Silicon Valley, 20 September 2018 – Hogan Lovells is advising Adobe in its acquisition of Marketo, the market-leading cloud platform for B2B marketing engagement, for US$4.75 billion. This acquisition brings together the richness of Adobe Experience Cloud analytics, content, personalization, advertising and commerce capabilities with Marketo’s lead management and account-based marketing technology to provide B2B companies with the ability to create, manage and execute marketing engagement at scale.

Storytel AB (publ), with its shares traded on the Spotlight Stock Market, has resolved on a directed share issue which will provide the company with gross proceeds of approximately SEK 500 million. Storytel has a market cap of approximately SEK 6 billion.

Storytel intends to use the net proceeds from the directed share issue to enable geographic expansion, in existing markets and the new regions Latin America and Asia.

CFIUS concluded that there are no unresolved national security issues with respect to Atos' pending acquisition of Syntel.

Arnold & Porter's London and US Corporate team has advised Williams Lea Tag, the leading independent global marketing activation partner, on the acquisition of Taylor James, a leading digital production studio. Williams Lea Tag is the leading independent marketing activation partner trusted by global brands worldwide to turn creative ideas into reality. Taylor James, with a network across North America and Europe, offers high-end CGI, animation, design, and VFX in a variety of sectors.

Simpson Thacher represented RELX Group plc (“RELX Group”) in the simplification of its corporate structure under which its previous dual parent company structure has been simplified to a single parent company, RELX PLC. In particular, Simpson Thacher represented RELX Group in its registered share exchange with respect to RELX PLC Shares (represented by RELX PLC ADSs) issued to RELX NV Shareholders and RELX NV ADS holders in exchange for their RELX NV Shares and RELX NV ADSs, respectively.

Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has advised Campana Group on a US$80 million investment round led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd.