DLA Piper represented AEye Inc., a developer and provider of advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles, in its US$16 million Series A funding round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Airbus Ventures, Intel Capital, R7 Partners, Trucks Venture Capital and Tyche Partners, among other investors. 

Founded in 2013, AEye created an advanced sensory system using its solid state LiDAR scanner to provide autonomous vehicles with better vision intelligence.

Shearman & Sterling advised Hong Kong-listed Chinasoft International Limited on its issuance of HK$900 million 3.0% convertible notes due 2022 to Dan Capital, a major investment fund.

Chinasoft International is a large-scale integrated software and information technology company in China. It is a provider of end-to-end software and information services. Its businesses cover various industries such as government, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, high technologies, public utilities and energy.

 Hogan Lovells advised Naver, Korea's leading Internet company, in relation to its acquisition of the Xerox Research Centre Europe located in Grenoble. The agreement is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.

Founded in 1993, the Xerox Research Centre Europe has focused its research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing and ethnography. In addition to a strong foothold in Europe, Naver expects to generate significant synergies from this acquisition.

Osborne Clarke is representing Sony Music Italy in an IP dispute regarding an injunction to block the sale of Roger Water’s new album Is This The Life We Really Want? based on the contention the artwork infringes on the copyright of Italian artist Emilo Isgrò.

Representing Sony Music’s Director Alfredo Clarizia at the interim hearing on 27th June, Osborne Clarke’s award winning Italian intellectual property team successfully argued that a provisional order issued previously at a hearing before Sony Music were informed of the claim, be revoked.

Vinge has advised funds managed by Triton in connection with the acquisition of Akeab. Akeab is a leading supplier of excavation services and facilities work in southern Sweden and focuses on medium sized projects with customers who range from national fibre operators to municipalities and local utilities companies.

Sydney, Australia, 4 August 2017 – Baker McKenzie acted for the joint lead managers and underwriters of Link Group's AUD$883 million entitlement offer, which was announced to the market on 26 June 2017. The proceeds of the entitlement offer will be used to assist in funding Link Group's ~ AUD$1.5 billion acquisition of Capita Asset Services (CAS).

Link Group administers financial ownership data and drives user engagement, analysis and insight through technology.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised SES-imagotag, a specialist in digital solutions for retail commerce and global leader in smart digital labels, on a proposed partnership with BOE Technology Group, a leader in the semiconductor display industry and 'Internet of Things' technologies, to strengthen its global and technological leadership.

Roschier and Allen & Overy, Paris, represented Inéo, a French company that forms part of the publicly traded Engie group, in the acquisition of icomera AB, one of the world’s leading providers of open Internet connectivity and application platforms for passenger transport and public safety, from Lindeblad Technology AB, Birger Lindeblad, K-Svets Ventures AB, Palmstierna Invest AB and certain management shareholders.

diva-e Digital Value Enterprise GmbH (diva-e) acquired all shares in One Advertising AG and its subsidiaries. The founders and primary shareholders of One Advertising, Andreas Kelnberger and Christian Paavo Spieker, will also participate in diva-e . The acquisition is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.

Allgeier SE, which is based in Munich and listed on the stock exchange, has increased its share capital by almost 10% using authorized capital. As part of the transaction, 907,149 bearer shares were issued at a placement price of EUR 18.10 per share. Using a book building process, the new shares were placed without a prospectus with international institutional investors, corporate members of the company and other executives of the Allgeier Group.