Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of OMERS Private Equity) on its acquisition of Asidua Holdings Limited, the software consultancy and services group.

Asidua is based in Belfast with offices in Dublin and Birmingham. The company specialises in software, integration and consultancy services for government and corporate customers in the UK and internationally, with particular expertise in local government contact management and application integration and in specialist telecoms systems.

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's Intellectual Property team secured an important Court of Appeal victory for its US client, ASSIA, Inc., against British Telecommunications plc.

The Court of Appeal ruled that BT's flagship Infinity 1 and Infinity 2 broadband system (referred to as "NGA" in the judgment) infringes two of ASSIA's patents in the field of dynamic spectrum management.

Schoenherr is advising América Móvil group, a leading provider of telecommunications services in Latin America, in its participation in the up to EUR 1 billion capital increase announced by Telekom Austria AG. The transaction was announced on 7 November 2014 and is expected to close on 27 November 2014.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has assisted KPN in obtaining regulatory approval from the Dutch Competition Authority to acquire an additional 9% stake in Reggefiber from joint-venture partner Reggeborgh, bringing its total ownership to 60%.

Fieldfisher has acted for the company AKKA Technologies on its first Schuldschein bond private placement for 140 million euros. AKKA Technologies placed a Schuldschein-type bond (private placement subject to German law). Strong demand from German and Asian investors prompted the Group to almost double the initial amount of the placement to €140 million, with two tranches maturing in 5 and 7 years and a mix of fixed and variable interest rates.

Paul, Weiss client Cable & Wireless Communications Plc, a telecommunications services provider operating in 17 countries throughout the Caribbean, Latin America and the Seychelles, agreed to acquire Columbus International Inc. for approximately $1.85 billion - $707.5 million is in cash and the remainder in shares - and the assumption of Columbus' existing net debt of $1.17 billion. The Columbus acquisition will be funded through issuance of new equity and debt offerings. J.P. Morgan Bank N.A. has provided debt financing commitments, including backstop commitments, of $2.63 billion.

NCTM Studio Legale Associato has advised HTML.it, a subsidiary of Triboo Media S.p.A., on the acquisition of the editorial assets of Wall Street Italia, the independent online magazine, operating in the economic and financial area, with more than 1 million visits per month and 5 million page views.

NCTM has followed this deal with a team led by Lukas Plattner, partner, assisted by Eleonora Sofia Parrocchetti, associate.

Mills & Reeve are advising Columbus International Inc and its shareholders on the sale of Columbus to Cable & Wireless Communications plc.

Columbus is a privately-owned diversified telecommunications company with operations in the Caribbean, Central America and the Andean region. Cable & Wireless has agreed to pay approximately US$1.85 billion for Columbus and will also assume Columbus’s existing net debt of approximately US$1.17 billion.

Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd (“SPIL”) completed the closing for its USD400,000,000 unsecured euro convertible bonds(the “Bonds”) on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. The Bonds mature on Oct. 31, 2019 and were priced at zero-coupon and 1% yield per annum. This is the largest zero coupon Convertible Bond in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan) in 2014 and was well received and attracted over 70 investors worldwide in only four-hours-book-build period.
 

Slaughter and May is advising Cable & Wireless Communications Plc (CWC) on its proposed acquisition of Columbus International, Inc (Columbus) for consideration of US$1.85 billion. In addition, CWC will assume Columbus’ existing net debt of US$1.17 billion.