Squire Patton Boggs has advised Sheffield Wednesday Football Club and its owner Milan Mandaric on the sale of the club to Thai businessman Dejphon Chansiri, whose family controls the Thai Union Group, the world’s largest producer of tuna as well as one of the largest general seafood producers worldwide.
Advising Triumph International in connection with the sale of 100% of the shares of its men underwear brand HOM as well as other assets relating to HOM activity to the Austrian company Huber Verwaltungs GmbH, subsidiary of Huber Holdings, manufacturer, with hundred years of history, which is very present in the German-speaking countries and on the American continent.
With this acquisition, Huber will expand its geographical coverage while adopting a premium offer.
LETT has assisted Scanlines in its sale of the Elsinore-Helsingborg ferry route. LETT's assistance encompassed finance-law issues.
Today, the ferry route is run by a joint venture of Scanlines and Stena Lines, each holding 50%. At the end of January 2015, First State takes over the route operations - supported by Scanlines and Stena Line in the beginning. The five ferries sailing the route are all included in the agreement, and the route will continue to be marketed under the name Scanlines Elsinore-Helsingborg.
REXEL, a french group specialized in the distribution of electrical supplies, sold parts of it's czech buisness to family owned ELEKTRO S.M.S. International law firm Wolf Theiss advised on sell-side.
Ashurst has advised on the £680 million sale of the Jurys Inn hotel chain to US private equity group Lone Star. The business, which has four hotels in London, another 21 across the UK, five in Ireland and one in Prague, has been sold less than two years after restructuring its debt, in relation to which Ashurst also acted.
Setterwalls has advised the shareholders on the sale of Thorskog Slott & Konferens AB to Preservo Invest AB. Thorskog Slott & Konferens organizes i.a. conferences, parties and weddings at the castle. Over the years, Mikhail Gorbachev and George Bush Sr. among others, have stayed at the castle and in 2009 and 2010 the TV series "Stjärnorna på slottet" was produced there. The buyer intends to continue and refine the business operated by the previous owner.
Setterwalls' team consisted of Torsten Leman, Niklas Eskilsson and Fanny Cukierman.
Eolus Vind AB, one of the leading wind power developers in Sweden, has agreed to sell 29 wind turbines in southwestern Sweden to Swiss electric utility ewz for EUR 95 million. The 60-MW deal is the single largest in the history of Eolus.
Founded in 1990, Eolus has constructed nearly 470 wind turbines of the approximately 3 000 wind turbines operating in Sweden. The Eolus Group currently owns and operates an installed capacity of 88 MW with an estimated annual electricity production of 232 GWh. Eolus shares are listed on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm.
Advising Urbis Park in connection with the sale and lease-back transaction to Bouwfonds European Real Estate Parking Fund II (BEREPF II) of two car parks located in Paris and Lyon, through a sale and lease-back transaction.
Ashurst has advised the seller on the disposal of a portfolio of 'Apart-Hotels' and one residential complex in London to Starwood Capital for £206 million. The properties are located in two of London's top emerging submarkets: Tower Bridge/Bermondsey and Earls Court/Kensington. The transaction is a rare example of companies exiting administration after successfully paying their creditors in full following completion of creditors' voluntary arrangements.
Clifford Chance has advised IVG Institutional Funds on the sale of the "Silberturm" property in Frankfurt (Jürgen-Ponto-Platz 1) and the adjacent building at Gallusanlage 8 as part of a share deal. The property was sold by an investment consortium led by IVG Institutional Funds. The buyer is an Asian investor syndicate managed by Hines. The parties have agreed not to disclose any details of the purchase price.