Davis Polk advised Telia Company AB on the sale of its interest in FE Coscom LLC (“Ucell”) to the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Assistance to Privatized Enterprises and Development of Competition, a governmental authority of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for $215 million on a debt-free basis.

The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has represented ZeniMax Media Inc., a renowned computer game publisher with business seat in Maryland/USA, before the Federal Review Board for Media Harmful to Minors (Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien - BPjM).

Morgan Lewis has advised a leading online automotive marketplace, CarGurus, in relation to the signing of an agreement to acquire used car motoring website PistonHeads, a Haymarket Media company.

Partner Tom Cartwright in London led the Morgan Lewis team representing CarGurus, along with Boston partner Mark Stein, supported by London based corporate and outsourcing partners Mike Pierides and Simon Lightman.

CMS has advised ISS, a global leading facility services provider, with the divestment of the Dutch single service cleaning activities to CSU, a national cleaning company operating from a number of branches across the Netherlands. The divestment concerns approximately 70 Dutch customers and will see the transfer of around 2,200 employees to CSU. After obtaining approval from the Netherlands Authority of Consumer and Markets (ACM), the transaction has been completed on 18 November 2018.

Integrated facility management solutions

Stuttgart – Circle Media Group, a leading European print and media company, has acquired the operations of German printer Körner Druck GmbH & Co. after reaching an agreement with the Heer Media Group. Körner Druck is the largest company in the Heer Media Group, which filed for insolvency under self-administration in August 2018. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities in Austria and Germany, with completion expected at the end of December 2018.

Stuttgart – Circle Media Group, a leading European print and media company, has acquired the operations of German printer Körner Druck GmbH & Co. after reaching an agreement with the Heer Media Group. Körner Druck is the largest company in the Heer Media Group, which filed for insolvency under self-administration in August 2018. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities in Austria and Germany, with completion expected at the end of December 2018.

Clifford Chance is advising Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, the global business information and events group ("Euromoney"), on its acquisition of BoardEx and The Deal from its parent company, TheStreet, Inc., a US public company.

The Deal is a source of data, news and intelligence on mergers and acquisitions, activist investing, private equity and restructuring and BoardEx is an executive profiling and relationship mapping platform.

Jetpak Top Holding AB’s (publ) shares were listed on on Nasdaq First North Premier in Stockholm.

Jetpak is a leading player within time critical express deliveries within the Nordics.

ABG Sundal Collier acted as Sole Global Coordinator, and together with Pareto Securities, as Joint Bookrunner in connection with the IPO. Baker McKenzie acted as legal advisor to Jetpak and the main shareholders Polaris. Baker McKenzie's team mainly consisted of Joakim Falkner, Johanna Flink, Ian Gulam, Stefan Balazs, Per Blom and Olof Larsson.

Nasdaq Stockholm AB has approved Storytel AB’s (publ) application for admission to trade on Nasdaq First North. Trading in Storytel’s shares commenced today on 5 December 2018. Storytel was previously listed on Spotlight Stockmarket.