Osborne Clarke advised the shareholders of Cognifide Limited, a marketing technology consultancy, on the disposal of a majority stake to WPP.

DLA Piper advised Dulles-based SummitIG in its equity investment from ORIX Ventures and Columbia Capital. SummitIG, a custom network solutions and bandwidth infrastructure provider, will use the additional funding to expand its dark fiber network that will support the growing demand for broadband and cloud services in Northern Virginia.

Taylor Wessing is advising Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc on its proposed flotation on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, as well as its acquisition of 2ergo Limited.

Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc announced its intention to IPO on AIM this morning (21 March), hoping to raise approximately £6 million. The company simultaneously announced the conditional acquisition of 2ergo Limited, a business that specialises in digital payment technology solutions.

DLA Piper advised Paylocity Holding Corporation in its initial public offering valued at approximately US$100 million. Founded in 1997, the Arlington Heights, Illinois-based company provides cloud-based payroll and human capital management software to medium-sized businesses.

DLA Piper’s team representing Paylocity was led by partner John J. Gilluly III and also included associates Anna Denton and Joseph Fore.

Pinsent Masons has advised Yecco, the newly launched social media platform, on its partnership with Allianz Global Assistance UK.

Yecco allows families, care-givers, professionals and other services to communicate together online and on mobile devices. In doing this, Yecco helps to address some of the universal issues of self management of health conditions, loneliness, isolation and care planning faced by the elderly and those living with chronic conditions and associated difficulties faced by families and carers.

Weil secured a substantial victory on behalf of a group of Hoak, Meredith, and Scripps local television stations ensuring that they will get to present their antitrust claims to a jury challenging the licensing practices of SESAC, one of three performance rights organizations (PROs) in the United States. The other two PROs, ASCAP and BMI, are subject to consent decrees with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

DLA Piper has advised Vodafone Holdings Europe S.L.U. (Vodafone) on its acquisition of Spanish cable company Grupo Corporativo Ono, S.A. (Ono) for €7.2 billion on a debt and cash free basis.

Ono has the largest next-generation network in Spain with approximately 7.2 million homes released to marketing serving 1.9 million customers in 13 of Spain’s 17 regions. It is the market leader in high speed broadband, offering superior speeds and the most innovative pay-TV service in Spain. The network has abundant spare capacity and a future-proof fibre architecture.

Simpson Thacher is representing Catalina Marketing Corporation and its controlling shareholders, investment funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC, in connection with the announced agreement whereby investment fund affiliates of Berkshire Partners LLC will acquire Catalina.  In connection with the transaction, investment funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman will retain a minority stake in Catalina.  The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals.

Davis Polk advised Texas Instruments Incorporated on its SEC-registered debt offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of notes consisting of 0.875% notes due 2017 and 2.750% notes due 2021. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mizuho Securities USA Inc. 

DLA Piper advised Coupons.com Incorporated in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Coupons.com, a leader in digital coupons, operates a platform that connects brands and retailers with consumers through Web, mobile and social channels. Over 2,000 brands from more than 700 consumer packaged goods companies and many of the leading grocery, drug and mass merchandise retailers, use the company's platform to reach consumers.

This transaction represents "Silicon Valley's first pure-tech IPO of 2014," according to the San Jose Mercury News.