Vinge has assisted Bimobject in connection with the set-up of a joint venture in China together with a subsidiary within the Jianyi Investment Development Group.

The joint venture will, in addition to its equity of 1 million USD of which Bimobject has contributed 400,000 USD, be funded over the coming two years with investments from Jianyi in the amount of 12,000,000 USD. Bimobject is at the same time intended to be the main supplier of technology, know-how and technical service to the joint venture.

Upon kickoff, the start-up Caroobi – a portal for online placement of motor mechanics – receives millions in investments.

Caroobi communicates the concept of online service provider placement to the auto repair sector. Customers can use the portal to book various auto-related services such as auto body paint jobs or inspections. Cherry Ventures and DN Capital are among the investors. The firm was founded in September 2015 and already employs 35 people.

The P+P venture capital team

* Christian Tönies (partner) and

Noerr has advised the Chemnitz-based start-up Staffbase in a Series A round of financing. The investors Capnamic Ventures and KIZOO Technology are providing the company with over €2 million in total. The new lead investor Capnamic Ventures will also drive expansion into the US.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised US-based Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software promoting business growth, on the acquisition of its UK-based Partner Dot-Net-IT Limited.

International law firm Clifford Chance is advising the Unit Group, a leading power and utility conglomerate, on its ground breaking power projects in Iran.

A team led by Richard Parris, Clifford Chance's Head of Projects & Energy for the Middle East, is advising Unit on the development and financing of six BOO combined-cycle IPPs in Iran, comprising 6020 MW. Unit signed the Energy Conversion Agreements with Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Energy, late last week.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Resin.io, the provider of a modern DevOps management platform for connected devices, on its $9m funding.

Resin.io, founded in 2013, secured its funding from DFJ, GE Ventures, Ericsson and Aspect Ventures. The new round of funding will be used to expand the company’s product footprint, grow its open source community, and broaden its global reach through new strategic partnerships and channels.

Eversheds advised the Munich-based media company m4e AG in the purchase of 45 percent of the international rights to the children’s TV series and brand “Mia and me”. The rights were acquired from Rainbow S.r.l., the previous co-producer and one of the leading media companies in the children’s entertainment sector. In the course of the purchase Hahn Film AG will take on the remaining 5 percent of the rights from Rainbow S.r.l.’s stock.

eBay has acquired Expertmaker AB, which specializes in providing intelligent software solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Expertmaker has been a partner of eBay’s since 2010. The company’s employees will join eBay’s technology team and Expertmaker's Founder and CEO, Lars Hård, will join as Director in eBays structured data team.

Vinge has acted as Swedish counsel to Qlik Technologies Inc. in connection with Thoma Bravo’s offer to acquire the company. Qlik Technologies is listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market and the offer values Qlik Technologies to approximately USD 3 billion.

Vinge’s team was composed of Henrik Borna and Christian Lindhé.

Stibbe advises Vicrea, a market leading software provider of GEO IT solutions for the local government domain in the Netherlands, on the sale by Synergia and other shareholders of all shares to Total Specific Solutions (TSS), a leading company for business solutions.

TSS is a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., listed on the Canadian Stock exchange.