Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. on the issue of up to 6.65 billion new shares to its parent company, China Unicom (BVI) Ltd. for an aggregate subscription price of up to US$11.3 bn  (HK$88.06bn).

The transaction is part of the mixed ownership reform plan being implemented by China United Network Communications Group Co. Ltd. and is the first transaction under China’s mixed ownership reform of state-owned enterprises.

The Charles Russell Speechlys team is pleased to have advised longstanding client IFS, the global enterprise applications company, on the acquisition of mplsystems Limited and Field Service Management Limited.

A team led by Kristina Schneider and Dr. Christoph Schork advised FERNAO Networks Group on the acquisition of Berlin-based globits GmbH and Netzwerk Kommunikationssysteme GmbH, headquartered in Barleben, as well as the expansion of existing financing.
 

We acted as the legal advisor to the shareholders of OptoFidelity Oy in the sale of all the shares in OptoFidelity Oy to Changyuan Group Ltd (China).

OptoFidelity is driven by a passion to innovate and design test and production solutions for mobile devices, sensors and electronics used in smart devices. The company is a global partner for several industry-leading companies. The company is headquartered in Tampere, Finland, with offices in Oulu, Finland, as well as subsidiaries in Silicon Valley, CA, Redmond, WA, and Shenzhen, China.

Vinge has advised Apica in connection with a 12 MUSD funding round, with the goal of helping Apica expand its market presence in the U.S. and Europe outside of the Nordics. Among others OXX, SEB Venture Capital, KTH Chalmers Capital and Industrifonden have participated in the round. Apica is a Swedish company providing internet based services conducting load testing and performance analysis of business critical web applications.

Vinge´s team consisted of Johan Larsson, Martin Cronsioe and Marith Welin-Berger.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Cubic Motion, the award-winning creator of advanced computer vision for digital entertainment, on its significant investment by NorthEdge Capital. NorthEdge Capital manages £540m of private equity funds and typically invests between £5m-£45m.

Ashurst is advising AVEVA Group plc ("AVEVA") on its combination with Schneider Electric SE's ("Schneider Electric") industrial software business ("Schneider Software"), to create a global leader in engineering and industrial software, and return of cash to shareholders.

Ashurst is advising AVEVA Group plc ("AVEVA") on its combination with Schneider Electric SE's ("Schneider Electric") industrial software business ("Schneider Software"), to create a global leader in engineering and industrial software, and return of cash to shareholders.

Ashurst advised Brighte Capital Pty Ltd on its A$4 million capital raise led by Grok Ventures.

Brighte was established in 2015 by Founder and CEO Katherine McConnell and provides on-the-spot finance online for home energy improvement such as solar panels and home batteries.  Grok Ventures is a private investment vehicle established by Atlassian co-founder and co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes'.

Gernandt & Danielsson has advised Catena Media plc in connection with the admission to trading of the company’s shares on Nasdaq Stockholm. The first day of trading was on 4 September 2017.