Latham & Watkins acted as US securities counsel on the $392m (£211m) NASDAQ initial public offering of London-based technology firm Xyratex. Corporate partner Alex Cohen led the team. DLA, which has acted for Xyratex since 1994, advised on UK issues, led by finance partners Peter Wayte and Alex Tamlyn.
Ashurst advised sponsor Hawkpoint Partners and broker Panmure Gordon on the £65m initial public offering of office consumables supplier office2office, with corporate partners Philip Broke and Nigel Stacey leading the team. Advising office2office were Robert Boyle (corporate) and Ashley Greenbank (tax) of Macfarlanes.
