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Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a Recycling Gold Standard Award by waste management company First Mile.

Travers Smith LLP has advised CALA Homes and certain of its selling shareholders in connection with the acquisition by Legal & General of the 52.1% interest in CALA Homes that it did not previously own, resulting in Legal & General now taking full ownership of CALA Homes.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Peel Hunt LLP and WG Partnership LLP, as joint bookrunners in connection with the £20.5 million placing of new shares by Oxford BioMedica plc.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Zeus Capital Limited, as financial adviser, broker, joint global co-ordinator and bookrunner, Numis Securities Limited, as joint global co-ordinator and bookrunner and Stockdale Securities Limited, as sponsor, to JTC plc (JTC), on its £310 million main market IPO. The IPO involved the conditional placing of £243.8 million of existing and new ordinary shares.

In a year celebrating female suffrage, Travers Smith LLP is delighted to be marking International Women's Day on 8 March. The Gender Balance Group is hosting a breakfast event to celebrate social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women throughout the history and around the world.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Basalt Infrastructure Partners LP on its disposal of its interest in Alkane Energy to Infinis Energy Management Limited, the leading generator of landfill gas in the UK. Infinis Energy Management Limited is owned by 3i Infrastructure plc.

A change in the way we work, ever-improving technology and a shift in workplace culture are just some of the key drivers in changing the way we do business faster than ever before.

Travers Smith LLP has acted for Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited ("Stifel") in its capacity as sole bookrunner and financial adviser on a placing, open offer and offer for subscription of £94 million of Ordinary Shares in Target Healthcare REIT Limited ("Target") (the "Share Issue").

As part of its ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, Travers Smith LLP is pleased to launch its first month-long series of seminars, events and initiatives aimed at creating a more inclusive workplace.

At the end of last week the LSE published a notice announcing changes to the AIM Rules for Companies and the AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers, most of which will take effect on 30 March 2018. This follows the LSE's discussion paper last summer 2017 and the subsequent consultation in December 2017.

Pre-commencement conditions are powerful things: unless they are satisfied, then any works done to implement a planning consent will not count, and the consent will not have been properly implemented. If this occurs near to the expiry date, there is a risk that the consent will expire without having been implemented, and any works done on site deemed to be unlawful.

Travers Smith LLP has acted for Investec Bank plc in its capacity as nominated adviser and broker on the £50.0 million placing (the "Placing") of new ordinary shares by easyHotel plc (easyHotel).

Travers Smith LLP has advised funds managed by Ancala Partners LLP on their acquisition of South Downs Capital Limited, parent company of Portsmouth Water Limited, from South Downs Trustees Limited as trustee of the South Downs Employee Benefit Trust.

In the wake of the 2007 credit crunch, corporate debt was often trading in secondary markets significantly below par, largely reflecting lender liquidity concerns. This prompted certain borrowers to acquire their own debt, either as an investment opportunity or simply as a cheap way to de-lever and obtain financial covenant headroom.

Travers Smith LLP has advised TruFin plc, the FinTech and banking business, on its £185 million IPO and admission to AIM.

The European Commission has recently issued a communication setting out the effect that Brexit will have on European Union intellectual property rights.

As 'Brexit Day' looms ever closer, Travers Smith will be hosting a lunchtime webinar to explore the likely impact of Brexit on supply chains and outline concrete steps that business should take to prepare.

Travers Smith LLP has acted as special tax counsel to Gates Industrial Corporation group in respect of a US $731.5 million initial public offering of Gates' shares on the New York Stock Exchange, giving the group a market capitalisation in excess of $5 billion.

Travers Smith LLP has advised TAKKT AG on its acquisition of Equip4Work Ltd, a leading British online retailer for office furniture.

2018 marks the centenary of the passing of the 1918 Representation of the People Act – the first time some women in the UK were given the right to vote. As part of the nationwide Vote 100 commemorations, the Museum of London, home to the world’s largest Suffragette collection, will host the Votes for Women programme.