Squire Patton Boggs has acted for Rai Way, one of Italy’s leading operators of television and radio broadcasting infrastructure and a leading provider of tower hosting services, and for its parent, Italy’s state broadcaster Rai - Radiotelevisione italiana, on the successful initial public offering in Italy of Rai Way.
Clifford Chance is advising Schibsted ASA, Telenor Group and South-east Asia's leading media company, Singapore Press Holdings, on a series of joint ventures and other transactions for the development of online classifieds platforms in four key markets - Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.
Olswang has advised long-standing client Microsoft on the company's participation in Cities Unlocked, a project in partnership with Future Cities Catapult and Guide Dogs aimed at revolutionising how people with sight loss experience the urban landscape, creating a revolutionary new application of 3D sound. Olswang advised Microsoft on the partnership agreements on a pro bono basis.
Dentons' Sports and Media practice has advised OSN on its bid for the media rights for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to international cricket matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the period 2015-2023. The deal covers 18 ICC tournaments, including two ICC Cricket World Cups, two ICC Champions Trophy tournaments and two ICC World Twenty20 tournaments.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised Axel Springer on the acquisition of a majority stake of 51% of the shares of Leisure, the Dutch parent company of European online vacation rental portals Belvilla.com and Casamundo.com. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
De Brauw acted as lead counsel to Axel Springer and Paul Cronheim was lead partner.
Stampen Media Partner has agreed to divest Stampen Sports Media to Traveas. The sale is part of Stampen’s decision to focus on target markets and core businesses. The transaction is expected to be completed in December 2014.
Stampen Sports Media’s brands include SvenskaFans.com, FanTV.se, Golfing.se and SvenskaRaceFans.com, reaching approximately 350,000 unique visitors per week through websites and mobile applications. Traveas is a media partner to the Swedish and Norwegian Golf Federation and the Swedish Tennis Association.
DLA Piper has advised Alcatel-Lucent on the sale of its cyber and communication security to Thales. This agreement comes as a result of a strategic partnership between Thales and Alcatel-Lucent, which will enable Alcatel Lucent to strengthen its position in the field of secure networks and to offer to its customers end-to-end network security solutions, combining its integrated security expertise in telecommunication products with complementary services.
Clifford Chance has advised Asia Outsourcing Gamma Limited on the sale of Asia Outsourcing US Inc., the US healthcare business of SPi Global, a Philippines-headquartered Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) business, to Conifer Holdings Inc. for approximately US$235 million. Asia Outsourcing Gamma Limited is a company indirectly controlled by funds advised by CVC Capital Partners, one of the world’s leading private equity and investment advisory firms, and in which Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company holds a minority interest. Asia Outsourcing US Inc.
VISCHER acts as advisor to Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) in its acquisition of CLS Communication, a privately held provider of translation solutions to clients in the financial services, industrial, public sector and life sciences markets with headquarter in Zurich, Switzerland. Lionbridge expects to purchase CLS for approximately 74 million Swiss Francs subject to estimated cash and debt adjustments at closing and certain post-closing adjustments.
Olswang's international technology and media team, hubbed out of London and Singapore, advised long-standing client Microsoft on over 100 content licensing deals with some of the world's biggest newspapers, publishers and content platforms, from London to Sydney and twenty other territories in between.