Logistics and commodities giant Trafigura said Monday it plans to take its newly formed Volare Shipping Ltd. unit public in Oslo after a private share placement seeking to raise the Norwegian kroner equivalent of about $500 million.
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Trafigura To List Tanker Arm In Oslo In 1st For Logistics Giant

By Irene Madongo

Logistics and commodities giant Trafigura said Monday it plans to take its newly formed Volare Shipping Ltd. unit public in Oslo after a private share placement seeking to raise the Norwegian kroner equivalent of about $500 million.

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Bird & Bird Advises New Biz On London IPO

By Irene Madongo

Recently formed 1947 Oil & Gas PLC said Monday it plans to raise approximately £30 million ($40 million) and acquire a U.S. energy business as part of its plans to list on London's junior investment market.

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Analysis

EU IP Valuation Plan Spurs Patent Expertise Concerns

By Alex Baldwin

The European Commission wants to foster technical innovation across the European Union by standardizing the framework for valuing intellectual property assets, but experts wonder whether the EU Intellectual Property Office is capable of effectively valuing patent portfolios.

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M&A

Nordic Biz To Buy Social Infrastructure Portfolio For $137M

By Tom Fish

Nordic real estate operator Public Property Invest AB said Monday it has agreed to acquire six social infrastructure properties from Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, in a cash-and-share transaction worth about 1.35 billion Swedish kronor ($137 million).

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Law Firm Lark Steers US Spirits Giant's €53.3M Takeover Bid

By Irene Madongo

U.S. spirits maker Sazerac on Monday said it plans to make a voluntary takeover of German drinks firm Berentzen in an estimated €53.3 million ($61 million) cash transaction that it expects will boost its business in Europe and beyond.

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Telix Pharma Bets Up To $2.3B For ITM In Radiopharma Push

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. on Monday unveiled plans to acquire ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE in a deal worth up to $2.3 billion that was built by three law firms.

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CAPITAL MARKETS

Latham, Milbank Guide AI Hyperscaler Nscale's IPO Plans

By Nate Beck

United Kingdom-based Nscale, a Latham & Watkins LLP-advised data center developer, filed for an initial public offering, reporting that $88.4 billion in contracted work for its two largest customers, Microsoft and Anthropic, made up 83% of the company's backlog.

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LITIGATION

Glencore Can Bring $236M Fraud Claim Against Prax Refinery

By Ronan Barnard

Glencore won permission Monday to sue the insolvent Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery over more than $236 million of crude oil supplied before it collapsed, after a London judge found the trader had an arguable case to trace some assets.

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Mexican Investor Ends $12M Funds Row With Floreat Unit

By Eddie Beaver

A businessman and his company have settled their claim for 10 million Swiss francs ($12.2 million) against a member of the Floreat investment group which they alleged had failed to repay money provided under two investment deals.

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States Settle Challenge Of Paramount's Warner Bros. Deal

By Matthew Perlman

State enforcers suing to block Paramount Skydance's planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery reached a settlement on Monday to end the case with a package of concessions.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Practice Leader Insights From Reed Smith's Panos Katsambas

Panos Katsambas, global co-lead of Reed Smith's financial industry group, discusses how dealing with adversity in world events enabled him to handle volatility in his practice, how private credit and fund finance are now dominating the financial industry, and why it is important to remember that the legal industry is a service industry.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Allen & Gledhill

Arnold & Porter

Bird & Bird

Clement & Murphy

Covington & Burling

Cuneo Gilbert

Farmer Brownstein

Fieldfisher

Fried Frank

HSF Kramer

Jones Day

Latham & Watkins

Milbank LLP

Morgan & Morgan PA

Nabarro LLP

Norton Rose

O'Melveny & Myers

Osborne Clarke

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Shinder Cantor

Sidley Austin

Slaughter and May

Wilkinson Stekloff

Winston Taylor

XXIV Old Buildings

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anthropic PBC

CBS Interactive Inc.

Cable News Network Inc.

Ernst & Young LLP

Euronext Amsterdam NV

Glencore PLC

HSBC Holdings PLC

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

Microsoft Corp.

Miramax Film Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

National Association of Attorneys General

Netflix Inc.

Pluto TV

Renaissance Offshore

Sazerac Co. Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

European Commission

European Patent Office

European Union

European Union Intellectual Property Office

Federal Communications Commission

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

UK High Court