Speechly Bircham has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of OMERS Private Equity) on its acquisition of Coldharbour Systems Limited, the care industry software provider.

Coldharbour Systems, based in Bristol, specialises in application software and related services for the UK care sector. It is a respected provider of financial, accounting, staff and care management systems, with more than 160 customers across residential, community, nursery and health care services.

Hogan Lovells has successfully advised Paris-headquartered EuropaCorp, a top-tier European film studio, on the formation of a U.S. joint venture with Beverly Hills-based Relativity Media.

Olswang has advised Warner Bros. on its acquisition of Netherlands-based movie and television producer Eyeworks Group.  Warner Bros. entered into an agreement to acquire all Eyeworks' businesses outside the US, in 15 countries across Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition of Eyeworks is expected to be complete later in 2014, subject to regulatory approvals.

Dentons has advised Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (MTG), the international entertainment group, on its agreement to acquire 75% of Trace Partners SAS (Trace), the France-based youth media brand and global TV channel operator. The stake, which is being acquired from Citizen Capital, Entrepreneur Venture, NextStage and Trace's management, has an enterprise value of €40 million. Trace management will retain the remaining 25% of the company. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval by the French media authorities.

DLA Piper achieved a victory for Sabre, Inc. in a putative class action brought by a passenger of Hawaiian Airlines accusing the company of sending unsolicited text messages.

Travers Smith, led by corporate partner Richard Spedding is advising The Innovation Group plc (LSE:TIG) on its £35m acquisition of LAS Claims Management Ltd, a Gresham Private Equity portfolio company.

The acquisition, announced this morning, will be funded by a proposed £65m equity offering, and is expected to complete in March 2014.

Innovation Group is a global provider of insurance software solutions and business process services. It employs over 2,800 people across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and

Olswang has advised Guardian Media Group on a strategic investment which sees the global news and digital publishing group take a 15 per cent holding in Decoded, the code and data education and digital transformation company.

Decoded is renowned for its one-day transformative accelerated learning experiences 'Code in a Day' and 'Data in a Day' and the investment will help accelerate the company's international expansion. The deal is the latest step by GMG in focusing attention and resources on initiatives and programmes that support its digital-first strategy.

Linklaters has advised Dimension Data on the acquisition of parts of the NextiraOne Group. The transaction was approved by the European Commission on 9 January 2014 and executed on 30 January 2014. By acquiring the NextiraOne Group, Dimension Data intends to expand its market position in Europe.

International law firm, Osborne Clarke has advised Actual Experience plc, the analytics as a service company, on its admission to the AIM market (AIM:ACT).

Osborne Clarke has been advising Actual Experience since 2009, the year of its incorporation.

The Osborne Clarke team was led by Partner Patrick Graves who was assisted by Associate James Davies.

Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised incadea plc, a leading provider of enterprise software and services to the global automotive dealership industry, on the acquisition of RC Real Business Solutions GmbH ("RCRBS") for €12.5 million in cash (the "Acquisition") together with an associated placing by the Company's nominated adviser and joint broker, Cenkos Securities plc, of 11,100,000 Ordinary Shares at a Placing Price of 104 pence each to raise £11.5 million before expenses (the "Placing"). N+1 Singer is also acting as joint broker on the Placing.