DLA Piper's Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team has advised a telecommunications company in an ICC arbitration that has resulted in a landmark enforcement decision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The decision follows the passing of two separate laws in the Kingdom, which have brought the arbitration and enforcement regime in the Saudi courts more closely in line with international standards.
Seoul: Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Korea's YG Entertainment on an US$85 million investment by China's Tencent and Weiying Technology.
Globally known for its roster of K-pop artists and entertainers – including K-pop artists such as BigBang, Psy (of Gangnam Style fame) and 2NE1, and numerous actors and actresses, such as Kang Dong Won and Jong Suk Lee – YG Entertainment is a rapidly growing Korean entertainment company listed on the KOSDAQ market of the Korea Exchange.
August & Debouzy advised Tinyclues, the SaaS startup reinventing predictive marketing, regarding their EUR 5 million second round fundraising (Series A). This transaction will allow them to accelerate their growth and international development. The round was led by Alven Capital, represented by Raffi Kamber who joins the Tinyclues board. Existing investors ISAI, represented by Jean-David Chamboredon, and Elaia Partners, represented by Xavier Lazarus, completed the round and reinforced their positions.
Kathrein Group, a German domiciled world leader in communication technologies, completed its acquisition of EnKom Group, a Swiss domiciled mobile and fixed networks engineering and infrastructure company.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal counsel to Kathrein Group. The team included Michael Trippel, Silvio Grunder, Frédéric Mancosu and Livia Casanova.
The international legal practice Osborne Clarke advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the merger of its subsidiary Aeria Games with Gamigo AG. Both companies are among the leading European games publishers. As part of the transaction, ProSiebenSat.1 is merging its 100% holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo AG and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher with a 33 percent stake.
On Friday 27 May 2016, the forthcoming listing of the auction house Lauritz.com on Nasdaq First North Premier was announced.
Lauritz.com has since 1998 been a first mover in the international auction industry by shifting focus from traditional physical auctions to online auctions. Lauritz.com expects that the listing of its shares will enhance its leading position on the Nordic market and ensure the company’s future international development.
We have acted as Jolla Oy’s legal advisor since its founding and have closely supported its development and expansion in the international mobile phone and operating system markets. We have assisted Jolla, among other things, in every financing round and have carried out a voluntary debt restructuring process, which stabilised Jolla’s financing situation, allowing it to once again focus on its day-to-day business.
MUNICH, May 30, 2016 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the merger of its subsidiary Aeria Games with Gamigo AG. Both companies are among the leading European games publishers. As part of the transaction, ProSiebenSat.1 is merging its 100% holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo AG and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher with a 33 percent stake.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance advised on the transaction awarded 'M&A Mid-Size Deal of the Year 2016' by Asian Legal Business. In the award winning deal, the firm advised Digicel Group in connection with the sale of Myanmar Tower Company.
TeleData UK, a leading independent data centre operator and colocation service provider, has acquired 1st Easy as part of its expansion plans.
Established in 1999, 1st Easy, which has offices in Congleton and Manchester, is a cloud and hosting service provider. TeleData will use the deal to integrate its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and a number of other hosting products into its wider offering.