CMS has advised on the arrangement of bilateral senior debt facilities to support LoopUp in its acquisition of conferencing services provider MeetingZone. The acquisition, which is worth around £61.4m, constitutes a reverse takeover.

LoopUp is a premium remote meetings solution that makes it easier to collaborate in real time. Its acquisition of MeetingZone supports its mission to transition mainstream conference callers away from ‘dialling in’ with phone numbers and access codes to a better, more productive remote meeting experience.

BCLP has advised existing client Gett, the global on-demand mobility company, on a US$80m equity fundraise from existing shareholders.

The transaction required close collaboration between Gett’s General Counsel, Shana Hook, the BCLP London and Moscow offices and local counsel in Gett’s other jurisdictions (covering The Netherlands, the US, Israel and Cyprus).

The BCLP team was led by Daisy Reeves, Derek Hrydziuszko and Stewart Anderson.

We represented the shareholders of ITaito Oy in a transaction in which all shares of ITaito Oy were sold to Dustin Finland Oy, a subsidiary of the Swedish listed company Dustin Group.

Baker McKenzie advised UVita GmbH (future Vivy GmbH) on the tendering procedure "Electronic health platform" of BITMARCK Software GmbH, the leading provider of IT in the field of health insurances, substitute funds and trade guild health insurances. The start-up company prevailed against competitors with its healthcare app "Vivy" in an European-wide procurement procedure and won the contract.

Dechert LLP served as legal advisor to long-time client SK hynix Inc., a Korean memory chip maker, on its role in the acquisition of Japan-based Toshiba Corporation's  NAND flash memory and solid-state drive business, now known as Toshiba Memory Corp. SK hynix was part of the purchasing consortium led by US private equity firm Bain Capital that also included Apple Inc. and Dell Technologies. Valued at US$18 billion, this transaction closed on June 1, 2018. According to Thomson Reuters, it's the fourth largest private equity-backed M&A deal since the financial crisis of 2008.

The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT advised GUS Holding GmbH, Cologne on two transactions:

    Acquisition of 100 % of the shares in GUS Finanz AG with registered offices in St. Gallen, Switzerland from Mr Peter Imthurn and
    Acquisition of all partnership interests and shares in K+H Software GmbH & Co. KG, Germering/Munich from the partners Arne Claßen, Reinhard Hahn and Wolfgang Ruf.

The parties have agreed to keep the transaction volume confidential.

International law firm Pinsent Masons Germany LLP has advised STS Group AG on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard).

STS Group AG, one of the world's leading system suppliers of interior and exterior parts for commercial vehicles and subsidiaries of mutares AG, has successfully completed its IPO.

The company listed on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) on June 1, 2018. The placement volume including the greenshoe option was approximately EUR 55 million.