Jones Day represented a major EU IT company in several commercial litigation matters in Russian courts.

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Client(s): Major EU IT company
Practice(s): Global Disputes
Office(s): Moscow

DLA Piper has advised BDStar as part of a bidding procedure on the acquisition of an interest in the company in-tech GmbH, a supplier for the digitization and the development in the area of automotive, machinery and transportation systems. In addition to the acquisition, BDStar will provide in-tech GmbH with funds in the course of a capital increase to enable further growth. Completion of the transaction is subject to official approvals from Germany and China among other factors. An agreement has been reached not to disclose the purchase price.

Henri Pieyre de Mandiargues, Félix Huon and Marie-Muriel Barthelet advised on corporate and finance matters for French network integrator Sogetrel’s 6.5 million euro acquisition of Eryma, an electronic security subsidiary of SFPI.

Vinge has advised Tempest Sverige AB ("Tempest") in connection with its acquisition of I-Corporate Risk Consultants Ltd ("ICRC").

ICRC is a leading professional company providing a comprehensive and personal service in the field of Corporate Investigations, Brand Protection, Risk Management and Security. Tempest is a fast-growing Swedish security company with the goal of being a comprehensive supplier of everything in security, with a strong focus on partnership and customer relations. Tempest now has offices in Sweden, England, Germany and Turkey.

We advised Automatia Pankkiautomaatit Oy in its real-time mobile payment project and assisted Automatia in an investigation by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA).

Automatia is a company owned in equal shares by Danske Bank, Nordea Bank and the OP Group. Automatia maintains and develops the network of Otto., OttoPlus. and TalletusOtto. automatic telling machines. Every full-service bank operating in Finland is a customer of Automatia.

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Acquisition of Orange Valley Healthcare by Singapore Press Holdings

Bird & Bird ATMD has acted for SGX-listed media and property conglomerate Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH), the media organisation in Singapore, in its entry into the healthcare sector with the acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Invest Healthcare Pte Ltd, of all of the shares and intellectual property of Orange Valley Healthcare Pte Ltd (OV) for a total consideration of approximately S$164 million.

In a deal closed yesterday, Weil advised Yahoo! Inc. on all the intellectual property and technology aspects of the sale of its operating business to Verizon Communications Inc. for $4,475,800,000, subject to certain pre-closing and post-closing adjustments. Upon closing, Yahoo! Inc.

DLA Piper advised Solteq Plc (Nasdaq: STQ1V) in its acquisition of inPulse Works Oy.

The DLA Piper team, led by corporate counsel Valtteri Vimpari, included partner Tuija Kaijalainen, counsel Jaakko Klemettilä, senior associate Riikka Autio, associate Antti Eeva and associate Salla Turkkinen (Helsinki).

Noerr has advised the Hogg Robinson Group on the acquisition of the digital travel innovator eWings.com GmbH. Sellers are the founder of eWings.com and other venture capital investors.

Berlin-based eWings.com provides a fast and easy-to-use software solution for booking and managing flights for frequent flyers and business customers. The acquisition provides Hogg Robinson with a developed solution as well as with a new technology which is highly complementary to their proprietary technology and will fit perfectly with Hogg Robinson’s platform.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of Hamburg-based IT service provider HanseCom Gesellschaft für Informations- und Kommunikationsdienstleistungen mbH and supported the client throughout the transaction.