Stibbe has acted as counsel to Amundi in connection with the acquisition of the Dutch part of the €1 bn Aqua pan-European office portfolio from Union Investment Real Estate.

Dentons’ Real Estate team acted as legal counsel to Crestyl on the acquisition of a company owning several buildings on Wenceslas Square, a prime location in Prague, for further development of a mixed-use (office and retail) property scheme.

Dentons’ Real Estate team acted as legal counsel to Crestyl on the acquisition of a company owning several buildings on Wenceslas Square, a prime location in Prague, for further development of a mixed-use (office and retail) property scheme. The project, also referred to as Savarin Palace, was sold by Ballymore Properties.

Ashurst advised Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland AG ("Aberdeen") on the purchase of a residential project on Karlsbader Platz 2-28 in Wiesbaden for one of its special funds for institutional investors. The project which is Aberdeen's second investment in the state capital of Hesse was sold by Hanseatic Wiesbaden GmbH, a project company of Hanseatic Group. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Gide advised Cisco, worldwide leader in information technologies listed on NASDAQ, on the French law aspects relating to the envisaged sale of its Connected Devices business (connected home terminals and video solutions) to Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the Media & Entertainment sector listed on Euronext Paris. The sale is valued at approximately 550 million euros.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced its agreement with Allergan to acquire Allergan’s Generic Drug Unit and its withdrawal of its expression of interest to acquire Mylan.  In a public statement, Mylan's Executive Chairman Robert J. Coury congratulated Teva on its agreement with Allergan and stated that Mylan’s strategic focus including its commitment to acquire Perrigo Company remains unchanged.

The ink is now dry on the agreement for our client Atterbury Group (in partnership with other foreign investors) to acquire the Shacolas Emporium Park (including the Mall of Cyprus) and the Mall of Engomi at a gross property value of approximately € 180 million from the Nicosia-based Shacolas Group. The Mall of Cyprus and the Mall of Engomi are Nicosia’s most popular retail developments, with an aggregate lettable area of more than 60,000 square metres and a range of popular outlets including IKEA.

The Real Estate department in the Sheffield office of law firm Irwin Mitchell has acted for the Academy of Social Sciences in acquiring prestigious offices in London’s Finsbury Square.
 
Established in the early 1980s, the Academy of Social Sciences is the national academy of academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences. It is a member funded subscription organisation and has the mission to promote the social sciences in the United Kingdom for the public benefit.
 

Noerr has advised Deutsche Telekom AG on the takeover of 7,000 mobile network sites from Telefónica Deutschland. The interdisciplinary Noerr team was headed by the Düsseldorf corporate partners Dr Jens Liese and Dr Maurice Séché and the Berlin telecommunications law partner Dr Tobias Frevert.

A team of Noerr lawyers has advised Telekom Deutschland GmbH on the acquisition of several frequencies in the 3.5 GHz spectrum. The seller is DBD Deutsche Breitband Dienste GmbH, in which the British financial investor Shore Capital Group has a majority holding.

Telekom is acquiring the national and six regional frequencies from DBD in a share deal.

Advisors to Telekom Deutschland GmbH: Noerr

DWF has advised Bladnoch Distillery Limited on its acquisition of Bladnoch Distillery in South West Scotland, which marks the return of distilling in Galloway after six years of non-production.

The new company, Bladnoch Distillery Limited, is spearheaded by Australian entrepreneur David Prior with support from non-executive Gavin Hewitt, former chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association.