The international law firm Taylor Wessing has advised General Catalyst on the Series C financing round in Contentful. Together with the existing investors Benchmark, Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital, around 28 million US dollars were invested in the company which was founded by Sascha Konietzke in May 2014; a total of approximately 45 million US dollars was channelled into the company.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is representing Cyfrowy Polsat Group in the acquisition of a block of approximately 32% of shares in Netia from two major shareholders, with the total purchase price amounting to PLN 638.8 million, and in connection with the announcement of a tender offer in order to achieve 66% of the total number of votes at the General Meeting of Netia.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Cyfrowy Polsat Group in the acquisition of 100% of shares in companies owning the Eska TV, Eska TV Extra, Eska Rock, Polo TV and Vox Music TV channels from ZPR Media Group, and 34% of the shares in the company owning the Fokus TV and Nova TV stations, as well as in connection with the preliminary agreement to purchase a further 15% of shares in this company in the future. The total value of the transaction is approximately PLN 103 million and it will be financed from the Group’s own funds.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Marguerite, a leading European investment management firm, which recently launched Marguerite II, a pan-European infrastructure fund with commitments in excess of €700 million. The fund will focus on investments in renewables, energy, transport and digital infrastructure and is a successor fund to the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure. It will invest in the EU 28 member states and pre-accession countries.
DLA Piper has advised CMH Growth Fund as the lead investor in the Series C financing of Ymatou, a leading e-commerce platform in China.
De Brauw advised TMG concerning two transactions: (i) the sale of Talpa's shareholding in TMG to Mediahuis and (ii) the sale of TMG's participation in Talpa Radio to Talpa.
Client name
Telegraaf Media Groep N.V.
Other parties involved
Mediahuis NV, Talpa Holding N.V.
Nature of transaction
Cleary Gottlieb is representing D’Ieteren SA in the proposed sale of a 40 percent interest in Belron to an acquisition vehicle capitalized by funds managed by Clayton Dubilier & Rice.
Based on a binding offer from CD&R that values Belron at €3 billion (including debt), the parties have entered into exclusive negotiations with a view to signing definitive documentation upon completion of applicable employee information and consultation processes.
Gilbert + Tobin are thrilled to have advised Quadrant Private Equity on its strategic investment in Timezone Family Entertainment Centres and its recent sale of The Real Pet Food Company (RPFC).
The sale of The Real Pet Food Company comes just over two years after Quadrant acquired the business, a deal that G+T also acted on, investing significantly in the operations and new product development along with international expansion.
A cutting-edge food waste tech start-up has raised $7.4m to boost its international expansion, in an investment deal advised on by national law firm Shoosmiths.
Winnow, whose intelligent kitchen technology has already been adopted by firms such as Ikea, Sofitel and Compass Group, raised the investment in a round led by Circularity Capital, Mustard Seed and D-Ax.
Shoosmiths corporate partner Steve Barnett, assisted by solicitor Helen Burnell and trainee solicitor Hannah Short, advised Winnow on the investment.
McDermott Will & Emery has advised Abénex, the leading private equity group, on its acquisition of a minority stake in Premista Group. Premista specializes in the intermediation of banking transactions and payment services. The leveraged buy-out will facilitate the Premista Group in its ongoing development.
The transaction was financed with both bank indebtedness and equity funds provided by Abénex.