Together with Friheden Invest and a group of current shareholders, Sampension, one of Denmark’s largest pension providers, has invested a three-figure million DKK amount in the e-commerce company BZT Fashion, which owns and operates Boozt.com.
NautaDutilh assisted Finaccess Capital, S.A. de C.V. in the EUR 270 million takeover of a 31.7% shareholding in AmRest Holdings SE. AmRest Holding is the largest independent chain restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe.
The team was led by Paul van der Bijl and also consisted of Sybren de Beurs, Jules van de Winckel, Pedro Paraguay and Barbara Nijs.
White & Case LLP has advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its agreement to subscribe for 23 percent of the shares of UNIT Investment NV, the power sector development and investment arm of UNIT Investments S.A.
KKR, a leading global private equity investment firm, has agreed to acquire 25% of the shares in SoftwareONE Holding AG, a leading global provider of software portfolio management solutions with more than 25,000 customers in 115 countries. The four founding partners together with the management team will retain a 75% stake in the company. The transaction is subject to merger control approvals and expected to close in fall 2015.
Bruun & Hjejle assists PensionDanmark, Denmark’s largest labor market pension fund, in the investment in Angel Trains, one of Britain's leading train leasing companies. The transaction marks the entry by PensionDanmark into a new infrastructure asset class as part of PensionDanmark’s direct infrastructure investment programme.
SoftwareONE, a global provider of software portfolio management solutions agreed with KKR, a leading global investment firm, on a 25% minority investment in SoftwareONE by investment funds affiliated with KKR. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary approvals and is expected to close in fall 2015.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised an international group of high net worth individuals on their co-investment, alongside Spectrum Equity, in Ethoca’s $45m funding round.
Founded in 2005, Ethoca is the leading global provider of collaboration-based technology that enables card issuers, e-commerce merchants and online businesses to increase card acceptance, stop more fraud, recover lost revenue and eliminate chargebacks.
Taylor Wessing advises Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital on Series B financing for SavingGlobal
A team from Taylor Wessing has advised Index Ventures and Palo Alto-based Ribbit Capital in a recently closed 20 million Euro Series B financing for SavingGlobal, a German startup that enables savers to access the best deposit rates across Europe. The financing was led by Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital, with participation from Yuri Milner and Tom Stafford, bringing the total amount raised to 30 million Euros.
Pinsent Masons advised VC investor eCAPITAL (Münster, Germany) on the growth financing of Sonnenbatterie, a portfolio company of eCAPITAL.
With this round of financing, Sonnenbatterie GmbH receives capital in the high single-digit millions from the investor INVEN Capital. INVEN Capital is thus backing the dynamic growth and the internationalisation of the specialist for intelligent energy storage systems, whose headquarters and roots are in the Allgäu.
Clifford Chance advised Amanat Healthcare and its affiliates on its acquisition of a 35% beneficial interest in Sukoon International Holding CJSC based Jeddah for a consideration of SAR 179.2 million.
Amanat Healthcare operates and invests in the healthcare sector in the Middle East region. Amanat Healthcare's parent, Amanat Holding, is listed on the Dubai Financial Market and is the Middle East's largest integrated healthcare and education company. Sukoon provides extended care and critical care medical facilities to patients and operates a 200-bed facility in Jeddah.