Ropes & Gray has advised Altice France – a leading telecoms and media operator in France and a subsidiary of Altice Europe – in connection with obtaining financing commitments and the subsequent entry into credit facilities to finance the deployment of fibre-to-the-home infrastructure by SFR FTTH.
Orrick advised Calvi Group, a metallurgical technology leader, in its sale of a 26% stake in the company to DeA Capital’s second corporate credit recovery fund, Idea CCR II. The Chini family retains the remaining majority holding in Calvi.
As part of the transaction, Idea CCR II and Illimity Bank provided €13.5 million in financing. In addition to this, Illimity will refinance €34 million of the company’s outstanding debt.
Jones Day advised SAP SE in the sale of its Content as a Service (CaaS) business, which includes the Environmental Health and Safety Regulatory Content (ERC) and Environmental Health and Safety Regulatory Documentation (ERD) teams and data assets to Verisk, a leading data analytics provider.
For additional information about this matter, please contact: Adriane U. Sturm, Daniel R. Mitz
Client(s): SAP SE
Practice(s): M&A, Technology
Office(s): Munich, Silicon Valley, Frankfurt
euNetworks Group Limited (“euNetworks”), a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company, announced last week that it has acquired 100% of the shares of Onstage Online GmbH (“Onstage”), a fibre company headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
"We are thrilled to have been able to support euNetworks on its expansion into Austria, further underscoring its position as a leading provider of bandwith infrastructure in Western Europe", says partner Alexander Rakosi.
The Corporate team at Charles Russell Speechlys has advised on both the placing for long-standing client, Transense Technologies Plc, and for joint brokers WH Ireland, Canaccord Genuity and First Energy Capital in relation to i3 Energy plc’s placing to raise £16million. The placings were announced on 12 and 13 March 2019.
The Corporate team at Charles Russell Speechlys has advised on both the placing for long-standing client, Transense Technologies Plc, and for joint brokers WH Ireland, Canaccord Genuity and First Energy Capital in relation to i3 Energy plc’s placing to raise £16million. The placings were announced on 12 and 13 March 2019.
Gide has advised Doctolib on its EUR 150 million funding round with longstanding investors Accel Partners, Eurazeo, Bpifrance Participations, Kernel Investissements, and new entrant in its capital, investment fund General Atlantic.
Doctolib is the leading e-health service in Europe. The French start-up, valued at over EUR 1 billion just five years after its creation, aims to continue its investments in France and Germany, accelerate adoption of its telehealth solution, further improve its products, and expand to more countries.
Taylor Wessing has advised Canadian live event and video production company, Ross Video, on its acquisition of Piero Sports Graphics business from Red Bee Media, a subsidiary of Ericsson.
Used by high profile broadcasters and sports clubs, Piero Sports Graphics is a sports analysis toolset providing new angles and virtual views of events through 3D graphics and image recognition.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has successfully advised AEG Europe (AEG), the owners of The O2, in respect of obtaining an injunction to restrain urban explorers from trespassing at The O2 and posting videos of their activities on social media.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised G3 Comms, the business communications provider and network integrator, on a significant investment from private equity firm Apiary Capital. Under the terms of the deal, Apiary will acquire a majority stake in G3 Comms and provide additional follow-on funding to enable the company to accelerate its growth both organically and through acquisition.