Global legal firm Hogan Lovells, led by Hamburg partner Dr. Jan Phillip Feigen and counsel Dr. Daniel Mattig, has advised Lucanet AG, a top worldwide supplier of software solutions for the Office of the CFO, on the purchase of firesys GmbH, an expert in automated reporting of financial and non-financial data.

Conor Larkin has joined Hogan Lovells’ Corporate & Finance practice area as a partner in our Mergers & Acquisitions practice, the company announced today. Larkin will work out of our locations in Houston and Philadelphia.

X4 Pharmaceuticals received advice from Gibson Dunn about its public offering of common stock and the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to buy additional shares for $155.3 million in gross proceeds.

The top Spanish homebuilder, Neinor Homes, received advice from Gibson Dunn on two significant capital-raising transactions: an equity capital increase through an accelerated bookbuild (ABB), which raised gross proceeds of €140 million, and the successful tap issuance of its €325 million green bond, which upsized it by an additional €100 million.

Jonathan Newman has joined Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in its London office, expanding the firm’s expertise in employment law.

BVP Forge received advice from Gibson Dunn regarding its investment in Sunwave Health and Lightning Step’s strategic merger to create a single technology platform designed specifically for behavioral health providers across the country.

The buyers of La Patria S.p.A., one of A&M Capital Europe’s portfolio companies, received advice from Baker McKenzie.

Ballard Spahr attorneys wrote and edited the Practising Law Institute (PLI) monograph Artificial Intelligence & Intellectual Property, which offers “insights that can guide future legal thinking, policymaking, and practical decision-making” at the nexus of AI and the many IP subfields.

Huntington Bancshares agreed to pay $7.4 billion for Cadence Bank in an all-stock deal.

Andros Capital Partners received advice from Gibson Dunn regarding their anchor investment in the $2 billion PennEnergy Resources continuation vehicle owned by EnCap Investments. In the upstream oil sector, this is the biggest capital raise for a continuation vehicle created to date.