Frankfurt am Main, 13 June 2017 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has also advised the Frankfurt-based FinTech awamo GmbH on its second seed financing round. After a first financing round in 2015 the company's financing volume could now be increased to EUR 2 million.
Nctm Studio Legal assisted Digital360 S.p.A. (“Digital360”) in the listing process on AIM Italia, Alternative Market of Borsa Italiana.
The start of negotiations is scheduled for 13 June 2017.
Nctm Law Firm acted as legal advisor with a team led by Lukas Plattner assisted by Andrea Iovieno.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the three leading European broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, Mediaset S.p.A. (Italy and Spain) and Television and Francaise 1 S.A., on establishing the European Broadcaster Exchange (EBX), a European media cooperation. The new joint venture, EBX, is set up by a third-party joint venture and has its head office in London.
Gernandt & Danielsson advises in Catena Media’s issue of additional bonds in an amount of EUR 50 million within a framework amount of EUR 100 million.
Catena Media p.l.c has completed an issue of additional bonds in an amount of EUR 50 million. After the tap issue, the total outstanding amount of Catena Media’s bond loan will amount to EUR 100 million which equals the total framework amount of the bond loan. The bond loan is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and Catena Media will apply for listing of the new bonds on the Corporate Bond List at Nasdaq Stockholm.
8 June 2017 - Sunrise Communications Group AG (Sunrise) sold Swiss Towers AG for 500 million Swiss francs. The company owns 2,239 telecom towers in Switzerland. The buyer is a consortium consisting of the main Spanish independent operator of wireless communications infrastructure Cellnex Telecom S.A., Swiss Life Asset Management AG and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners.
DLA Piper represented GreatCall, the largest provider of connected health and personal emergency response services for seniors in the United States, in its proposed acquisition by GTCR, a leading private equity firm. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.
Clifford Chance has advised NBC Universal Global Networks Deutschland GmbH on the sale of its 50% share in The History Channel (Germany) GmbH & Co. KG to companies belonging to A+E Networks. The History Channel (Germany) had previously been operated as a joint venture between NBCUniversal and A+E Networks.
Paris corporate team advises on high profile media deal.
Latham & Watkins has advised Euronews in connection with the closing of a transaction in which NBC News is making a significant financial investment in Euronews. NBC News is acquiring 25% of the company, with the funding going to support expanded news coverage and programming across Europe.
Euronews is a widely recognized brand in Europe with nearly 500 journalists, reaching 434 million homes across 158 countries, in 12 languages, on television and on digital platforms.
Legal business DWF has advised Keywords Studios, an international technical services provider in the global video games industry, on its US$6million acquisition of Strongbox Ltd, a holding company with subsidiaries trading under the Red Hot CG brand, which specialises in the production of graphical art assets for video games.
Vinge advises DGC One AB (publ) (“DGC”) in connection with EQT’s acquisition of 85.2 percent of the total number of shares and votes in DGC and subsequent mandatory recommended cash offer to the remaining shareholders. EQT offers SEK 250 in cash per share in DGC. The total offer value for DGC amounts to approximately SEK 2.3 billion.
Vinge’s team consists of Göran Nyström, Dain Hård Nevonen and Sofie Bjärtun. Marcus Glader advices on competition law matters.