Advised ASR on the sale of ASR Vastgoed Ontwikkeling N.V. to Meijer Realty Partners (MRP). The sale of real estate development division fits within ASR's strategy to focus on insurance activities and real estate investment management. The transaction is expected to be completed in late April 2016.
Houthoff Buruma team included: Michiel Pannekoek , Johan Kasper , Lucas Louwerier

Ringier and Mobiliar have agreed a strategic partnership whereby Mobiliar will become the new joint shareholder in Scout24 Schweiz, the leading network of online marketplaces for motor vehicles, real estate and general classifieds. Mobiliar agreed to acquire a fifty per cent stake in Scout24 Schweiz, previously held by KKR and other shareholders. Ringier will continue to consolidate Scout24 Schweiz and therefore will retain governance rights.

Pestalozzi advises Ringier on all legal aspects of the transaction.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Stollmann Entwicklungs- und Vertriebs-GmbH, Hamburg (Stollmann), a portfolio company of Süd Beteiligungen GmbH, on the sale of its business to Telit Communications. Süd Beteiligungen GmbH has been a minority shareholder in Stollmann since 1999.
 
Stollmann is a developer of protocol stacks and products for standardized communications technologies and sells hardware products, software stacks, and reference designs to OEM and ODM customers. The technology focuses on Bluetooth, NFC, ISDN, and Call Manager software.

Hill Dickinson has acted for IT services and software development company Samarind Limited on the disposal of its Networks division to IT infrastructure and services group Brighter Connections.

Hill Dickinson corporate partner Ian Riggs and associate James Down advised Samarind Limited on the transaction with employment advice provided by partner David Parry.

The acquisition is expected to add extra depth and market reach, and will enable the two organisations to service a broader demographic and provide a more complete offer to clients.

Kirkland & Ellis represented Garena Interactive Holding Limited, Greater Southeast Asia’s largest internet and mobile platform company, in connection with its Series D funding round raising US$170 million. The funding round was led by Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment fund of the Government of Malaysia. The transaction was announced on March 31, 2016. For more information on the deal, please click here.

The Kirkland team on this transaction was led by Hong Kong corporate partners David Zhang and Amie Tang.

We acted as the advisor to Anvia Plc when it agreed with Finda Oy on a transaction through which Finda Oy will become a shareholder of Anvia Plc’s subsidiary Anvia Telecom Ltd with a 42% holding. In exchange, Finda Oy will direct a share issue to Anvia Plc. After the transaction has been completed, Anvia Plc will own 13% of Finda. The value of the transaction is approximately EUR 50 million. The completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and is estimated to take place during the second quarter of 2016.

Nctm and Studio Bettini Formigaro Pericu in the purchase by BT Group of telecommunication network in Emilia Romagna from the IREN Group

Nctm Studio Legale advised BT Enìa Telecomunicazioni S.p.A., a company controlled by BT Italia S.p.A., in the purchase of a line of business relating to a telecommunication network extending for approx. 1,500 km in Emilia Romagna belonging to IRETI S.p.A. (a company of the IREN Group engaged in the field of public local grid services), which was advised by Studio Bettini Formigaro Pericu.

Axcel IV buys 100% of the Lessor Group from the founding Fich family. Plesner has advised the Fich family and the Lessor Group for more than 35 years and has assisted the family in connection with the transaction.

The Lessor Group that specialises in IT-based payroll and human resources management systems through their proprietary brands, LESSOR and Danløn, holds a particularly strong position in the payroll system market especially for private undertakings.

Nctm Studio Legale assisted and defended Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) in the proceedings brought by a popular singer-­songwriter who requested to establish the term of the assignment, to a publisher, of the right to print musical works, such as scores and songs texts, in the maximum length of 20 years, exactly as provided for by copyright law for literary works.

By decision of 29 February, the Supreme Court rejected the main claims put forward by the claimant, accepting instead

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has completed several prominent technology M&A and investment deals so far this year, cementing its role as a top advisor to the sector.

Since January 1, 2016 we have advised:

* The Miner Group (Plant Miner) on an AU$3.5m fundraising (closed March 2);
* Objective Corporation’s acquisition of Onstream Systems (announced February 26);
* Petstock on its acquisition of online New Zealand retail business pet.co.nz (completed January 29); and
* Netbox Blue on its sale to Bloomberg (announced January 12).