. Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the $1.5bn (£822m) flotation of mining company Nikanor, marking the largestever company to list on the Alternative Investment Market. A Linklaters team including London corporate partners Charlie Jacobs and Robert Cleaver and Paris projects partner Simon Ratledge advised Nikanor, the holding company of a copper and cobalt mining group in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Freshfields team, led by corporate partner Julian Makin and corporate associate Vi-Ky Lam, advised the nominated and financial adviser and broker JP Morgan Cazenove.
. Norton Rose has advised US fuel cell company Protonex Technology Corporation on its admission to AIM, which raised £8.8m. Corporate finance partner Stephen Rigby led the team with associates Melanie Barnett and Tom Prowel.
