DLA Piper has advised Wipro Digital, the digital business unit of Wipro Limited, on the acquisition of Designit, an award winning and global strategic design firm specialising in designing transformative product-service experiences.
Are telephone companies required to provide personal subscriber data to telephone book operators in other EU countries? That is the question the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal ('College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven') submitted to the EU Court of Justice in its ruling of July 3rd.
The corporate team of law firm Hill Dickinson has advised Idox plc on its acquisition of a specialist I.T company, based at the centre of Britain's code-breaking efforts during World War Two, in a £4.95m deal.
Cloud Amber, which is based in Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, has been bought by AIM-listed Idox plc, a leading independent supplier of software & services.
Cloud Amber specialises in strategic highway control, local transport network management, public transport information and fleet management systems.
Effective January 1, 2015, USU Software AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard, ISIN DE000A0BVU28), Möglingen, acquired all shares in SecurIntegration GmbH, Cologne, to expand its service portfolio in the field of software license management. A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, partner at the Stuttgart office of commercial law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised USU on the transaction.
The purchase price of the shares payable in cash consists of a fixed component and an earn-out component and depends on the company's future performance.
Gleiss Lutz has advised Medfort S.à r.l., PrimaCom Finance (Lux) S.A. and PrimaCom Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG on the sale of PrimaCom Holding GmbH (“PrimaCom”) to Tele Columbus AG in a limited auction. PrimaCom is valued at 711 million euros not including cash or liabilities.
As the transaction requires no further approval from supervisory authorities or the cartel office, closing is expected to take place on 31 July 2015.
Following the principal proceedings, the Federal Cartel Office approved the "Media Impact" marketing cooperation between Funke-Mediengruppe (FMG) and Axel Springer SE. FMG was advised in this proceeding by a team led by Dr. Rainer Velte, partner at the commercial law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek.
Led by Axel Springer, the intended joint company "Media Impact" is scheduled to perform national ad placement marketing and the marketing of magazine and online media for FMG and Axel Springer media in the newspaper sector.
Bond issue admitted to trading on the Alternative Fixed-Income Market (MARF), a multilateral trading system
Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira advised MÁSMOVIL IBERCOM, S.A. on the senior unsecured bond issue valued at €27 million, with a 5.5% interest rate and maturity in 2020. The firm also advised on the bond placement process among qualified investors by placement agents INTERMONEY VALORES, S.V., S.A. and ANDBANK ESPANA, S.A.U.
Osborne Clarke has advised Mindtree on its acquisition of Bluefin Solutions, a market leading independent consultancy specialising in SAP HANA.
Mindtree is a multinational digital transformation and technology services company, headquartered in Bengaluru, India and New Jersey, U.S.A. Its acquisition of Bluefin Solutions will strengthen the full spectrum of SAP services in Mindtree's offering. The partnership also creates an opportunity to expedite Bluefin’s HANA expertise to the US market with Mindtree’s broad presence there.
Ashurst is currently advising AVEVA Group plc ("AVEVA") on its acquisition of selected Schneider Electric SE ("Schneider Electric") industrial software assets ("Schneider Software"). As part of the transaction AVEVA will acquire Schneider Software and receive from Schneider Electric upon completion £550 million for consideration of new AVEVA shares to be issued to Schneider Electric, such that Schneider Electric will own 53.5% of the Enlarged AVEVA Group.
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Ukraine advises one of the world's largest IT companies on various labour, commercial law and compliance issues with respect to its business activities in Ukraine.