Greenberg Traurig advised Berlin-based IT company Camunda Services GmbH (Camunda) on a series A financing round of EUR 25 million. The investor is Highland Europe. For Camunda, the investment represents the first financing by an external partner.
European law firm Loyens & Loeff has advised Brazilian telecom company Oi in its restructuring of more than USD 20 billion debt, the largest-ever debt restructuring in Latin America. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Oi operates a vital telecommunications business, providing telecom services to some 63 million customers and employing over 143,000 direct and indirect employees.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised longstanding client, the Civica Group, an investee company of Partners Group and market leader in business-critical software applications, digital solutions and managed services, on its latest acquisition of specialist election and civic engagement services group Electoral Reform Services Limited (ERS Group).
Vitec Software Group AB (publ) has resolved on a directed new share issue which will provide the company approximately SEK 197.5 million before issue costs.
Vitec is market leader for Vertical Market Software in the Nordic region. The company intends to use the proceeds from the directed new share issue to finance acquisitions of companies, product rights, or other objects that complement the business, and enable a higher investment pace.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Allocate Software, a leading international provider of workforce and resource planning solutions, on the acquisition of Wambiz Limited, an innovative provider of app-based staff engagement solutions for the health, education and enterprise sectors.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has achieved a significant success for Deutsche Telekom (DT) before the European Commission (EC), which has unconditionally approved the acquisition of Tele2 NL by DT subsidiary T-Mobile Netherlands.
Jeantet advised ARCHOS, a company developing high value-added solutions across the world (tablets and smartphones, urban mobility, home and IoT and blockchain security), on its share capital increase with preferential subscription rights on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, for a total amount of € 4.3 million, completed on November 13, 2018.
CMS Russia has advised S8 Capital on the acquisition of a 100% interest in Price.ru, a leading on-line shopping service, from Rambler Group, a Russian media holding company.
The acquisition of Price.ru is a strategic move by S8 Capital in its effort to create and develop a unified, multi-functional, digital platform that will combine a number of tools and services.
Partners Vladimir Zenin and Hayk Safaryan led the deal team of CMS Russia that included Mikhail Panferov, Elizaveta Rakova, Nikolai Molostov and Vladislav Eltovskiy.
CMS has advised FD Mediagroep on its acquisition of Sizo.
Sizo specializes in B2B marketing intelligence. It assists its clients to target potential customers by using data analysis and predicition models.
By acquiring Sizo, FD Mediagroep aims to strengthen its position in the field of business data. Sizo shall become part of Company.Info, which FD Mediagroep acquired in 2012.
Sidley advised BabyTree Group (HKEX1761), as the issuer’s Hong Kong and U.S. counsel in its approximately HK$1.70 billion (approximately US$218 million) global offering on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
BabyTree Group is one of the largest and most active M&C-focused community-based platforms in China, with an average 139.0 million total MAUs (Monthly Active Users) in 2017.