading regime and UK Listing Rules (CP25/2).

Episode #2 – Talking to Björn Pfeiffer – real estate investment and ESG

January 20, 2025

Europe: “ESG will play a key role in investment and asset management. Companies have their own ESG targets or targets from different regulations. So you can't not think about ESG when it comes to investing”. In the second episode of the series, Sabine Wieduwilt interviews Björn Pfeiffer, who co-authored the chapters "Investment and ESG" and "Management agreements" of the book “Implementing ESG into Real Estate Contracts”.

HM Treasury and FCA announce temporary exemption from regulated cost disclosure requirements for investment trusts

September 20, 2024

United Kingdom: The UK government yesterday announced an exemption to the current cost disclosure requirements for investment trusts. In a move warmly welcomed by the sector, the UK government and the FCA announced that the requirements would temporarily be withdrawn until "legislation to amend the PRIIPs Regulation comes into force".

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Dentons Hong Kong and its lawyers recognised in IFLR1000 2024

Dentons HPRP Shines with Two Top Honors at ALB Indonesia Law Awards 2023

Dentons wins two awards at Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards 2023

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Public offers and admissions to trading: further particulars on the new UK regime

Episode #2 – Talking to Björn Pfeiffer – real estate investment and ESG

HM Treasury and FCA announce temporary exemption from regulated cost disclosure requirements for investment trusts

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