Vinge advises when FAM AB, owned by the three largest Wallenberg Foundations, will become co-owner of Nefab by means of a targeted new share issue for SEK 1.1 billion. The Nordgren/Pihl family will continue as co-owners.
Supported by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Duisburger Hafen AG acquired a minority interest in Dutch DistriRail BV. Rotterdam-based DistriRail BV operates a hub and spoke concept in Duisburg.
DistriRail and duisport are reinforcing their cooperation through the acquisition of the minority interest. The daily railway connections of the Rotterdam port terminals to the Duisburg port are to be expanded, while Duisburg is to be further developed as hinterland hub.
On February 11, 2015, China South Industries Group Corporation (CSIGC) and its subsidiary China South Industries Group Finance Co., Ltd., represented by Beijing-based senior partner Wu Libei, associates Zhao Yingnan and Chen Hongjun, sealed the deal of injecting capital into Chongqing Auto Finance Co., Ltd.. Following the injection, the registered capital of Chongqing Auto Finance would be RMB2.5bln, up from RMB500mln.
Charles Russell Speechlys has acted as the legal adviser to the management team of Blackrock Programme Management (“Blackrock PM”), the construction dispute specialist on the investment in the company by Dunedin LLP.
Blackrock PM is a professional services firm that provides independent expert witness and construction consulting services for large international construction projects.
The online portal HomeToGo has two new investors: The independent growth investor Acton Capital Partners, and the London early-stage venture capital firm DN Capital participate in the independent online search engine for holiday accommodations. HomeToGo, headquartered in Berlin, has employed most recently 50 people.
P+P advised both investors with the following Munich venture capital team:
Allens has acted for Australian superannuation fund REST Industry Super (REST) to achieve completion of its first direct debt investment.
The deal was led by Allens banking and finance Partners Warwick Newell and Michael Ryan and Senior Associate Lisa Zhou. Geoff Sanders, a Partner in Allens' funds management team, provided key funds management structuring advice.
The London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Exponent Private Equity (“Exponent”) on its new £1 billion fund, Exponent Private Equity Partners III, LP. The fund reached its final close on April 10, 2015.
The fund will continue Exponent's investment strategy of investing in UK-headquartered businesses operating in the upper middle-market. It will target companies with enterprise values between £75 million and £350 million which operate in a range of sectors and markets.
King & Wood Mallesons have advised the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) and its FCA regulated subsidiary, UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services Limited (GIBFS), on the £463 million first closing of its planned £1 billion fund to invest in operating offshore wind farms in the UK.
The Viennese start-up scene has been enriched by the addition of a company with international investment capital. DisAbility Performance Social Enterprise GmbH, founded by Mag. Gregor Demblin, who is himself affected, as well as Mag. Sandra Turecek and Mag. DI Michael Aumann, is an innovative business consultancy that advises companies on social issues and helps them use the potential of people with disabilities, both as customers and employees.
Ashurst has advised Charterhouse Capital Partners in relation to an exclusive agreement signed with Unibail-Rodamco and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris Ile-de-France on the acquisition of a 50% stake in Comexposium held by Unibail-Rodamco. The signing of the deal, which remains subject to a process of employee consultation and to the approval of the relevant competition authorities, should be finalised over the course of the second quarter of 2015. This deal values Comexposium at €550m.