DLA Piper advised Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and Houston-based Haymaker Minerals & Royalties LLC and Haymaker Resources LP in the sale of oil and gas mineral and royalty interests to Kimbell Royalty Partners LP for approximately US$404 million in a transaction comprised of cash and stock.

Founded in 2013, Haymaker has invested capital on behalf of Kayne Anderson and KKR & Co. LP to acquire over five million gross mineral acres through more than 700 individual transactions.

King & Spalding advises Orion Capital Managers on the sale of the office property “Office 3001” in Hamburg for a transaction volume of €56 million. The 23.310-square-meter office building was acquired by the German real estate company TLG Immobilien AG.

King & Spalding acted for the seller of the property, a subsidiary of Orion European Real Estate Fund IV, C.V., which is sponsored by Orion Capital Managers. The Frankfurt-based team included senior counsel Michael Prinz zu Löwenstein and associate Michael Debesay.

International legal business DWF has advised the management team of Kindertons on the acquisition of the business by ExamWorks, a portfolio company of Leonard Green & Partners from Sovereign Capital Partners.

DLA Piper has advised the Whelan family in relation to the acquisition of Wigan Athletic Football Club by International Entertainment Corporation. The transaction is subject to approval from the English Football League and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

William Fry has acted for NAMA receiver, in the sale of Boland’s Quay, a c.400,000 square feet mixed use office retail and residential scheme situate at the iconic Boland’s Mill site in Dublin’s docklands, to global tech giant Google.  The development is one of the largest and most significant urban regeneration projects being undertaken within Dublin city centre. This is one of the few NAMA funded projects.  Since the development project at the site received planning permission in July 2015, NAMA has provided funding for demolition and enabling works.

Slaughter and May is advising Ascential plc on the proposed class 1 disposal of its Exhibitions and Events business to ITE Group plc for £300 million.  The deal, announced on 15 May 2018, will complete in July 2018 pending satisfaction of conditions precedent, including shareholder approval and completion of ITE’s rights issue to fund the consideration.

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