Travers Smith LLP has advised long-standing client TA Associates on the acquisition of the Single Strategy asset management business (the "Single Strategy Business") by a newco funded by TA Associates from Old Mutual Wealth.
Kyiv—Dentons is representing Bojer Innovativ Ingeniør Rådgivning (BIIR), a leading engineering consulting company in Aarhus, Denmark, in connection with the raid of the client’s property in Odessa, Ukraine. BIIR is a foreign investor, which currently employs more than 100 professionals in Odessa and aims to grow to 500 within the next few years.
In spring 2017, BIIR acquired a property in Odessa for US$400,000 for the construction of a new office. In summer 2017, the building was seized as a result of a claim by the former owners.
The Brussels office of Clifford Chance has been advising Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht and its shareholders on the sale of the Anderlecht football club to Alychlo following a process involving multiple bidders.
The team is led by Niek De Pauw, corporate partner, and Wim Aerts, counsel, at Clifford Chance Brussels.
We have been a trusted adviser to RSCA for the past several years and regularly assist them with corporate, commercial, banking & finance and employment law matters.
Real estate OPCI and SCPI investment funds managed by Amundi Immobilier and Primonial Real Estate Investment Management set up a joint venture for the off-plan acquisition of the "Tour Hekla" project, developed jointly by groups Hines and AG Real.
Hekla will be a new iconic 48-floor and 76,000 m²-tower, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. Works will begin in 2018 in the heart of Paris-La Défense, Paris' business district.
Allen & Overy Warsaw advised Banco Santander and its Polish subsidiary Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (BZ WBK) on its acquisition of Deutsche Bank Polska's retail and private banking businesses, excluding its foreign currency mortgage portfolio and including the shares of DB Securities, S.A. (Poland), for an estimated total consideration of EU305 million.
Ashurst advised leading aircrete manufacturer H+H International A/S and its German subsidiary H+H Deutschland GmbH (H+H) on the acquisition of HeidelbergCement Group's German and Swiss silicate unit business (HDKS).
The enterprise value of the transaction amounts to about €110 million. Closing is expected in the first quarter of 2018.
Ashurst is advising Atlantis Resources Limited on its proposed purchase of the entire issued share capital of SIMEC Uskmouth Power Limited from SIMEC UK Energy Holdings Limited ("SIMEC"), a GFG Alliance company.
TLT has advised Conviviality Plc, the drinks and impulse sector's leading independent distributor and owner of Bargain Booze, on its acquisition of the Central Convenience business previously owned by subsidiary of Palmer & Harvey McLane, WS Retail Ltd (in administration).
The offer, which was accepted on 15 December and includes the purchase of 109 owned convenience stores and 18 franchised stores, was funded by a placing of eight million new ordinary shares that are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 19 December 2017.
Clifford Chance Amsterdam has advised Capital Stage AG on the acquisition from Sunstroom Engineering of an approx. 40 MW solar farm to be constructed in Ooltgensplaat, the Netherlands and of an approx. 10 MW solar farm to be constructed in Melissant, the Netherlands. The team also advised on the project financing with funding provided by Rabobank and negotiated the project agreements.
CMS has acted for Fattal Hotels, Israel's largest hospitality organisation, on its acquisition of the 36 hotel operating businesses and brand of the Jurys Inn Group. Pandox AB are acquiring the 20 freehold and long leasehold properties and will grant operating leases to Fattal Hotels. Pandox are also acquiring the property and operations of the Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow hotel. Pandox and Fattal together paid £800 million for the group.