We have advised Cambridge based PragmatIC Printing Limited on its £18 million fundraising from a syndicate of investors including new strategic investor Avery Dennison (a Fortune 500 company) and existing investors ARM and Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC).
The notes were issued on 11 October 2016 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 12 October 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Television Broadcasts Limited (‘TVB’) on its issuance and offering of US$500m 3.625% senior guaranteed notes due in 2021. The Freshfields team acted as Hong Kong legal counsel for the issuer, TVB Finance Limited and the guarantor, TVB.
International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised S&T AG on its acquisition of 29.9% in Kontron AG
The notes were issued on 11 October 2016 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 12 October 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Television Broadcasts Limited (‘TVB’) on its issuance and offering of US$500m 3.625% senior guaranteed notes due in 2021. The Freshfields team acted as Hong Kong legal counsel for the issuer, TVB Finance Limited and the guarantor, TVB.
Firm's Corporate team handles European deal for acquisitive US-based Park Place Technologies
City-headquartered law firm RPC has advised multinational Park Place Technologies on the complex acquisition of London-based Com-Com, a leading, independent, alternative supplier to businesses and institutions of IT storage, server and networking support, hardware supply and other IT services.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on its investment in Beko KäuferPortal GmbH. ProSiebenSat.1 and US tech investor General Atlantic will each acquire a 42 per cent stake in the company. The transaction is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities.
Slaughter and May is advising M3, Inc. in connection with its proposed acquisition of the Vidal Group from AXIO Data Group for €100m on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The transaction is conditional on conclusion of a works council process in France.
The Vidal Group is a leading European healthcare informatics and information systems company, providing hospitals, primary care physicians, pharmacists and patients across Europe with online access to up-to-date drugs databases and related treatment-based information.
AXIO, backed by Electra Partners, operates a portfolio of market-leading information businesses, serving customers in a range of sectors including healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Bird & Bird previously acted for AXIO on its sales of JOC (2014), Breakbulk (2014), MIMs (2015), Iasist (2015) and MRO Network (2015). Most recently Bird & Bird acted for AXIO on its acquisition of Chipworks Inc., creating a global leader in the intellectual property and technology services market.
Baker & McKenzie advised Worldline SA/NV, a leading European commercial acquirer and provider of high-tech transactional services including innovative electronic payment solutions, in connection with establishing a merchant acquiring alliance in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with Komercni banka, a.s., a leading Czech bank and a subsidiary of the Societe Generale group.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Paperhat Group, a leading onsite creative services and digital production group, on its recent merger of its print management business within Paperhat Communications with production specialist Nirvana CPH.