Hogan Lovells is advising Synopsys in its pending acquisition of Burlington, Massachusetts-based automated solutions and open source software provider, Black Duck Software, Inc. Additional information on the transaction can be found here.
McDermott Dusseldorf lawyers advised on a transaction in which Germany’s Hahn Group acquired a North Rhine-Westphalia as part of an asset deal for $15.5 million. Seller was a fund of investment manager Rockspring.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Mycronic AB, a listed Swedish high-tech company, on its acquisition of French technology company, Vi Technology, from Neptune Group and other financial shareholders. The transaction was completed on October 27, 2017.
CMS has advised longstanding client Halma plc on its acquisition of the Mini-Cam group, a specialist in remote equipment that visually monitors sewage and wastewater systems, for consideration of up to £85m.
Halma plc is a FTSE 120 UK-based international manufacturing group specialising in health, safety and environmental products. The deal is an important acquisition for Halma and will strengthen its water product offering and intellectual property within the Environment & Analysis sector.
Paul, Weiss represented leading computer and printer maker HP Inc. in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s global printer business.
Davis Polk advised Comodo Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in its certificate authority business by Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland advised Nokia Solutions and Networks Sp. z o.o. in establishing a consortium for a tender procedure for PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA concerning the construction of the ERTMS/GSM-R system on railway lines. The multi-billion-zloty project is one of the key modernization projects of the Polish railways and one of the largest projects of this type on the Polish market.
CMS has advised ABB on the acquisition of Tekomar Group Ltd headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland. ABB will further develop Tekomar's digital solution for engine analytics and advisory systems enabling better performance for marine customers. Advancing ABB capabilities in performance modelling and analysis, this acquisition will also further extend the group's ABB AbilityTM portfolio of digital products and services.
The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2017.
TLT has advised Swiss headquartered Annuity Management AG on its acquisition of contract rescue and renewal management specialist and HP Enterprise partner, Support Warehouse.
Together with Annuity Management's subsidiary Tesedi, the deal means that the Annuity Management Group can now offer its customers a fully-integrated, end-to-end service for the management, renewal and recovery of service and maintenance contracts.
International legal business DWF has advised software and communications company CloudCall Group plc on a successful fundraising of over £5million which will allow the company to accelerate and introduce new product development initiatives.
The AIM-listed company raised the money via a placing of shares with institutional and existing investors. The transaction was oversubscribed and represented a 5.3 per cent discount to the company's closing price.