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Stock Exchange Listings

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In today’s global capital markets, our clients demand global reach and effective, sophisticated advice. With our presence in cities that are home to eight of the world’s largest stock exchanges, Dentons can provide highly tailored advice on the most suitable stock exchange to fill your needs. We can help you to successfully execute your listing.

We advise on IPOs, repeat offerings, GDRs, dual listings, follow-on offerings and reverse takeovers, and we have strong relationships with the financial markets’ authorities (SEC, FSA, French and Canadian Securities Authorities). Our lawyers’ expertise and experience will assist you in identifying the stock exchange which best matches your company’s profile, size and stage of development.

Dentons is ideally positioned to offer global advice as well as specific local experience.

Experience

Arawak Energy: Advising on its listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange.
Brazilian telecommunications firm: Representing the controlling shareholder for a Brazililian telecommunications company, in the company's Level II ADR facility and NYSE listing.
Bridgewater Systems Corporation: Advising on its CA$211 million acquisition by Amdocs Limited by way of plan of arrangement.
Cadogan Petroleum plc: Advising this 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 Income L.P.: Advising on its CA$1.1 billion acquisition by Atlantic Power Corporation.
Chinese-based purchaser: Advising a China-based corporation in the proposed acquisition of the business assets of Rainmaker Animation Inc., a Canadian public company operating an animation studio in Vancouver, B.C. This included settling undertakings under the Investment Canada Act with Canadian Heritage and obtaining Ministerial approval of the acquisition.
Healthcare Locums plc: Advising on this healthcare company's re-admission to the FTSE Alternative Investment Market (AIM), involving a placing and open offer.
HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A.: Advising on CA$700 million acquisition of UNX Energy Corp. by way of plan of arrangement and issuance by HRT of listed global depositary shares in consideration therefor.
Investec: Advising it in its role as broker to Synergy Health, a FTSE 250 Company, on its £22 million placing.
Multinational oil company: Advising on the sale of Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) business to Plains Midstream Canada ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary, for $1.67 billion. This is the most recent of several billion-dollar-plus transactions where Dentons has partnered with the oil company. The NGL business owns, operates and has contractual rights to assets that run the gamut of production and distribution functions, from extraction though to wholesale distribution of NGL products across Canada and in the Midwest United States. Among the assets, for example, are approximately 4,000 kilometers of pipeline systems and a storage capacity of 21 million barrels of NGLs.
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.: Advising on a transaction where CE Franklin announced that it had entered into an arrangement agreement with wholly owned NoV subsidiary, NoV Distribution Services ULC (NDS), pursuant to which NDS has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of CE Franklin for consideration of C$12.75 in cash per common share. The total consideration payable is approximately C$240 million.
Sasol Petroleum International: Advising on the CA$1.05 billion acquisition of a 50 percent working interest in Talisman Energy Inc.’s (Talisman) Farrell Creek shale gas assets in the Montney Basin area of northeastern British Columbia, a subsequent transaction with Talisman for similar consideration of CA$1.05 billion, which expanded Sasol’s gas reserves in the area, with a view to the further development of a gas-to-liquids plant to be located in Canada and to serve the North American liquid fuels markets.
Southern Legacy Minerals, Inc.: Advising on the CA$57 million business combination with Sinchao Metals Corp., by way of a merger pursuant to the Idaho General Business Corporations Act between Southern Legacy and Sinchao Idaho, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and concurrent private placement financing. In connection with the transaction, the Company changed its name to “Southern Legacy Minerals Inc.” and commenced trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on July 3, 2012 under the symbol “LCY." The combined property holdings of Sinchao and Southern Legacy has resulted in a portfolio of base and precious metals projects spanning the Andes in Peru, Colombia and Chile.
Teledyne Technologies Inc.: Advising on its $337 million acquisition of publicly traded DALSA Corporation (TSX: DSA) (DALSA) by plan of arrangement. Teledyne is a leading provider of sophisticated instrumentation, digital imaging products and software, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineered systems with operations primarily located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. DALSA, now Teledyne DALSA, Inc., is an international leader in high performance digital imaging and semiconductors. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets digital imaging products and solutions, in addition to providing specialized semiconductor foundry services, with core competencies in advanced integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing.
TerreStar Networks Inc.: Advising on the DISH Network Corporation acquisition of its assets, valued at C$1.37 billion. The transaction is unique in that DISH agreed to advance, and did advance, approximately 97 percent of the purchase price prior to the transaction receiving Canadian and US regulatory approval and for being one of the first deals under the new liberalized rules for foreign ownership of Canadian satellites. DISH completed its acquisition of TerreStar on March 9, 2012.

Insights

Navigating Disclosure Dilemmas: Essential guidance for UK boards on managing inside information

April 16, 2025

United Kingdom: With the FCA intensifying its focus on strategic leaks and unlawful disclosure, in this article we share practical advice and insight into scenarios which pose complex questions concerning disclosure and control of inside information, guidance on essential systems and controls and dos and don'ts for common danger areas.

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).

Public offers and admissions to trading: towards a new UK regime

September 19, 2024

United Kingdom: In a significant milestone in the reform of the UK's capital markets, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published for consultation detailed proposals, including draft rules, for a new UK regime for public offers and admissions to trading. This consultation paper (CP24/12), which coincided with the coming into force of the new UK listing regime, is the latest step towards enhancing the competitiveness of the UK's capital markets and removing barriers to participation.

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Dentons advises German GreenTech on private placement on Oslo Stock Exchange

September 30, 2021

Global law firm Dentons has advised Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum) as lead counsel together with Norwegian law firm Advokatfirmaet Selmer AS (Selmer) on its private placement of shares worth €46.4 million on the Euronext Growth segment of the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). The company's shares were successfully admitted to trading on Euronext Growth Oslo today as VPS shares held in custody by Norwegian Central Securities Depository (VPS).

Dentons advises Areej on its de-listing from the primary market of the Muscat Securities Market

February 23, 2017

Dentons has advised Areej Vegetable Oils & Derivatives SAOG (now SAOC) ("Areej"), on its de-listing from the primary market of the Muscat Securities Market and its conversion from a public joint stock company to a closed joint stock company. Areej is a leading manufacturer and distributor of vegetable oils and their derivatives to institutional and wholesale buyers, primarily in the Middle East.

Dentons advises on Advanced Oncotherapy's £20 million fundraising

May 1, 2015

Dentons has advised Westhouse Securities and Beaufort Securities as joint brokers on a £20 million fundraising for Advanced Oncotherapy.

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Navigating Disclosure Dilemmas: Essential guidance for UK boards on managing inside information

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

Public offers and admissions to trading: towards a new UK regime

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Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises German GreenTech on private placement on Oslo Stock Exchange

Dentons advises Areej on its de-listing from the primary market of the Muscat Securities Market

Dentons advises on Advanced Oncotherapy's £20 million fundraising

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Navigating Disclosure Dilemmas: Essential guidance for UK boards on managing inside information

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

Public offers and admissions to trading: towards a new UK regime

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Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises German GreenTech on private placement on Oslo Stock Exchange

Dentons advises Areej on its de-listing from the primary market of the Muscat Securities Market

Dentons advises on Advanced Oncotherapy's £20 million fundraising

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