Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised British drilling contractor, GeoSonic Drilling Ltd (“GeoSonic”) in connection with its acquisition of the on-going business of the coring activity of COFOR (Entrepose Drilling).
Z Capital Group, L.L.C. announced on December 11, 2015 that its private equity management arm, Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. has acquired the historic Waldhaus Flims Mountain Resort & Spa in Flims. Z Capital Group plans to maintain the property's storied heritage while enhancing the resort to a five-star luxury hotel, restoring the Waldhaus Flims to a dominant position in the Swiss market. "We are delighted to have acquired the iconic Waldhaus Flims hotel in Switzerland," said James Zenni, President and Chief Executive Officer of Z Capital Group.
The Glasgow corporate team of national legal business DWF has advised Capita plc on its £14m acquisition of PayPoint plc’s online payments business, comprising of PayPoint.net and Metacharge.
PayPoint’s online payment businesses offer a secure and integrated payment platform and solutions for payment card security, fraud risk management and payment reporting.
DLA Piper advised funds advised by affiliates to Partners Group AG on the (indirect) acquisition of three commercial real estate properties in Poland. The acquisition was conducted by a Luxembourg acquisition vehicle and structured as a mixed share and asset deal pursuant to Luxembourg and Polish law, respectively. The commercial real estate properties were sold by a fund advised by an affiliate of Peakside Capital Advisors AG. The existing Peakside property management team will continue to manage the commercial real estate properties.
Clifford Chance advised Canadian property investor Brookfield Property Partners on the acquisition of the Potsdamer Platz portfolio in Berlin.
Olswang advised Groupe Bertrand, the majority stakeholder in Burger King France, on its acquisition of hamburger restaurant chain Quick from Qualium Investissement, (CDC Groupe), which was announced in September 2015 with the opening of exclusive negotiations.
Dechert LLP advised Bob Martin (UK) Limited, a leading international brand name in pet care and wellness, in the purchase of Nestlé’s pet care accessories and rawhides business in France, Italy and Spain.
Bob Martin and Nestlé executed a put option in June 2015 enabling Nestlé to sell the business to Bob Martin upon completion of all the information and consultation processes of Nestlé’s relevant works’ councils.
Vinge has advised Bilia AB in connection with the acquisition of Arnold Kontz BMW and Mini business operations in Luxembourg. The operations account for approximately 50 per cent of the total number of BMW sales in Luxembourg. The acquired business has a turnover of approximately SEK 1.1 billion and has 147 employees.
Vinge’s team was led by partner Magnus Pauli.
Gide advises Guerbet, a pioneer in the field of contrast agents for medical imaging, on the completion of the acquisition of US leading specialty biopharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt’s Contrast Media and Delivery Systems business (CMDS).
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel (BFCM) alongside De Pardieu Brocas Maffei on the acquisition of GE’s Equipment Finance and Receivable Finance businesses in France and Germany which have combined net earnings assets of over $10 billion following a competitive auction process. GE Capital’s Commercial Lending and Leasing (CLL) platforms in France and Germany provide factoring and leasing products and services to a broad range of commercial customers.