DLA Piper has advised Mobile Ventures GmbH on the bridge financing round for PipesBox GmbH. This is the third round of financing for PipesBox after Mobile Ventures successfully provided the company with equity capital in 2014 and 2015, supported by DLA Piper on both occasions. Technologiefonds MV GmbH acted as a co-investor, alongside business angels.
We have advised AIM quoted Eckoh plc on their acquisition of customer engagement specialists Klick2Contact.
Klick2Contact specialises in live web help and omni-channel customer engagement services and since being founded in 2011 has built up a client base across 15 countries, with customers that include BMW, Topshop, Next, Volkswagen and UKMail. Chief executive, Graham Pollard, will remain with the business.
Dechert LLP advised Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, in the closing of the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Sierra Leone. Since the signature of an agreement with Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV (“Airtel”) in January 2016, Orange has satisfied the conditions necessary to complete this transaction.
International technology, media and telecoms law firm Olswang has advised long-standing client Endemol Shine Group on the launch of new drama production company Wild Mercury Productions, which will be run independently by executive producer Derek Wax.
Spadina House AG acquires all shares in SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a global IP telecommunication service provider which offers solutions over satellite and fibre optic systems. The acquisition supplements Spadina's portfolio in satellite communication providers. The transaction was highly complex and involved multiple global jurisdictions and telecommunication licensing regimes.
Irwin Mitchell Sheffield's Corporate Team Advises TribePad
Talent acquisition software specialist TribePad has been purchased in a management buyout led by former Plusnet CTO Dean Sadler and the board of directors.
The Board bought one hundred per cent of the business to enable a restructure which supports plans for rapid growth in the next five years.
We have advised Crowdsurfer, the data intelligence service for crowd finance, on its further funding round which, since started, now sits at £1.2 million.
Crowdsurfer, headquartered in Cambridge, is building the world’s trusted, data intelligence service for the global crowd finance market. Serving fundraisers, investors and those tracking this fast growing industry, Crowdsurfer makes it easier for those seeking to participate in or serve the market with the intelligence they need to be successful.
Irwin Mitchell Advises On Deal
The Sheffield office of law firm Irwin Mitchell has advised on a deal which has seen a leading supplier of social care and health software solutions to top tier local authorities in England being acquired in a multi-million pond deal.
Open Objects Software Limited, a specialist in the UK public sector social care and healthcare software market, has been purchased by Idox plc for up to £5.2 million.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Ooredoo group on the update of its US$5 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme and the issuance thereunder of US$500 million of notes by Ooredoo International Finance Limited which are guaranteed by Ooredoo Q.S.C.
The world’s leading online fashion platform in emerging markets, Global Fashion Group SA (GFG), has concluded a financing round worth €330 million. During the process, Noerr advised its longstanding client Rocket Internet SE, which is the anchor shareholder of GFG.