International law firms Taylor Wessing and Latham & Watkins have advised Farfetch, the online community of the world’s best fashion boutiques and global brands, on the company’s strategic partnership with e-commerce giant JD.com. This deal will create a premiere platform for luxury e-commerce across China and provide a gateway to an $80bn market.
A cross border, cross practice-team at Bird & Bird has advised Capgemini in relation to its divestment of IBX Business Network to Tradeshift. Through the transaction IBX and Tradeshift create the world's largest business commerce platform, connecting in total almost 1,5 million companies and more than 500 global business customers.
We advised M-Brain Oy, a leading media, market and competitive intelligence services and tools provider, in the refinancing of its EUR 15 million senior secured bond.
We advised Nortal AS, a leading Estonian multinational strategic change and technology company, in its EUR 15 million bond issue. Nortal is an ambitious fast-growing company that has expanded to the United States, United Arab Emirates and Sweden within the last year.
We advised SSH Communications Security Corporation, a Finnish company developing advanced data security solutions, in a share issue directed to institutional and other selected investors. The issue was conducted as an accelerated book-building and the gross proceeds raised in the issue amounted to approximately EUR 7 million.
Led by their Frankfurt-based Partner Michael Schlitt and Counsel Susanne Lenz, Hogan Lovells advised Deutsche Telekom AG on the placement of approx. 10.0 Million Scout24 AG shares.
Deutsche Telekom placed the shares together with German BMEP Ord GmbH & Co. KG and MEP Ord GmbH & Co. KG in the course of an accelerated bookbuilding procedure at a price of 32.20 € per share with investors. This placement increased Scout24's free float since their flotation on the stock market.
Hogan Lovells team for Deutsche Telekom AG
MUNICH, June 26, 2017 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Axel Springer SE on its successful Schuldschein issuance and exchange offer for existing Schuldschein loans of Axel Springer with a total volume of 635.5 million euros. Bayerische Landesbank, DZ BANK AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg acted as joint lead managers on the transaction.
Taylor Wessing has advised mobile marketing firm MOBKOI on its acquisition by You & Mr Jones, the global ‘brandtech’ group, which has taken a majority stake in the company for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2014 by brothers Quentin and Guillaume Le Pape, MOBKOI creates mobile advertising campaigns for over 100 premium brands and works with more than 1,000 publishers in 35 markets, such as the BBC, FT, Forbes and Vogue. The company has offices in London, Paris and Frankfurt.
ProSiebenSat.1, an independent media company with a strong presence in the TV and digital markets, has agreed to divest Etraveli, a global online travel agency (OTA) for flights operating under the brands Gotogate, Supersaver and Seat24, and also operating flight comparison portals in Sweden under the brands Flygresor.se and Charter.se, to CVC Capital Partners for an enterprise value of EUR 508 million.
DAC Beachcroft has led a series B Round Investment for Ultrahaptics of £17.9m. The tech company has developed remarkable technology that allows users to touch virtual objects in mid-air.
The firm advised on corporate, IP and tax aspects of the round. DAC Beachcroft's team was led by Corporate partner Michael Pearce, with support from Intellectual Property partner Andrew Allan-Jones, Corporate Tax partner, John Dunlop and Corporate solicitor Charlotte Laband.