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Technology, Media & Telecoms

Norton Rose Fulbright advising AFL broadcaster Pacific Star Network on merger with Crocmedia

02 Feb 2018

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising 1116 SEN radio station owner Pacific Star Network Limited on its merger with Crocmedia.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team assisted in the negotiation of the term sheet, drafted all agreements giving effect to the arrangement, conducted full legal due diligence of Crocmedia and is currently drafting relevant market notices and announcements.

Rural broadband provider transfers to Gigaclear

01 Feb 2018

A team at Bevan Brittan led by Richard Hiscoke, has advised on the sale of the business of Buckinghamshire's rural broadband provider, Aylesbury Vale Broadband (AVB), to Gigaclear, the leading provider of full fibre broadband in rural locations. The deal will enable Gigaclear to serve the seven villages connected through AVB, as well as expand its existing ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network further across Aylesbury Vale.

Dentons advises Georgia’s #1 telecom Silknet on US$153 million acquisition of Geocell

01 Feb 2018

Dentons successfully advised Silknet, Georgia’s largest fixed-line telecommunications company, on the acquisition of Geocell, the second-largest mobile operator in the country. The value of the acquisition was US$153 million.

The acquisition, announced on January 26, 2018, will create the integrated telecom operator in Georgia, combining the broadband, pay TV and fixed line operations of Silknet with the mobile telecommunication activities of Geocell. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2018 after regulatory approvals.

SAP acquires French chatbot start-up Recast.ai

01 Feb 2018

Baker McKenzie has advised SAP, the German software giant which specializes in software and services for businesses, in the context of its acquisition of the start-up Recast.ai.

This transaction will allow SAP to complete its machine learning service offering and is part of the €2 billion investment plan to promote innovation in France which was launched by the software publisher in January 2018.

Dentons advises Georgia’s #1 telecom Silknet on US$153 million acquisition of Geocell

01 Feb 2018

Dentons successfully advised Silknet, Georgia’s largest fixed-line telecommunications company, on the acquisition of Geocell, the second-largest mobile operator in the country. The value of the acquisition was US$153 million.

The acquisition, announced on January 26, 2018, will create the integrated telecom operator in Georgia, combining the broadband, pay TV and fixed line operations of Silknet with the mobile telecommunication activities of Geocell. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2018 after regulatory approvals.