P+P advised the Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH with regard to a series B financing round for GNA Biosolutions GmbH. The existing shareholders include Mey Capital Matrix, KfW and the company founder.

Headquartered in Martinsried, Bavaria, GNA Biosolutions GmbH develops instruments and assays for the ultra-rapid detection of pathogens, based on its proprietary laser PCR technology.

GNA Biosolutions was founded in 2010 as a spin-off from the Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Clifford Chance is advising Cathay Capital Private Equity on the creation and implementation of the Sino-French Innovation Fund, a new cross-border investment vehicle active across France, China and the United States and dedicated to providing venture capital financing for innovative startups.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Vivendi on the acquisition of a stake of 14.9% in Telecom Italia, the leading fixed and mobile telecommunications operator in Italy, for an amount of approximately €2.3 billion.

Vivendi received 1.11 billion ordinary shares (or 8.24%) of Telecom Italia, in exchange for 4.5% of the share capital of Telefonica Brasil, in accordance with the option given to it as part of the sale of GVT to Telefonica, which closed on May 28, 2015.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on an investment executed by InfraRed Capital Partners on behalf of The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) in a portfolio of six operating onshore wind farm projects in Scotland developed by Fred.Olsen Renewables Limited (FORL).

A team led by Dr. Michael Sörgel, Partner at the Düsseldorf office of the commercial law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised the family shareholders of Hermesmeyer Group on the sale of shares to Steadfast Capital Fund III. Private equity holding company Steadfast made its acquisition as part of a shareholder restructuring.

Business Manager Frank Hermesmeyer will continue to participate in the group, in order to personally and strategically support the corporate structure's further development.

Copenhagen Infrastructure II K/S, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S, Highland Group Holdings Ltd. and Siemens Project Ventures GmbH have announced the successful financing of the offshore wind farm project Veja Mate, for a total project investment of €1.9bn. Besides the contribution of the investors, the project is financed through a "non-recourse" senior debt financing in an amount of €1.275m.

Fidelidade-Companhia de Seguros SA, a Portuguese insurance company and an indirect subsidiary of Fosun International Limited (“Fosun”), will acquire 620,000 shares equivalent to  9.03 % of KTG Agrar SE, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent. After the execution of this transaction, the freefloat shareholding of KTG Agrar SE will be 60.1%. Fosun will also strategically cooperate with KTG Agrar SE to intensify the activities of KTG Agrar SE in the Chinese market and to refinance the KTG Group.

Charles Russell Speechlys has acted as the legal adviser to Tony Rice, the ex-CEO of Cable & Wireless on his investment in Shields Environmental, the rapidly expanding telecoms managed services provider.

The investment was to back the company’s expanding services business. Senior management also invested in the company as part of the transaction.

Danica Pension, one of Denmark’s largest pension providers, has entered into an agreement about the investment of a three-figure million DKK amount in Cembrit, Europe’s second-largest fibre cement manufacturer.

During the financial crisis, Cembrit, which manufactures fibre cement for roofs and facades, has gained market shares from competing products and built a strong market position with sales across Europe. It is precisely this positive development and growth opportunity which have made the business interesting to Danica Pension.

Osborne Clarke has advised Yieldify, a leading predictive marketing technology company, on its £11.5m series A funding round. The Osborne Clarke team was led by corporate Partner Rob Wood and corporate Senior Associate, Simon Jones.