Osborne Clarke has advised the inpro Innovationsgesellschaft für fortgeschrittene Produktionssysteme in der Fahrzeugindustrie mbH on an investment by bmp Ventures AG (bmp Ventures). IBG Risikokapitalfonds III (IBG), managed by bmp Ventures, is investing EUR 1.2 million in COMAN Software GmbH, a spin-off of inpro.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Apex Housing Group (Apex), an innovative airspace property developer, in relation to an investment by BGF (formerly Business Growth Fund).
DLA Piper has advised La Société d'Aménagement Zenata (SAZ), the entity in charge of the overall development of the Zenata Eco-City in Morocco, on the signature of a cooperation agreement with the Saudi German Hospital Group to develop a healthcare centre.
Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited (LSG) and Lai Sun Development Company Limited (LSD) on LSD’s conditional voluntary general offer to acquire all the shares in Limited (eSun) not held by the LSD group (and the corresponding offer to cancel all of its outstanding share options) and, pursuant to the chain principle under the Hong Kong Takeovers Code, its related possible mandatory general offer to acquire all the shares in a subsidiary of eSun, Lai Fung Holdings Limited (Lai Fung), not held by the LSD group (and th
King & Spalding advises Orion Capital Managers on the sale of the office property “Office 3001” in Hamburg for a transaction volume of €56 million. The 23.310-square-meter office building was acquired by the German real estate company TLG Immobilien AG.
King & Spalding acted for the seller of the property, a subsidiary of Orion European Real Estate Fund IV, C.V., which is sponsored by Orion Capital Managers. The Frankfurt-based team included senior counsel Michael Prinz zu Löwenstein and associate Michael Debesay.
Firm advises on the largest ever initial equity offering and listing on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HOSE) capping off a hat-trick of firsts, following its role advising on the second and third largest listings on the HOSE.
Eversheds Sutherland advises NewRiver REIT plc on acquisition of Hawthorn Leisure Holdings Limited
Eversheds Sutherland has advised NewRiver REIT plc (NewRiver), a FTSE 250 property developer and asset manager, on its £106.8m acquisition of Hawthorn Leisure Holdings Limited (Hawthorn) from an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group
International law firm Hogan Lovells recently represented global real estate investment company Ivanhoe Cambridge in the acquisition, alongside Blackstone Property Partners, the Core+ real estate investment unit of Blackstone, of 100 percent of the outstanding trust units of Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust. The total transaction value is approximately US$3 billion.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised M&G Real Estate (acting via its general partner) on its forward funding of a new build-to-rent residential development in Reading.
Thames Quarter, Reading is a development of 315 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, which will be ready in 2021.
Osborne Clarke Partner Rajindh Mangat said: “Our team has supported this residential fund on a number of exciting BTR deals during the last few years and the market in this sector continues to grow.”
International law firm Trowers & Hamlins has advised The Hyde Group and their subsidiary the London Homebuilding Partnership LLP on their strategic acquisition of multiple parcels of land at Charlton Riverside, an exciting regeneration scheme that has the potential to provide a significant amount of new housing for Greenwich as part of a major mixed use development incorporating new employment space.