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Asset Sale: Acquiror's Counsel

KWM advises CIP Capital Fund II, L.P. and Carco Group, Inc. on their cross-border acquisition of the pre-employment screening division from Blue Umbrella

31 Jan 2019
In January 2019, King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”) acted as global lead counsel to the US private equity fund CIP Capital Fund II, L.P. (the “CIP Fund”) on its acquisition of the pre-employment screening (“PES”) division of Blue Umbrella through its portfolio company Cisive (being its trade name).

Clifford Chance advises Orange Capital Partners (OCP) on the acquisition of a significant real estate portfolio from Rubens Capital Partners

31 Jan 2019

Clifford Chance advised Orange Capital Partners (OCP) on the acquisition of a portfolio of around 450 residential properties from Rubens Capital Partners. The deal value of this portfolio is around 90 mln. Clifford Chance advised OCP on the due diligence, acquisition, corporate structuring, acquisition financing and closing of this real estate portfolio.

Shakespeare Martineau advises on land sale for Europa Way scheme

31 Jan 2019

Our commercial property team in Stratford upon Avon supported Galliford Try Partnerships on the land sale for the latest stage of the Europa Way development, between Leamington Spa and Warwick. Shakespeare Martineau advised on the land acquisition and planning aspects of the scheme.

This stage of the development will see a considerable housing boost for the local area and is due to be finalised in six years’ time with an estimated worth of in excess of £100 million.

WFW advises Greencoat on acquisition of CEE’s UK PV portfolio

31 Jan 2019
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Greencoat Capital (“Greencoat”) on its acquisition, via its 25-year fund Greencoat Solar Assets II Limited, of the UK PV portfolio of Germany’s CEE Group.
 
The portfolio comprises the Bicester, Clinton and Homestead PV farms in England, with a total installed capacity of 60.4 MW. CEE will continue to manage the three farms, all of which it acquired from developer BayWa, having opted to divest itself of said assets to focus on its core business in Germany and France.

Dentons advises on the Polish part of a global transaction on the margarine and spreads market

30 Jan 2019
Dentons advised Upfield, a company backed by KKR, a global private equity fund, on the acquisition of a distribution company and production assets in a spreads products factory in Katowice.
 
The transaction was part of KKR's global acquisition of Unilever's margarine and spreads business for more than EU6.8 billion and was one of the largest private equity deals in Europe in 2017.

LATHAM & WATKINS ADVISES ON VIA CÉLERE’S ACQUISITION OF LAND BANK ASSETS FROM AELCA

24 Jan 2019

Via Célere, a Spanish residential property developer owned by investment firm Värde Partners, has acquired the land bank assets of Aelca, another residential developer and asset manager in Spain.

Following the transaction, Via Célere will be the country’s largest residential real estate developer with a gross asset value of over €2.2 billion, positioned to deliver an estimated 2000 housing units in 2019 with the ability to deliver 5000 units by 2021.

Charles Russell Speechlys advises Stonegate Pub Company on its acquisition of Bar Fever Limited and six sites from Novus Leisure

24 Jan 2019

Long standing client Stonegate Pub Company has acquired Bar Fever Limited, which operates 32 venues comprising late night bars located in towns and cities throughout England. The business operates under a variety of trading concepts such as Fever, Boutique, Zinc and Moo Moo.

In addition, Stonegate has exchanged contracts to acquire a further six bars from Novus Leisure. All six bars are in prime central London locations and follow soon after the initial acquisition of 15 bars from Novus’ late night bar division in July 2018.

Greenberg Traurig advises Gewobag on the acquisition of the building complex Pallasseum in Berlin

23 Jan 2019

Greenberg Traurig advised Gewobag, a Berlin-based housing company, on the acquisition of a majority stake in the real estate fund Pallasseum Wohnbauten KG (Pallasseum). The building complex comprises a total of 514 residential units, 16 commercial units as well as 288 parking spaces and is located in the Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district of Berlin. The acquisition represents Gewobag’s first majority stakeholding in a closed-end mutual fund similar in size. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.