We are delighted to assist Telnyx, a leading next generation provider of wholesale real time communications and VoIP services, on all legal aspects of the establishment of its Irish office in Dublin. Telnyx, which is headquartered in Chicago, plans to hire up to 20 network, develops and site reliability engineers for the Dublin office over the next year to create a full platform engineering team to support global deployments.

Houthoff Buruma advised European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) with the exit of Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) and the acquisition of a majority stake in EPA by Spanish international news agency Agencia EFE, S.A.
Houthoff Buruma team included: Paul de Vries , Gerrit Oosterhuis , Leonieke Suurd , Merel Zwankhuizen , Sabrina Gajadhar

GSK Stockmann + Kollegen (“GSK”) advised the US software provider Visual IQ, Inc. on the acquisition of Refined Labs GmbH in Munich, a German soft-ware provider.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Zensar Technologies, a leading digital solutions and technology services company, backed by RPG Group, one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates and Apax Partners, the private equity investment group, on its acquisition of Foolproof Limited.

Dechert LLP advised Lazada Group, the largest eCommerce platform in Southeast Asia, on its agreement to acquire Redmart, Singapore’s pioneer e-grocer.

In their joint press release, the companies stated both parties will benefit from each other’s cutting-edge technological and operational infrastructure, as well as an extended customer network. RedMart will continue to operate independently post the transaction, which is expected to close in Q4 2016.

Orrick advised Graphcore, a semiconductor startup developing new technology to accelerate machine learning and artificial intelligence applications, in its $30 million Series-A funding round.

The funding was led by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH and Samsung Catalyst Fund, together with several leading venture capital funds from London, Silicon Valley and Israel (including Amadeus Capital Partners, C4 Ventures, Draper Esprit plc, Foundation Capital and Pitango Venture Capital).

Macfarlanes has advised weekly news, business and politics journal The Economist on its move from 25 St James’s Street, SW1 to establish new editorial headquarters at the iconic Adelphi building, WC2.

The art deco building has recently been refurbished by its owner, investment firm Blackstone.  The Economist has signed a 15-year lease to occupy 26,000 sq ft on the sixth floor, with exclusive access to a private terrace.

Osborne Clarke has advised Megaport Limited (ASX:MP1) on its acquisition of internet hub ECIX. With the acquisition, the Australian network service provider extends its presence in Europe.

Megaport is the world's leading supplier of elastic interconnection services. The company’s global platform allows customers to connect their network with other services via SDN (Software Defined Networking) in the Megaport Fabric. Customers can control the services via mobile devices, computer and open API.

Osborne Clarke has advised odoscope GmbH on the closing of a financing round. Investors are investment holding J.F. Müller & Sohn Aktien-Gesellschaft and Dr Engelhardt, Kaupp, Kiefer Unternehmensbeteiligungen GmbH (EKKUB). The investment will be used to accelerate the development of the Operational Intelligence Platform odoscope as well as further establishing its distribution.

Ashurst has advised PMP Limited (PMP) in its agreement to merge with IPMG Group (IPMG), a printing and digital services provider, in a deal with a combined value of A$120 million.