Today, Sky Deutschland announced the acquisition of Homedia SA. Homedia SA with its HollyStar brand is a leading independent provider of video streaming services in Switzerland.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Sky Deutschland. The team included Thomas Reutter, Daniel Raun, Nina Sauerwein (all M&A), Raphael Nusser (IP) and Daniel Lehmann (Tax).
Paul, Weiss advised an affiliate of China media and internet conglomerate Tencent in its Series H preferred stock investment in Smule, Inc. Smule is a U.S.-based social media music company and developer. Tencent joined Adams Street Partners and Bessemer Ventures, among others, in the $54 million financing round.
Davis Polk advised Telefónica, S.A. and Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U. on the SEC-registered $500 million aggregate principal amount off-the-shelf notes offering by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U., guaranteed by Telefónica, S.A. The issuance constitutes a reopening of the 30-year notes issued by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U., guaranteed by Telefónica, S.A., in an amount of $2 billion, on March 8, 2017.
4 May 2017 - Wolf Theiss has advised FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, on its acquisition of BISAM Technologies for US$205 million.
Wolf Theiss provided Bulgarian legal and tax due diligence and transaction advice to FactSet, and continues to provide post-completion implementation support. The Wolf Theiss team was led by Partner Richard Clegg, Senior Associates Jasmina Uzova and Atanas Mihaylov (Tax), and Associates Iva Georgieva and Nikoleta Ratcheva.
Bird & Bird's London corporate team advised ARM, the world's leading semiconductor IP company, on its strategic investment in Blu Wireless Technology Ltd (BWT). ARM designs microprocessors, physical intellectual property and related technology, and sells development tools to deliver the intelligence in applications ranging from sensors to servers, including smartphones, tablets, enterprise infrastructure and the internet of things. BWT is a supplier of semiconductor and system IP for mmWave and high bandwidth wireless communications markets.
Bosch plans to sell its subsidiary Robert Bosch Starter Motors Generators Holding GmbH, including all subsidiaries, to the purchaser consortium ZMJ (Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co., Ltd.), Zhengzhou, China, and CRCI (China Renaissance Capital Investment), Hong Kong, China.
Bird & Bird has represented Avalanche Studios in relation to the recent investment by Nordisk Film of more than USD 10M for a minority ownership share in Avalanche Studios.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Datalogic S.p.A., a global leader in automatic data capture and industrial automation markets, on its €250 million credit facility agreement.
Banca IMI and UniCredit acted as mandated lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, UniCredit acted as global coordinator and agent, and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Bper Banca, Intesa Sanpaolo, Ubi Banca and UniCredit acted as lenders.
Advania has, through Advania Holding AB, made a recommended cash offer to the shareholders of Caperio Holding AB (publ) (Nasdaq First North). The offer values all shares of Caperio at SEK 158 million.
Vinge advises Advania. The Vinge team is headed by Peter Sundgren and Dain Hård Nevonen and also includes Rikard Lindahl, Malte Hedlund, Peter Issa and Annika Nyberg Ekenberg (on M&A matters), as well as Lova Unge (on compensation and benefits matters), Caroline Krassén (on regulatory matters), Marie Östman and Anna Grigorian (on competition matters).
Ashurst is advising Oxford Instruments plc, a leading provider of high technology solutions, information and services for industry and research, on the disposal of its Industrial Analysis business to Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation for a consideration of £80 million on a cash and debt free basis.