Hogan Lovells assisted the shareholders of FLCP, the holding company of the Newen group, in connection with the signature of an agreement under which TF1 will acquire a 70% equity interest in FLCP. The existing shareholders, including the management team, retain a 30% equity interest.

Performance-related options, exercisable by both TF1 and the existing shareholders, are an integral part of this medium/long term partnership deal.

NautaDutilh assisted Zenitel N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels: ZENT), a leading player in integrated security communications, with the sale of 100% percent of the shares in Zenitel Caribbean B.V. with the Curacao Growth Fund, the first private equity fund in Curacao.

We have advised on the sale of award winning research organisation Sentec.

Cambridge-based Sentec, which is well-known for developing sensor technology and electronics for utilities, meters and appliance manufacturers, has been acquired by a subsidiary of US-owned infrastructure company Sensus.

31 July, 2015, with King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) legal support, Qingdao Hisense Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd. (Hisense) and its affiliated company in the USA signed a Share Purchase Agreement and a Trademark License Agreement with Sharp Corporation (Sharp) in relation to Sharp’s facility in Mexico. Under these two agreements, Hisense will acquire 100% of Sharp Electrónica México S.A. de C.V (Sharp Mexican Company), Sharp’s TV production facility in Mexico, with a consideration of US$23.7 million.

London - Dentons has advised the shareholders of Essence, one of the fastest-growing media agencies and the largest independent buyer of online advertising, on its sale to WPP plc, the world's largest communications services group.

Essence manages more than US$700 million of media spend for clients, including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Viber and Tesco Mobile. Following WPP's acquisition of Essence, the company will remain independently focussed and operate within, and with access to the resources of, WPP's global media investment management unit, GroupM.

CMS has advised major telecoms operator Viatel on its agreement to sell its non-Irish fibre and optical wavelengths business to Zayo Group, a global provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and connectivity services. The enterprise value of the transaction was $102 million.

Slaughter and May is advising Cable & Wireless Communications Plc (CWC), on its recommended acquisition by Liberty Global plc.

Under the terms of the offer, which was announced on 16 November 2015, the consideration for CWC will include Liberty Global shares, LiLAC shares and a special dividend of 3 pence per CWC share. The acquisition, including the special dividend, represents a value for CWC's entire issued and to be issued share capital of approximately £3.60 billion.

Delphi has been legal advisor to Addtech Nordic AB in the acquisition of all shares in Powermec AB.

Powermec develops and markets customized solutions within power supplies, electrical motors and electro mechanical components, primarily to OEM customers. Powermec operates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Delphi team was led by Fredrik Mörner, senior associate, and mainly assisted by Rickard Isacson, senior associate. In addition, a number of lawyers from Delphi have been involved in the transaction.

International law firm Pinsent Masons is advising Starship Technologies in its establishment of one of the most innovative supply chain ventures yet: an autonomous robot for last mile delivery.

Osborne Clarke has advised IPV, a Cambridge-based firm at the centre of a global multi-media content revolution, on its £2.5m investment by private equity specialist Calculus Capital.

IPV, a media technology business that provides multi-media content management systems to leading broadcasters and businesses around the world, will use Calculus’s investment to fund its continuing global expansion.

The Osborne Clarke team that advised on the transaction was led by Associate Director Simon Jones.