DLA Piper represented Lantern Entertainment, an affiliate of Lantern Capital Partners, in the launch of Spyglass Media Group LLC, an independent premium content company focused on developing, producing, financing and acquiring motion pictures and television series for worldwide audiences, in partnership with former studio head Gary Barber.

Through the venture, Spyglass will own and control all of Lantern Entertainment's current assets, including a wealth of development projects and more than 250 film library titles, as well as scripted and unscripted television series.

DLA Piper is advising AIM listed telecommunications provider, Manx Telecom plc, on its proposed takeover by Kelion Bidco for a total cash consideration of approximately £255.9 million.

Kelion Bidco is a newly incorporated company owned by infrastructure investment vehicle Basalt Infrastructure Partners.

Under the terms of the acquisition, Manx shareholders will receive 207.1 pence in cash, plus a dividend of 7.9 pence per share, giving a total entitlement of 215 pence per share.

DLA Piper has advised fintech banking start-up 10x Future Technologies (10x) on its £32 million Series B funding round. A number of investors participated in the Series B funding including Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, China’s Ping An and global managing consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

DLA Piper has advised digital advertising firm Ocean Outdoor on its approximately €51 million (£43.5 million) acquisitions of Interbest (Interbest) and Ngage Media (Ngage), two leading digital out-of-home (DOOH) companies operating across the Netherlands.

Interbest is the country's biggest independent roadside operator with 88 digital and static OOH masts in prime locations on the busiest road and motorway networks. Its portfolio covers all the Dutch municipalities including the Randstad megalopolis of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.

Slaughter and May advised Sunrise on the transitional services and migration aspects of its proposed CHF6.3 billion acquisition of UPC Switzerland from Liberty Global plc. The deal is a transformative one for Sunrise and will turn it into a fully converged challenger in Switzerland to Swisscom (the current market leader) with services across the full quadplay (broadband internet access, television, telephone and mobile) range.

Sunrise is a Swiss telecommunications company. UPC Switzerland is a cable operator. Liberty Global plc is a multinational telecommunications company.

INVISION VI has successfully concluded its fundraising at its hardcap of €375 million. Significant support from existing investors, combined with overwhelming interest of new investors led to oversubscription.
The Fund received strong backing from a diverse group of local and global investors, including financial institutions, asset managers, foundations and high net worth individuals.