Davis Polk is advising China Resources Beer on its agreement with AB InBev to acquire the 49% interest in China Resources Snow Breweries held by SABMiller for a consideration of $1.6 billion. The acquisition is subject to a number of conditions precedent, including the obtaining of regulatory approval.

China Resources Snow Breweries and its subsidiaries are principally engaged in the production, sales and distribution of beer product, and is currently a 51% subsidiary of China Resources Beer. Shares of China Resources Beer are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

PLMJ assisted the Axpo in the initial acquisition by Axpo Iberia of 25% of the company Gold Energy – Empresa Comercializadora de Energia, S.A. from the Dourogas group. The acquisition was concluded at the end of 2015 / beginning of 2016 and it is already seen as the largest end of your transaction in Portugal, in the Portuguese energy sector.

BSI SA, a Swiss private bank with headquarters in Lugano sold its 49% stake in B-Source SA, a BPO provider headquartered in Bioggio, to Avaloq AG, a financial services and banking software provider headquartered in Zurich, for an undisclosed consideration. The transaction was closed in early February 2016. B-Source SA is soon to be renamed Avaloq Sourcing Switzerland SA.

BSI SA was advised by Lenz & Staehelin in this transaction. The team included Hans-Jakob Diem (Partner), Harold Frey (Partner) and Nicolas Jacquemart (Associate).

DWF has advised RMS International on securing a growth capital investment from BGF to fund infrastructure developments and further expand its global operations.

RMS designs, sources and distributes toys, craft, stationery and licence products to customers throughout the world.  It has offices in Manchester (headquarters), Miami, Boston, Hong Kong, Shanghai and the Netherlands.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised InfraCo Africa in relation to the completion of the sale of its shareholding in Cabeólica, a Cape Verdean wind Independent Power Producer, to the Africa Finance Corporation.

Working jointly with the Government of Cape Verde and Electra S.A.R.L (the national utility), InfraCo Africa provided the initial funding required for Cabeólica to develop a sustainable, commercially viable 25.5MW wind farm across four of Cape Verde’s islands, Boa Vista, Sao Vincente, Sal and Santiago.

Institutional investors and the Swiss energy provider BKW acquired 40% of Fosen Vind DA through Nordic Wind Power DA, a European investor consortium founded by Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG.

A team led by Dr. Jörg Schewe, Partner at the Hamburg office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Rubylight Venture Fund comprehensively on investing in Berlin-based Start-up The Jodel Venture GmbH. Rubylight led the funding round at Jodel, which was completed just before the end of 2015. In addition to Rubylight, Swiss VC house Redalpine also participated in the funding.

De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés (Charles-Edouard Renault, Partner, and Simon Mintz) advised No Money Productions – who produced films such as “Mammuth”, “Le Grand Soir” ou “Near Death Experience” – in the context of the funding and production of the “Saint Amour” movie directed by Benoit Delépine and Gustave de Kervern, for a total budget amounting to 4 million Euros.

DLA Piper represented Roark Capital Group, an Atlanta-based private equity firm, in becoming a strategic investor in Orangetheory® Fitness.

Roark’s investment will go toward supporting Orangetheory®’s rapid national and international growth and improve its systems, processes and service quality. Since launching in 2010, Florida-based Orangetheory® has become one of the world’s top fitness franchises, with more than 360 studios in seven countries.

Hong Kong - Paul Hastings advised Horizons Ventures Limited as a lead investor in a US$55 million Series A financing of Blockstream, a leading innovator in blockchain and related technologies. As part of the funding, Horizons has joined the Board of Directors.