HopgoodGanim's capital markets team of innovative and determined lawyers offers clients their extensive experience in raising capital in local and international markets.
We work together closely with other advisers to craft inventive and effective structures that will achieve successful capital raisings and listings, and contribute to the ongoing financial success of our clients.
Our capital markets specialists are tenacious performers and are very driven to become advocates for their clients' success. The expertise they offer to clients includes advising on domestic listings and capital raisings, IPOs, secondary listings, international listings and capital raisings, private placements and rights issues.
Areas of Expertise
- Public fundraising, including initial public offerings and further fundraising
- Private placements to sophisticated and professional investors, for both listed and unlisted companies
- Fundraising to existing shareholders, including renounceable and non-renounceable rights issues, bonus issues, share purchase plans, employee equity plans and dividend reinvestment plans
- Primary and dual listings on the ASX, NSX, TSX and AIM
- Due diligence
- Advising on ASX Listing Rules and the Corporations Act, and liaising with regulators
Our Experience
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Advising AIM-listed Solomon Gold plc on the placement of shares to institutional and private investors in Australia and the United Kingdom, raising a total of $24.2 million.
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Advising ASX-listed Norton Gold Fields on the private placement of shares to Hong Kong company China Precious Metal Resources Holdings, raising $20 million. We also advised Norton Gold Fields on the placement of shares worth $40.5 million to investors in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
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Advising ASX-listed Bow Energy on a placement and share purchase plan to raise $77 million. The share placement raised $40 million from institutional and sophisticated investors, while the share purchase plan, offered to existing shareholders, raised $37 million. We also advised Bow Energy recently on the institutional placement of 42.1 million new ordinary shares to raise $48.4 million, and a share purchase plan for eligible existing shareholders to raise up to $30 million.
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Advising Stanmore Coal on its initial public offering and listing on the ASX. Stanmore Coal had a market capitalisation on listing of $18.6 million. The Australian Financial Review listed this IPO as one of 2009's top performing floats (AFR, 12 March 2010).
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Advising emerging coal exploration company MetroCoal on its successful initial public offering and ASX listing. MetroCoal's IPO raised the maximum amount of $10 million. MetroCoal listed on the ASX with a market capitalisation of $35.4 million.
