LG advises on largest Euronext Amsterdam Listing by an AIM Company

LG, the business law firm, is advising AIM company, Accsys Technologies PLC, on its secondary Listing on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext and further Offering of ordinary shares in The Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe.

06 September 2007

LG advises Numisma on one of the largest retail property transactions in the EU this year

LG, the business law firm, has advised the Numisma Fund on the purchase of the ‘Project David’ retail portfolio, taking the value of Numisma's own portfolio to over €1 billion.

23 August 2007

LG advises on float of Ukrainian real estate fund

LG’s Investment Funds team advised Aisi Realty Public Limited on its placing and admission to AIM that raised $33.1m which together with existing pre-IPO investment gives the Company a market capitalisation of $109.7m.

09 August 2007

International real estate developer nets £21.8m investment from Lehman Brothers

LG has advised new client Nanette Real Estate Group N.V. – the AIM-listed international residential property developer - on the placing of shares with Lehman Brothers Real Estate Partners Group raising £21.8 million. The proceeds from the share subscription will be used for Nanette's business expansion.

19 March 2007

LG advises new client Numisma Fund on €250 million refinancing facility

LG has 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. The financing includes a €80 million loan secured on German real estate and a CHF36 million loan on Swiss real estate from Hyporeal Germany.

16 October 2006

Big catch for real estate investment company

LG, the London-based business law firm advised Dolphin Capital Investors Limited on a placing that raised £202 million, thereby creating the second largest AIM quoted real estate investment company.

6 October 2006

LG advises Cofra on sale of UK specialist mortgage lending operation

London-based business law firm LG has advised COFRA Holding AG - the Swiss company which holds interests including retail, real estate, private equity investments and financial services - on the disposal of its UK specialist mortgage lending operation, London Mortgage Company, to Lehman Brothers for an undisclosed amount. The deal followed from a wide-ranging international auction process, and the transaction completed on Tuesday, 2 May 2006.

3 July 2006

£102m AIM listing for European real estate developer

LG advises KBC Peel Hunt on Placing and Admission of Nanette Real Estate Group N.V.

27 June 2006

Marine Current Turbines gets cash injection for groundbreaking renewable energy project

LG has advised Marine Current Turbines Ltd on the recent investment into MCT by EDF Energy, one of the UK’s major utility companies and the UK subsidiary of Electricité de France, to fund the groundbreaking SeaGen project.

1 January 2006

LG helps growth companies raise £1 billion through Aim

LG is advising Wogen Plc, a London-based independent, international metal trading business whose activities are focused on specialty metals and minerals, on its placing and admission to AIM. The placing comprises 16,393,443 shares which are being sold by existing shareholders at price of 122p per share to raise £20 million, giving the Company an initial market capitalisation of £54.8 million. Trading in Wogen's shares begins today.

31 October 2005

LG advises Knightsbridge Petroleum (UK) Limited on Us$460m sale of Latin American Oil Assets

LG has advised Knightsbridge Petroleum (UK) Limited, the independent oil and gas company, on the US$460m sale of its Venezuelan and Colombian oil production and exploration assets to French-listed oil company, Etablissements Maurel & Prom. The existing management team of Knightsbridge will continue to provide management and support services to the various entities that have been sold.

11 August 2005

EU proposes major changes in disputes over State Aid

The European Commission has proposed changes to the system of State aid which would change the present system and raise complex legal issues, EU/competition lawyers at LG believe.

8 June 2005

LG warns agents of EU protection failings

London-based law firm LG says ship agents need to be aware that EU legislation intended to protect agents where their principal sacks them and sets up his own office on the back of business generated by the agent will not find protection under English law.

7 June 2005

LG calls for ports directive action

Leading London Law firm LG has called on the shipping industry to makes its views on the EU’s proposed directive on market access to port services heard in Brussels.

1 March 2005

LG advises on global air cargo merger

London-based law firm LG has advised new client Cargolux Airlines International S.A. in connection with its joint venture with SITA INC to create the world's market leading company in air cargo IT automation.

20 January 2005