On March 28, 2019, Doxim announced that it had acquired MessagingDirect, Ltd., an end-to-end encrypted messaging and customer communications management (CCM) technology company for financial services organizations and their service providers.

Doxim is the leading customer communications and engagement technology provider serving financial and regulated markets. With this acquisition, Doxim adds robust messaging capabilities to its platform and welcomes several new enterprise clients as well as expert management and product teams.

Reply AG, the German subsidiary of listed Italian IT service provider Reply SpA, has acquired Hamburg-based Internet agency Neveling.net GmbH. A team led by Dr. Lothar Ende, Partner at Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek's Hamburg office, advised Reply comprehensively on the transaction.
 
Neveling.net develops interactive, web-based platforms that combine brands, products, and services to create a unique experience for consumers. One of the core competencies of Neveling.net is the development of complex website and e-commerce platforms with several country and language versions.

Sidley represented WEX Inc., a leading financial technology service provider, in connection with its planned acquisition of EG Group Limited’s GO Fuel Card business. The planned acquisition is subject to completion of employee information and consultation processes, and other approvals.

London - A team of lawyers from global law firm K&L Gates LLP has advised AIM-listed Tax Systems plc in connection with its recommended cash acquisition by Stripes Bidco Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of funds advised by Bowmark Capital and its affiliates.
 
K&L Gates also advised certain managers of Tax Systems plc on their roll-over/investment into Stripes Topco Limited, the ultimate holding company of Stripes Bidco Limited.
 

FRISQ Holding AB (publ) has resolved to carry out a directed share issue which will provide the company with proceeds amounting to approximately SEK 67 million before transaction costs.

FRISQ intends to use the net proceeds from the directed new share issue to establish FRISQ in the US and to support a continued expansion and development of the company’s other operations, such as participation in larger tenders together with partners.

MoFo is representing its long-standing public company client Spark Networks SE (NYSE: LOV) on its combined cash and stock acquisition of Zoosk, Inc., which will create the second largest dating company in North America. The parties entered into a merger agreement on March 21, 2019, and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019.

Osborne Clarke advised gridscale GmbH on a EUR seven million financing led by Endeit Capital and EnBW New Ventures. The existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and EnjoyVentures also contributed to the financing round – the latter with the BLSW seed and growth fund. The investment will be used to develop personnel, new technologies and to expand the company internationally.

Squire Patton Boggs has again advised Appen Limited (ASX: APX) in relation to debt funding for its acquisition of San Francisco-based Figure Eight Technologies, Inc., for up to US$300 million comprising upfront and earn-out payments. A syndicate of leading global and Australian banks have committed to providing debt facilities to assist Appen in financing this acquisition.

The acquisition is also funded by a fully underwritten placement arranged by Citigroup, which marked the largest primary capital raising of 2019 so far in Australia.

Osborne Clarke has advised Ferntech GmbH on a seed financing from FACTOR[e] Ventures. The seed investment will fuel the development of the company’s microgrid monitoring and control platform.

The Firm represented GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS”) in connection with its follow-on offering of 13,731,343 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing eight of its Class A ordinary shares. The offering raised a total of US$460 million in gross proceeds including full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option. GDS will use the net proceeds from the offering in connection with the development and acquisition of new data centers and for other general corporate purposes. J.P.