Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. on its strategic acquisition of a 10% interest in JSC R-Pharm, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Russia.

The investment will help R-Pharm contribute to the Russian government's policy to produce more and higher quality drugs domestically, with Mitsui helping R-Pharm to enhance its manufacturing technology and using its networks to accelerate R-Pharm's licensing of new drugs from Japanese, European and American manufacturers.

Eversheds Sutherland France advised the international industrial group Pentair, on the acquisition of the activity operated by Zenius on the site of Carros in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes, France), relating to the marketing of automation and water treatment equipments for pool water.

Pentair is advised on a regular basis by Eversheds Sutherland. For this transaction, the team was led by Catherine Detalle, Of Counsel, and senior associate Charles Bresson.

Were also involved on the transaction:

Paris - PGM Real Estate acquired a 6 000 sqm office building located 42-44 rue de Paradis in Paris 10th arrondissement on behalf of investors of a discretionary pan European core-plus fund. Advisors to BNP Paribas on the financing aspects of this transaction are partner Privat Vigand, and associates Guénaëlle Taroni and Fanny Roiena.

Weil advised companies from the capital groups of PGE, PGNiG, Energa and PFR as well as PGG in connection with the acquisition of mining assets from Katowicki Holding Weglowy.

Vienna, 26 April 2017 – The experts at Wolf Theiss have advised Aachener Grundvermögen in their first real estate investment in Austria. The German company is purchasing a commercial property on St. Stephen's Square in the city centre of Vienna for one of its real estate funds. The property will be transferred in April 2017.

Grand Grade-I Listed Building Acquired By Preservation Trust

The future of England’s largest privately owned home has been secured following a multi-million pound deal which has been advised on by law firm Irwin Mitchell.

A team from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has accepted the “Private Equity Deal of the Year” accolade at the annual IFLR European Awards during a ceremony at the Savoy Hotel in London.

The award recognised HarbourVest’s £806.6 million acquisition of the investment portfolio of SVG Capital as the stand out private equity deal of 2016 in Europe.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a joint venture of institutional investors on the £296 million acquisition of the Olympia London Exhibition Centre from listed London property company Capital & Counties Properties PLC (“Capco”).

Blackstone, the US-based listed multinational private equity, investment banking, alternative asset management and financial services corporation, on the acquistion of the office building Acanthus in Amsterdam Zuidoost for a total value of 123.6 million.

Nabarro has advised Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd on the acquisition of Vauxhall Square London for £157.77m.

The Hong Kong-listed company has exchanged contracts with the seller on 5 April for the acquisition of the 3.4 acre site which is located in the largest regeneration area in central London and has planning permission for a residential-led, mixed-use scheme of approximately 1.5m sq ft.