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Technology, Media & Telecoms

Case Management Specialist iCasework Acquired By Civica

03 Oct 2018

London-based case management software specialist, iCasework, has been acquired by Civica UK Limited.

Established in 1998, iCasework specialises in SaaS applications for case management, providing cloud software for enterprise complaints management, correspondence management and information request handling including in support of GDPR.

Its products are used by more than 100 customers in the UK, Australia and the USA to handle millions of cases annually, across national and local government, financial services and a range of other markets.

Dentons Morocco advises DabaDoc on the opening of its share capital to AXA Assurance Morocco

03 Oct 2018

Casablanca—Dentons Morocco has advised DabaDoc, the Moroccan healthtech startup, on the opening of its share capital to AXA Assurance Morocco.

Axa Assurance Morocco becomes the first institutional investor of DabaDoc since the launch of the technology platform. This capital increase will further strengthen the presence of the Moroccan startup in its current markets and allow it to expand its range of services.

Dabadoc is a digital platform that helps find nearby doctors and facilitates doctors’ appointments online.

Milbank Advises FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE in Relation to its Refinancing

28 Sep 2018

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE in relation to its refinancing of an existing € 580 Million facilities agreement.

The new facilities agreement reduces the borrowing costs of FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE and provides more independence for future transactions in order to implement the growth strategy in print and digital business.

DLA Piper advises exceet Group on sale of its micro- and optoelectronics company AEMtec

28 Sep 2018

DLA Piper has advised the exceet Group on the sale of their portfolio company AEMtec GmbH - the Berlin based micro- and optoelectronics company - to Mellifera Neunundzwanzigste Beteiligungsgesellschaft. The buyer is controlled by capiton V GmbH & Co. KG, a fund belonging to the private equity company capiton. The completion of the transaction is subject to clearance by the appropriate cartel authorities.

Dentons advises the European DataWarehouse in the establishment of an EU securitization repository

27 Sep 2018

Frankfurt—Global law firm Dentons has advised the European DataWarehouse (ED) to support it in becoming the world’s leading securitization repository under the new EU Securitization Regulation which aims to create a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised (STS) securitization. Under the new regulation certain transaction-related information must be reported to securitization repositories.

DLA Piper advises India's second largest IT services firm Infosys on the acquisition of Fluido

27 Sep 2018

DLA Piper has advised Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, on the acquisition of Finland-based Fluido Oy (“Fluido”), one of the largest Salesforce (software company) consulting partners in Europe. This acquisition strengthens Infosys’ position as a leading Salesforce enterprise cloud services provider, and enhances its ability to provide clients an unparalleled cloud-first transformation.

Gowling WLG advises autonomous vehicle software developer Oxbotica over multimillion pound funding boost

27 Sep 2018

International law firm Gowling WLG have advised client Oxbotica on its £14 million investment to accelerate the autonomous vehicle company's international growth strategy.

Following advisory from Gowling WLG's Corporate, Finance and Tax team, mobile autonomy software developer Oxbotica has secured funds from three leading investors: IP Group plc, Parkwalk Advisors and AXA XL (formerly XL Catlin).

BEITEN BURKHARDT Advises the Fintech awamo on Execution of a Seven-Digit Financing Round

26 Sep 2018

The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT provided advice to the Frankfurt FinTech awamo GmbH also during its third seed financing round. With this seven-digit investment the financing volume of awamo could be further extended. The parties have agreed not to disclose the exact amount of these participating interests.

Osborne Clarke advises long-standing client NewVoiceMedia on $350m Vonage acquisition

26 Sep 2018

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has jointly advised NewVoiceMedia, an industry-leading cloud contact centre-as-a-service provider, on its acquisition by Vonage Holdings for an equity price of $350 million. Osborne Clarke worked alongside Weil, Gotshal & Manges and also advised the management team on the process.

The acquisition combines Vonage’s robust solutions with NewVoiceMedia’s pure-play cloud contact centre offerings, providing an end-to-end communication experience for a company’s employees and customers.

King & Wood Mallesons assists Qutoutiao in its US IPO, rewriting the record as the rapidest Chinese internet enterprise to go public

26 Sep 2018

On September 14, 2018 EST, Qutoutiao Inc. (“Qutoutiao”, NASDAQ: QTT) made its debut on the NASDAQ. Qutoutiao priced its IPO of 12 million American depositary shares (ADSs) (excluding the green-shoe option) at US$7 per ADS to raise approximately US$84 million. As the first US listed mobile content aggregator in China, Qutoutiao took only 27 months to be listed from its establishment, setting the record as the rapidest Chinese internet enterprise to go public.