DWF has advised Boston Networks and its private equity fund backer Aliter Capital, in Boston's acquisition of 20/20 Vision Systems Limited. This is the sixth deal DWF has supported Aliter with since it was founded in 2016.

Earlier this year, the business made an undisclosed investment to take a majority stake in Glasgow's Boston Networks, which specialises in wired and wireless systems for 'intelligent' buildings. Aliter is focused on developing a fire, security and IT networking services business with national coverage and a diversified blue-chip customer base.

Baker McKenzie has advised the German group SAP, world leader in software for businesses, on the framework of the acquisition of the French company Contextor, which specializes in robotic process automation.
 
Robotic process automation will enable SAP to simplify user interface interactions across SAP and non-SAP applications. Contextor’s RPA will help deliver the intelligent RPA that SAP plans to include in its principal solutions.
 

Jones Day is advising Inside Secure in its exclusivity agreement with respect to the acquisition of Verimatrix for an all cash transaction consideration of approximately $143 million at closing (including assumption of $18 million estimated net cash) and an estimated contingent earn-out of $9 million.

Munich, December 12, 2018 - Martin Böttger and the corporate team at Fieldfisher's Munich office have advised a buy and build platform deal between the Munich-based software company Cleversoft and the Dutch private equity fund Main Capital Partners.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Finantix, a leading provider of technology enabling digitalisation of financial services, on the acquisition of a controlling interest in it by Motive Partners.

Motive Partners will support Finantix and its founders in continuing to build out their market leading suite of products and expand their geographic footprint in to core growth markets. The transaction announcement follows strong financial results at Finantix, with the company having experienced significant growth in recent years.

Fried Frank advised leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecommunications Holdings Limited (Liquid Telecom) in relation to a US$180 million investment by the UK Government's CDC Group Plc (CDC). This is the largest equity investment by CDC in Africa to date, and will enable Liquid Telecom to expand its high-speed broadband connectivity to some of the most underserved communities across the African continent, including supporting Africa's thriving tech start-up ecosystem with high-speed internet and cloud-based services.
 

Paris - A Tax Transactions & Consulting team in Paris advised Altice France, the subsidiary of Altice Europe N.V., in its exclusivity agreement with Allianz Capital Partners, AXA Investment Managers and OMERS Infrastructure, regarding the sale of a minority equity stake of 49.99 percent in SFR FTTH for a total cash consideration of €1.8 billion based on a €3.6 billion 100 percent equity value. The team included partner Laurent Borey, and associates Nicolas Danan and Louis Nayberg.

Paris and San Francisco - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is advising California-based TIBCO Software, a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners and a global leader in integration, API management, and analytics in their acquisition of France-based Orchestra Networks, a leader of master data management (MDM) solutions and data asset management.

Clayton Utz congratulates its client Spookfish Limited (ASX: SFI) on the successful implementation of its scheme of arrangement with Eagle View Technologies, Inc.

Corporate partner Mark Paganin and special counsel Stephen Neale led the firm's team, with key support from lawyers Benjamin Depiazzi and Matthew Johns.  Partner Cameron Belyea and lawyers Rebecca Hing and Natasha Graham led the court aspects of the scheme process.