MEMORABLE LEGACY TRANSACTIONS
1986 to 1998
COMPLETED BY THE DIRECTORS PRIOR TO
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EC HAMBRO RABBEN & PARTNERS LTD
(representing more than USD 7 BILLION of enterprise value)
Acting for the Kulikundis Family in the Sale of London Overseas Freighters to Frontline (John Fredriksen). "Interesting and Hard Negotiations".
Private Placement of Shares for Mosvold Shipping.
"Old friends who repeatedly do well for their investors".
Secondary Offering of Shares for Royal Caribbian Cruise Line "RCCL".
"Great cruise business, nice team"
Secondary Offering of Shares for Stolt Nielsen Tankers.
"Challenging and Interesting"
London Listing for Ugland Interntional.
"London was a novel place to list, then.."
First acting for Smedvig as in the USD130m IPO of their tanker division, one in a series of many IPO for Norwegian shipping Companies.
Later acting for Smedvig Tankships during the most unfriendly takeover by Bona Shipping.
Lots of broken china, with David Lloyd of Warburgs crowing on the other side.
"Smedvigs were decent and totally reliable throughout"
The IPO of Pacific Basin Shipping "Pac Basin".
"Maybe one of the most inventive shipping teams, with Chris Buttery and Paul Over in charge"
Acting for ICB, Rights Issue and the highly contested Takeover Battle with Frontline
"Long, drawn out, takeover battle, Clarence Dybeck was a great adversary to Frontline and John Fredriksen"
Soponata and Smedvig Tankships Joint Venture
Soponata was looking for a joint venture partner to enhance their shipping operations and raise some equity. As advisors we could think of nobody more suited than Smedvig Tankships. Peter Donald was acting for Smedvigs on "the other side".
"A very happy time in Lisbon".
1994
Havtor (Rights Offering)
Pac Basin (IPO)
PGS (ADS Offering)
Smedvig (Vendor Placement)
A&P Holdings (Disposal of Shipyard)
Bergshav Shipping (pre-emption by minority shareholders)
1993
DUAL Drilling (IPO)
Helicopter Service (Vendor Placing)
ICB Shipping (Rights Issue)
RCCL (IPO)
Smedvig Tankships (IPO)
Braathens SAFE (IPO)
Finnlines (Primary Offering)
LOFS (Public Offering)
1992
Helicopter Service
Jacobs Holdings (acquisition of)
Howard Smith (acquisition of NBM)
1991
Soponata (privatisation from Portuguese State)
Helicopter service (IPO)
1990
Stephenson Clarke (acquisition of)
Mosvold (Private Placement)
Smedvig ASA (Rights Issue)
Wilrig (Rights Issue)
1989/88/87
Bergesen (London Listing)
Gotaas Larsen (London Listing)
Wilrig (IPO)
Fjellstrand Shipyard (sale to Kvaerner)
