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IHS Holding Limited’s Initial Public Offering of Ordinary Shares

November 10, 2021

Cravath represented Mobile Telephone Networks (Netherlands) B.V., a subsidiary of MTN Group Limited, as one of the shareholders in connection with the $378 million initial public offering of ordinary shares of IHS Holding Limited, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world. MTN is a leading emerging market mobile communications operator with operations across Africa and the Middle East. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on October 18, 2021.

The Cravath team included partner Philip J. Boeckman and associates Brian T. Bodensteiner and Maurice Temming on capital markets matters, and partner Christopher K. Fargo and associate Cecily Xi on tax matters.

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Philip J. Boeckman
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Partner
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pboeckman@cravath.com
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    Education

    • J.D., 1991, University of Missouri Columbia School of Law
      Order of the Coif, magna cum laude
    • B.A., 1988, Westminster College
      cum laude

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    Christopher K. Fargo
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    Tax
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    cfargo@cravath.com
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      • J.D., 2006, Columbia Law School
        Harlan Fiske Stone; Michael Lynne Scholar
      • B.A., 2003, Boston College
        Honors Program, cum laude

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      • New York

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