Ashurst is advising on the sale of Spir Communication's division specialising in the distribution of physical and digital advertising inserts to investors Eric Paumier, Frédéric Pons (Colis Privé owners) and Guillaume Salabert (Cibléo owner).
The division employs more than 20,000 people in four companies - Adrexo, Advertising Productions, Advertising Services, and CIP.
DLA Piper has advised leading Out of Home media company Ocean Outdoor on the milestone upgrade of the iconic Piccadilly lights site in London, owned by Land Securities.
Real Estate partner Paul Jayson advised Ocean Outdoor on commercial and real estate matters arising from the project, which will see the current screens replaced with a single state-of-the-art LED digital screen and live technology hub. A number of global brands including Coca-Cola Great Britain and Samsung have already announced their commitment to the site.
Houthoff Buruma as local counsel, jointly with Morrison Foerster, advised Tencent Holdings Ltd on a transaction whereby Tencent, together with Navinfo and Rocco Ventures, plans to buy a 10% stake in Netherlands-based HERE International B.V., the Open Location Platform company and a leading global online mapping and navigation provider.
Houthoff Buruma team included: Bram Caudri , Paul de Vries , Luke van de Laar
Clifford Chance's TMT practice in London has advised Fox Networks Group (Europe & Africa) on a landmark media rights deal in African football.
Zone West African Football Union A (Zone West A) and Zone West Africa Football Union B (Zone West B) will work with Fox Sports to organise a series of regional football tournaments involving the Zone West A and Zone West B member nations.
Tobii has carried out a rights issue with preferential rights for the shareholders. Through the rights issue, which was heavily oversubscribed, Tobii will receive proceeds amounting to approximately SEK 458 million before issue costs.
Tobii, the world leader within eye tracking, is listed at Nasdaq, Stockholm. The group has 700 employees and its head office in Stockholm.
DLA Piper represented Cimpress N.V. (Nasdaq:CMPR), the world leader in mass customization, in its agreement to acquire National Pen Co. LLC, a leading manufacturer and marketer of custom writing instruments for small and medium businesses, for US$218 million in cash. The acquisition was finalized today.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners’ Competition Law practice has successfully defended the interests of T2 Mobile (Tele2) – a nation-wide mobile operator in Russia – in a precedent-setting case against the Moscow Metro regarding unfair tariffs for placing telecommunications equipment in the metro.
Luxembourg – Luther Luxembourg advised Coditel Holding S.A. on the signing of a definitive agreement regarding the sale of Coditel Brabant SPRL (a Belgium entity) and its subsidiary Coditel S.à r.l. (a Luxembourg entity) (together "SFR BeLux") to Telenet Group BVBA for EUR 400 million on a cash and debt free basis .
Luther Luxembourg advis ed Coditel Holding S.A. from a Luxembourg law perspective in relation to the corporate law aspects of the transaction.
Legal Advice For Coditel Holding S.A.
Schoenherr has led Kosovan mobile operator DARDAFON.net LLC ("Z-Mobile") to victory in its dispute against state-owned Telecom Kosovo ("PTK") in Kosovo's largest commercial arbitration to date.
Noerr has advised US media company A+E Networks on the takeover of NBCUniversal’s share in the company A+E Networks Deutschland, which it has up to now run jointly with NBCUniversal. A+E Networks and NBCUniversal originally founded the successful German joint venture company twelve years ago.