Clifford Chance is advising long-time client The Hearst Corporation on its acquisition of the magazine and book businesses of Rodale Inc., a health and wellness content company that publishes Men's Health, Women's Health, Prevention, Runner's World, Bicycling, and other titles in the US and around the world. The deal was announced on October 18, 2017. Transaction terms have not been disclosed.
Osborne Clarke advises digital marketing communications company Investis on its acquisition of ZOG Digital.
Backed by private equity firm, ECI Partners, Investis is a leading digital communications company based in London and New York. The move expands the ability of Investis to provide integrated corporate communications solutions to the world’s most successful companies. They currently have more than 2,000 global clients supported by 500 staff.
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised PlusServer Group, a member of BC Partners, on the acquisition of Nexinto group. The transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities.
International law firm Hogan Lovells has advised Synopsys in its acquisition of Sidense Corporation, a leading provider of one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) for automotive, mobile, industrial, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
McDermott Düsseldorf lawyers advised on the Hahn Group’s purchase from investment manager Rockspring of a Real Hypermarket warehouse in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Rees for 15.5 million euros plus acquisition costs.
With a team led by Frankfurt-based partner Dr. Günther M. Bredow and comprising members from several offices, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Janoschka group on entering into an investment agreement with a financial investor and management. The group's parent company, Janoschka Assets GmbH & Co. KG, that has previously been family-owned will initially be converted into a stock corporation. In a further step, Süd Beteiligungen GmbH (SüdBG) and management of Janoschka group intend to acquire a stake in the future Janoschka AG.
Loyens & Loeff advised SQLI Group, a France-based listed company that provides e-business software solutions, IT consulting and system integration services, on the acquisition of a 70% stake in Osudio Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based international digital agency that provides digital strategy, user experience and design, optimisation and IT services.
COSMO CONSULT is currently very active in the sphere of M&A transactions. CMS has advised the international COSMO CONSULT Group on its recent acquisition of the Austrian Microsoft partner FWI, providing legal and tax advice throughout the whole process.
Shearman & Sterling represented Interoute Finco on its new €640 million term loan facility agreement. Interoute Finco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Interoute Communications. Part of the net proceeds from the new term loan was used to fund the redemption in full of Interoute's existing €350 million senior secured notes due 2020. Interoute is the owner operator of Europe's largest network and a global cloud services platform.
Mills & Reeve has advised Indigo Telecom Group, in the acquisition of Belcom247 bringing the two long-standing telecoms specialists together and expanding their capabilities on a global scale.
Indigo Telecom Group specialise in the design, build, supply, management and maintenance of telecoms networks across the world and Belcom247 focus on field engineering and data centre connectivity solutions. The new company will provide mission critical network installation and maintenance services to many major data centres across Europe and Asia.