Slaughter and May advised Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ('Bloomsbury') on the acquisition of Hart Publishing Ltd ('Hart'), the Oxford-based legal publisher, from the management shareholders. The initial consideration of £6.5 million (which is subject to working capital adjustments) was paid in cash on completion. A further cash consideration of up to a maximum of £0.5 million will be payable on the achievement of certain revenue and title number targets for the period ending 31 March 2014.

Completion of the acquisition was announced on 2 September 2013.

Charles Russell LLP’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications team have advised Comux UK Ltd (Comux), a community-owned business appointed by Ofcom to build and operate local TV broadcasting infrastructure, on the launch of Local TV, the brand that will be the public face of the UK’s local television service.

The Open-Xchange AG, Nurenberg, Germany, made a financing round under which United Internet Ventures AG, Montabaur, Germany, has acquired shares in the company.

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Open-Xchange with regard to corporate, tax and financial aspects of the transaction.

Ashurst advised finance investor Equistone Partners Europe Limited ("Equistone") on the sale of German IT technology distributor Computerlinks Group ("Computerlinks") to Arrow ECS. The completion of the transaction is still subject to approval by the relevant anti-trust authorities.

European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse advised Elsevier Limited (part of Reed Elsevier), a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Woodhead Publishing Limited.

Davis Polk advised ARM Holdings plc in connection with the acquisition by ARM Limited of Sensinode Oy. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

DLA Piper has advised DOCOMO Deutschland GmbH (DDL), a subsidiary of the Japanese mobile service provider NTT DOCOMO, Inc., on the acquisition of the Austrian trading solution provider fine trade gmbh. The transaction comprises the acquisition of all shares in fine trade gmbh from its current shareholders.

Jones Day advised SAP AG in connection with its acquisition of hybris AG. With this transaction, SAP empowers businesses to deliver relevant, contextual, and consistent experiences for customers across all their digitally-enabled interactions. The transaction was subject to clearances by relevant regulatory authorities and other customary closing conditions.

In addition to M&A representation, Jones Day provided antitrust, intellectual property, employee benefits, regulatory, and tax advice regarding this matter.

Shearman & Sterling represented Viacom Inc. in connection with a $500 million issue of Viacom’s 2.500% Senior Notes due 2018, a $1.25 billion issue of Viacom’s 4.250% Senior Notes due 2023 and a $1.25 billion issue of Viacom’s 5.850% Senior Debentures due 2043.

Headquartered in New York, Viacom is among the world’s leading global entertainment content companies.

A Travers Smith team led by Senior Partner Chris Hale has advised the management team on the buyout of uSwitch.com, backed by LDC. A leader in the UK price comparison market, uSwitch.com was ranked the top website by Hitwise, the online competitive intelligence service, in the 'Business and Finance - Utilities' category last year.

The Travers Smith team also included Corporate Associate: Joanna Roberts, Tax Partner: Kathleen Russ and Tax Associate: Richard Wild.