Noerr has advised Passauer Neue Presse GmbH (PNP) on its purchase of the Donaukurier publishing group. Effective 1 January 2017, PNP is acquiring the publishing company of the Donaukurier newspaper published in the city of Ingolstadt.

Passauer Neue Presse is continuing its expansion course with this takeover. In the past few years, PNP has already taken over newspapers in southern Bavaria. The present transaction is still subject to clearance by the Federal Cartel Office in Germany.

ALTAN, an international consortium led by Multitel has won the international tender to build Mexico’s shared network, the largest telecommunications project to date by the country’s government, according to an announcement by the Mexican Secretary for Communication and Transport. Cuatrecasas advised leading technology company Multitel on this important project.

White & Case LLP has advised Libero Acquisition (Gruppo Orascom TMT Investments SARL) on the sale of WIS Telecom S.p.A. and WIS Telecom S.A., Italian and Belgian companies respectively and providers of wholesale voice international carrier services, to Unifi Holdings, a US-based leading operator in telecommunication services.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Ferigo Foscari (Milan) and Thierry Bosly (Brussels) and associates Alessandro Seganfreddo, Andrea Pretti (both Milan) and Aurelie Cautaerts (Brussels).

Osborne Clarke has advised ArangoDB GmbH on its investment by Target Partners GmbH. The Cologne-based database start-up raised EUR 2.2 million in total in the current financing round. The investment will be used to further accelerate the company’s growth as well as to promote its expansion in the USA.

Norton Rose Fulbright is currently advising on three takeover offers for Avesco Group plc, Lavendon Group plc and Creston plc.

Shearman & Sterling advised RedWhiteBlue Digital Marketing Services Holdings Ltd, a vehicle indirectly owned and controlled by investment funds controlled and managed by DBAY Advisors Limited, on its announced £75.8 million cash offer for Creston plc. The acquisition will be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement.

Shearman & Sterling represented Interoute Finco plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Interoute Communication Holdings S.A. ("Interoute"), on its new €275 million term loan facility agreement and its new €75 million revolving credit facility agreement. Part of the net proceeds from the new term loan was used to refinance Interoute's existing senior secured floating rate notes due 2020. Interoute is the owner operator of Europe's largest network and a global cloud services platform.

mobilcom-debitel GmbH ("mobilcom-debitel"), a wholly owned subsidiary of freenet AG, has entered into an outsourcing agreement relating to its customer service business processes  with Capita Customer Services (Germany) GmbH, Berlin. Capita is one of the leading European outsourcing providers for customer management and digitalisation. The strategic partnership will run for seven years and is intended to promote digitalisation of mobilcom-debitel’s customer care processes.

We are delighted to have advised on the Insider deal of the year - Midwich Group plc’s £165 million IPO and £75 million fundraising.

Midwich’s successful IPO deal impressed the judges at Insider's Central & East of England Dealmakers Awards 2016, coming in the run up to the EU referendum when capital markets were generally cautious.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised on the sale of Skyscanner in what is believed to be the largest corporate transaction in Scotland this year.

The deal, which was announced on the US Stock Exchange last night, will see Skyscanner sold to CTrip.com International, China’s largest travel agency, for £1.4bn.