On 29 September 2015, the extraordinary general meeting of MeVis Medical Solutions AG (MeVis) resolved to approve a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement between MeVis as the controlled company and VMS Deutschland Holdings GmbH (VMS) as the controlling company. VMS, an indirect subsidiary of Varian Medical Systems, Inc., had published a voluntary takeover offer to the shareholders of MeVis on 27 January 2015. Based on the takeover offer, VMS holds around 73.52 percent in MeVis.

Fieldfisher advises Mr. Ivan Berkes on his exit from Dr. Max Pharma Limited.

Following protracted negotiations, Fieldfisher has successfully advised Mr. Ivan Berkes on his exit from Dr. Max Pharma Limited and the Dr. Max Private Label project of the Penta investment group for a confidential sum. Dr. Max Pharma Limited has more than 800 pharmacies in its portfolio and annual revenues of about €650m.

On 15 September 2015, the resolution by the extraordinary General Meeting of Sky Deutschland AG of 22 July 2015 was registered in the commercial register of Sky Deutschland AG in Munich. Thereby, the remaining 3.82% minority shareholdings in Sky Deutschland AG have been transferred to Sky German Holdings GmbH, a subsidiary of

DLA Piper has advised the Commonwealth Department of Defence (Defence) on its AU$665 million military communications network upgrade contract with Boeing Defence Australia (Boeing).

Trowers & Hamlins is pleased to have advised Bouygues UK on the construction contracting for a new central London hospital dedicated to cancer treatment.

Bouygues UK has been awarded a £190 million contract by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to design and build the hospital and work is already underway onsite.  The new facility will be built near University College London Hospital's existing cancer and radiotherapy centre in Bloomsbury and is expected to be ready to receive patients in 2019.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised Bolloré Group on the negotiation and the signature of the concession agreements for the construction and operation of the 1050km rail infrastructures linking Niamey, the capital of the Niger, to Cotonou in Benin.

The agreements were signed on August 13  by the Beninese Prime Minister, Lionel Zinsou, his Nigerien counterpart Brigi Rafini, and Bolloré Group’s CEO of Railways, Thierry Ballard. The project is estimated to be worth €1 billion.

Three members of the management of Swisscanto Vorsorge AG have aquired its advisory service business relating to occupational pensions as part of a management buy-out transaction (MBO).

Swisscanto Vorsorge AG is a subsidiary of the Zurich Cantonal Bank. The managers have set up a new company named Prevanto AG which will offering these services in Zurich (main office), Basel and Lausanne with 30 employees. Prevanto AG will be a leading provider of advisory services relating to occupasional pensions. The consummation of the transaction is planned for Fall 2015.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Australian Unity on its successful A$114 million bid to accept the transfer of the Home Care Service of New South Wales (Home Care).

Home Care provides in-home care services to more than 50,000 clients across New South Wales and has 4000 employees.

Under the conditional agreement with the New South Wales government, staff and clients of Home Care will transfer to Australian Unity. The transfer is expected to be finalised by early 2016.

Glanbia Co-Operative Society recently implemented a spin-out to its members of approximately 10 million Glanbia plc shares worth about €174 million.

The William Fry team advising Glanbia Group on this transaction was led by David Fitzgibbon, who was assisted by Neil O’Gorman and David Jones.

Within the framework of the US program in which it participated voluntarily, Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino has reached a non-prosecution agreement with the US Department of Justice. The bank agreed to pay USD 3.39 million and to further cooperate with US authorities. In return, the US Department of Justice will abstain from criminal prosecution.

Bär & Karrer advised Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino together with the US law firm Caplin & Drysdale. The team included Paolo Bottini and Matthias Bizzarro.