EVRY (OSE ticker: EVRY) has announced the entering into of a transaction agreement relating to a recommended public cash offer to be made by funds advised by Apax to acquire 100% of the shares of EVRY. The offer values the share capital of EVRY to approx. NOK 4.27 billion.

The offer is the result of a structured process to explore various strategic opportunities initiated by the EVRY Board and announced in a stock exchange release on 27 August 2014. Schjødt has acted as legal advisor to EVRY and its Board in the process and in connection with the offer.

Mayer Brown has advised WaveCrest Group Enterprises Limited on the sale of WaveCrest UK Limited to New Call Telecom, a UK-based Internet service provider.

Founded in 2001, WaveCrest UK Limited is one of Europe's leading wholesale voice business, providing high-quality, low-cost international calling solutions to retail brand owners, other operators and end users over its state-of-the-art IP network.

Mayer Brown has acted for the WaveCrest Group since 2006, following their purchase of WaveCrest UK Limited from Interoute Communications Limited.

Alpha Animation Co., Ltd. (“Alpha Animation”) has announced that it had formed a long-term strategic partnership with Hollywood’s New Regency Productions, Inc. and would invest no more than US$60mln in three Hollywood blockbusters, i.e., “Assassins’ Creed”, “Splinter Cell” and “The Spirit”, which would all be produced by New Regency Productions. Crew of the movies features: Doug Liman, a renowned American action movie director and producer best known for “The Bourne Identity” and “Mr. & Mrs.

Osborne Clarke, has advised Investis, the leading independent global specialist in digital corporate communications, on its investment by private equity house ECI Partners ('ECI').

ECI's investment will provide support and additional capital to Investis, which will enable it to further strengthen its global growth strategy, following its recent expansion into the US.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised Lux Media, a portfolio company of private equity firm Egeria, on reaching an agreement with Mediahuis Nederland on the sale of its 100% stake in NRC Media Holding and its subsidiaries NRC Media and NRC Lux.

The sale is subject to compliance with the Dutch Works Councils Act, merger clearance and other conditions. NRC Media is a publisher of the Dutch newspapers NRC Handelsblad and nrc.next, and NRC Lux sells products and services via webshops.

De Brauw acted as counsel to Lux Media and Klaas de Vries was lead partner.

Gide has advised group OMEA Telecom on the completion, following approval from the French Competition Authority, of the transfer of all shares in OMER Telecom Ltd to Numericable, as announced in May this year.

Legal counsel to OMEA Telecom   
Gide: Christian Nouel (Tax partner) and Nadège Nguyen (M&A partner)
Herbert Smith Freehills: Hubert Sagain (M&A partner) and Christopher Theris (M&A counsel).

Legal counsel to Numericable    

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Aconex Limited (Aconex) on its successful A$312.3 million initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Aconex is one of the world’s largest providers of ‘software as a service’ collaboration solutions for information and process management on construction and engineering projects. Aconex provides software products for the residential and commercial, government and infrastructure, and energy and resources sectors.

The executive board and the supervisory board of Axel Springer SE have decided to explore a change of the legal form of Axel Springer SE to a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien – KGaA). The proposed change aims to provide Axel Springer with more flexibility in financing future growth. The legal form of a partnership limited by shares will provide the basis required to retain the commercial influence of Axel Springer Gesellschaft für Publizistik GmbH & Co., the majority shareholder of Axel Springer SE, also in connection with capital increases.

Axel Springer and US growth investor General Atlantic have reached a binding agreement on increasing Axel Springer's share in Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH from 70% to 85% with the option to purchase the remaining 15% share. Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH is a strategic partnership in which Axel Springer SE currently holds a participation of 70% and General Atlantic currently holds a participation of 30%.