A team from Fieldfisher led by partner Graeme Nuttall OBE has advised architectural visualisation studio Hayes Davidson on its transition from a limited liability partnership to a 100% employee trust owned company.

Hayes Davidson, founded in 1989, pioneered the use of computer graphics to visualise architecture in the early 1990s. The company works with some of the UK's largest architecture and design practices including Foster + Partners, RSHP, Allies and Morrison, AHMM and Zaha Hadid.

Controlled by 21 Centrale Partners since 2013, Oberthur is a key player in the French stationery market. As a leader in the postman’s calendars market for 160 years, the company now works in the education sector on vintage and stationery products as well as corporate goodies for companies.

Tann’s brand was created in 1978 by Le Tanneur, a French manufacturer and distributor of leather goods. In 2006, Le Tanneur group sold its licence to Aliseo. The brand specialises in the school supplies market, selling primarily schoolbags.

A team of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek led by Hamburg-based partner Dr. Peter Christian Schmidt advised the shareholders of movento GmbH and movento AG on the sale to DABERO Service Group.

Davis Polk advised Tencent Holdings Limited in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in a new holding company of Miniclip Group SA. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

DBA Lab SpA, an ICT company engaged in the development of software platforms in support of engineering, project and asset management, safety and control of industrial automation, that is part of the DBA Group (owned by its founding partners and by Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR SpA) concluded agreements for the acquisition of the entire capital of ACTUAL IT, a Slovenian company based in Koper and active in the development of IT solutions.
 

Gide advises Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese group Hitachi Ltd based in California, on the acquisition of oXya, a leader in SAP technical solutions, and cloud services.

The acquisition of oXya is expected to close by the end of March, subject to authorisation from the anti-trust authority. Upon the close of the acquisition, oXya will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Data Systems and will continue to execute its current business model.

Vinge advises Dustin Group AB (publ) and Altor in connection with Dustin’s listing on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Dustin is a leading online based reseller of IT products and services in the Nordics. Dustin offers a wide product and service range to businesses, public organisations and consumers, primarily through its online platform. The Swedish language prospectus was published on 2 February 2015 and the first day of trading was 13 February 2015. The offering price has been set at SEK 50 per share, corresponding to a market value of Dustin of approximately SEK 3,809 million.

Shearman & Sterling advised Dustin Group AB (publ) in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. The offering consisted of a sale of existing shares by Dustin’s principal shareholder, Altor Fund II GP Limited, and the issuance and sale by the company of newly issued shares. In total, the offering comprised 34,277,904 shares, corresponding to 45% of Dustin’s ordinary shares.

Vinge has advised Lagercrantz Group AB in connection with the acquisition of all shares in Svenska Industriborstar I Vasteras AB. The company develops, sells and manufactures a specially designed brush system consisting of steel and plastic brushes for snow removal from airport runways as well as for industrial purposes within the manufacturing industry.

Vinge’s team consisted of responsible partner Johan Winnerblad together with, among others, associate Filip Öhrner.

Taylor Wessing has advised the management team of Media Business Insight Limited, one of the UK's leading publishing and events businesses, on the its buyout backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.