LG. Lawyers - LG Deals

Cygnet 2008 Limited

Advised on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Cygnet 2002 Limited for £340 million.

£340 million

Terra Catalyst Fund

Advised on its admission to AIM.

£116 million

Marine Current Turbines Limited

Advised on its partnership with npower renewables to build one of the first ever tidal stream projects.

Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited

Advised on their acquisition of a new shopping centre from LaSalle Investment Management Limited

£80 million

Caring Homes Group

Advised in connection with its recent £600m refinancing with Bank of Scotland.

£600 million

Greenview Composting Limited

Acted on the investment in the company by NIBC Infrastructure Partners for and on behalf of NIBC European Infrastructure Fund I C.V.

Fairfax I.S. PLC, Cenkos Securities and Landsbanki Securities

Advised three brokers – Fairfax I.S. PLC, Cenkos Securities and Landsbanki Securities – in connection with three separate fundraisings.

$404 million

Pacific Alliance China Land Limited

Advised this newly incorporated Cayman company established to invest in existing properties and new property developments in China.

$400 million

Patni Computer Systems

Advised on a $200 million deal with UK FTSE mobile phone provider, The Carphone Warehouse.

$200 million

Arbuthnot Securities

Advised in connection with a series of recent AIM deals with an aggregate value of approximately £190m.

£190 million

Swordfish Investments LLP

Advised Swordfish Investments LLP on its £95 million acquisition, together with Dawnay, Day Principal Investments, of Asquith Day Nurseries Limited from private equity firm Lyceum Capital Ltd.

£95 million

Vietnam Infrastructure Fund

Advised this newly incorporated Cayman company, established to invest in a diversified portfolio of infrastructure and infrastructure related asset, on one of the largest fund raisings on AIM this year.

$400 million

Africa Opportunity Fund Limited

Advised this newly incorporated Cayman company established to invest in value, arbitrage and special situations opportunities derived from the continent of Africa, on its $125 million fundraising.

$125m

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance

Advised nominated adviser, Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, and its joint brokers Oriel Securities Limited and Elara Capital Plc on The Indian Film Company Limited AIM flotation, raising £55 million.

£55 million

Vinaland Limited and ARC Capital Holdings Limited

Advised two existing AIM quoted client funds, Vinaland Limited and ARC Capital Holdings Limited, on significant secondary issues.

$780 million

Blenheim Property Group Limited

Advised a private equity syndicate led by property entrepreneur Igal Ahouvi of the Blenheim Property Group Limited on its £1.1 billion acquisition of 47 Marriott Hotels from The Royal Bank of Scotland.

£1.1 billion

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LaSalle UK Ventures Fund

Advised new client LaSalle UK Ventures Fund – the £1 billion private equity fund set up recently by LaSalle Investment Management – on three real estate purchases.

£1 billion

Dawnay Day Corporate Finance Limited and KBC Peel Hunt Ltd

Advised Dawnay Day Corporate Finance Limited as Nominated Adviser and KBC Peel Hunt Ltd as Broker on the placing and admission to AIM of Inland plc raising £50 million.

£50 million

Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Investment Development Co Ltd

Advised Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Investment Development Co Ltd on its recommended cash takeover offer of Monterrico Metals plc for £94 million.

£94 million

Entertainment Rights plc

Advised Entertainment Rights plc on its US$305 million acquisition of Classic Media Holdings, Inc.

$305 million

Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

Advised on the $304 million fundraising for existing client Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited.

$304 million

Rooftop Mortgages

Advised Rooftop Mortgages - a lender in the UK non-conforming mortgage market - on the £500 million Mansard 2006-1 PLC residential mortgage backed securitisation (RMBS).

£500 million

KSK Power Ventur Plc

Advised KSK Power Ventur Plc, an Indian group developing private power projects across India, on its admission to AIM.

£58 million

Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS)

Advised Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USS) on the sale of Gyle Shopping Centre, Edinburgh for £267 million to Belfast based property company William Ewart Properties Ltd.

£267 million

Japan Residential Investment Company Limited

Advised Japan Residential Investment Company Limited – a newly incorporated Guernsey company established to invest in Japanese residential property assets - on its £100m admission to AIM.

£100 million

Dawnay Day, North Atlantic Value LLP and management

Advised investment boutique Dawnay Day, North Atlantic Value LLP and management on the sale of Craftbutton Limited to PPM Capital.

£107.5 million

Numisma Fund

Advised new client Numisma Fund, advised by McCafferty Asset Management, on a €250 million refinancing facility of Anglo Irish by Hypo Real Estate Bank International AG.

€250 million

Dolphin Capital Investors Limited

Advised Dolphin Capital Investors Limited on a placing that raised £202 million, thereby creating the second largest AIM quoted real estate investment company.

£202 million

Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund Limited

Advised Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund Limited on its admission to AIM.

$275 million

Clipper Windpower

Advised Clipper Windpower on its strategic alliance with BP Alternative Energy for a long-term turbine supply agreement and the joint development of five of Clipper’s wind energy projects in the USA.

£180 million

Hero Investments LLP

Advised new client, Hero Investments LLP, on the establishment and structuring of the Hero Football Fund and a subsequent private fundraising.

KBC Peel Hunt

Advised KBC Peel Hunt, nominated adviser and broker, on the Placing and Admission to AIM of Nanette Real Estate Group N.V.

£102 million

ARC Capital Holdings

Advised new client ARC Capital Holdings Limited on it's admission to AIM.

$120 million

Discovery Group Limited Management Team

Advised the share holding management team of Discovery Group Limited on the recent exit from Discovery by its former lead investor, August Equity, and the simultaneous acquisition of Discovery for £82 million by members of the management team and Exponent Private Equity, acting through a new corporate vehicle.

£82 million

VinaLand Limited

Advised new client VinaLand Limited on it's admission to AIM, giving the company an initial market capitalization at the issue price of approximately $204.8 million.

$204.8 million

Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc

Advised newly incorporated investment trust Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc on its Placing and Offer for Subscription which raised £75 million.

£75 million

Blenheim Property Group Limited

Advised investors Blenheim Property Group Limited on the finance side of the £382 million sale and management-back of 15 hotels from the Hilton Group to The Managed Hotels Unit Trust, a Jersey-based unit trust set up by Blenheim Property.

£382 million

Grundon Waste Management

Advised Grundon Waste Management – half of joint venture Lakeside Energy from Waste Ltd and the UK's largest privately owned waste management company – on its £180 million project to develop an energy from waste facility at Colnbrook, near Slough.

£180 million

The Clipper Group

Advised the US-based Clipper Group on its placing and admission to AIM, giving it an initial market capitalisation of £180 million and taking it straight into the FTSE AIM 50 index.

£180 million

Ruffer Investment Company Limited

Advised Ruffer Investment Company Limited on its proposed £75 million fundraising, by way of a placing and offer for subscription by UBS of up to 75 million C shares at 100p per share.

£75 million