Osborne Clarke has advised leading US-based imaging services company inviCRO, LLC (Invicro) on its acquisition of Imanova Limited, creating a global provider of imaging services and analytics across the entire drug development pipeline.

Founded in 2011 through a unique joint venture between the MRC, Imperial College London, Kings College London and University College London, Imanova is a world leader in the development of novel imaging biomarkers and analysis techniques and their application in clinical academic research and translational drug development.

Pinsent Masons has advised videantis GmbH, a leading supplier of visual computing solutions, on a growth financing round led by eCAPITAL.

DLA Piper has advised Service-Telecom, a leader in the telecoms tower infrastructure market in the Moscow Region, on the acquisition of a 100% stake in Link Development, the leading telecoms tower company in Northwest Russia.

As the first strategic acquisition of a tower company in the Russian telecom market, this transaction is a very important step in implementing Service-Telecom's strategy to become a leader on a national scale in the Russian telecom market.

Taylor Wessing has advised its new client Onfido - one of the UK’s leading identity verification providers - on its $30m series C round financing led by Crane Ventures with support from Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Idinvest and Wellington Partners and other investors.

Orrick advised Norwegian mobile telecom company Telenor ASA (OSL: TEL) on its registered offering of 90 million shares in VEON Ltd. (formerly known as VimpelCom Ltd.) (NASDAQ: VEON; Euronext Amsterdam: VEON) in the form of common shares and American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at a public offering price of $4.15 per ADS/share. Telenor received $365 million in net proceeds in the transaction, which closed on September 25. The transaction represents 5.1% of VEON's total outstanding shares and leaves Telenor with approximately 256.7 million VEON ADSs (14.6% of VEON's outstanding shares).

Davis Polk is advising Nets A/S on certain U.S. aspects of an approximate $5.3 billion takeover offer from Hellman & Friedman. The offer represents a 27% premium to the Nets’ share price on June 30, 2017, the day before Nets confirmed it had received takeover approaches.

Clifford Chance has advised Imagination Technologies Group PLC (Imagination), an independent IP licensing business, in respect of a Takeover Code-governed offer for Imagination by a subsidiary of funds managed by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, LLC (the Offer).

Clifford Chance has also advised Imagination in respect of the sale of its MIPS division to Tallwood MIPS, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tallwood Venture Capital); a class 2 transaction under the Listing Rules and which was announced simultaneously with the Offer.

Orrick advised leading emerging markets telecom and digital media company Millicom International Cellular in its issue of a $500 million, 10-year, 5.125% bond issued under Rule 144A/Regulation S, and its $600 million tender and redemption of its existing 6.625% bonds.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Cardihab, an innovative smartphone app used for remote management of patients who have experienced a heart-related health scare, on its spin-out from CSIRO and Series A financing round.
 
Cardihab is part of CSIRO's new "ON" start-up accelerator, which is making science market-ready to allow medical technologies to deliver national benefit faster.
 
The KWM team was led by Partner Scott Bouvier and supported by Senior Associate Anthony Boogert.

O’Melveny represented HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, in its agreement to acquire Mercury Security, an OEM supplier of controllers for physical access control. Mercury’s intelligent controllers, interface boards, and software perfectly complement HID’s industry-leading readers, smart cards, and mobile IDs for opening doors. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, is expected to close by Q4 2017.