Slaughter and May advised the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in connection with the establishment of the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund. The Fund will see HM Treasury invest up to £400 million to mobilise over £1 billion of investment in full fibre broadband.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised KKR on its investment in one of the largest and fastest growing food and beverage focused operators in the Australian hospitality sector, with the private equity firm recently acquiring the majority stake in Dixon Hospitality.
The new partnership will see KKR support Dixon Hospitality’s continued growth, positioning the group for long term success across its expanding portfolio of venues.
Setterwalls has advised Priveq in connection with an investment in Omegapoint Group, market leading experts within the area of IT security and the development of secure IT systems.
The team was led by Mattias Detterfelt and Linn Jonsson primarily assisted by Vala Karimi and Oscar Campos. Kristina Einarsson and Cecilia Xia have assisted Priveq with the financing of the acquisition.
The Munich-based startup apaleo successfully completed its first financing round.
apaleo offers an open cloud platform to empower hotels and hospitality companies to instantly connect third party software and apps of their choice. The software ecosys-tem is therefore based on an open API (application programming interface).
The startup was founded in January 2017 and has already 15 employees. A newly founded business angel group called "apaAngels" is supporting the firm.
Engie’s expertise in operations and business development are the “cornerstones” of Tabreed’s expansion strategy across the GCC
International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised ENGIE on its bid to acquire a 40% stake in Dubai-listed National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) from Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi-based strategic investment company. The transaction amounts to a total consideration for ENGIE of an estimated AED2.8 billion (USD762 million).
A multi-skilled team of experts (at international law firm Gowling WLG) led by partner, Davey Brennan, has assisted National Milk Records PLC (NMR) in successfully withdrawing from the Milk Pension Fund.
Current political uncertainty, as well as the post-Brexit environment due to set in further down the line, means that the ability to invest and more readily compete is more important than ever. Working in silos is no longer an option and for NMR, this deal is a clear indication of their commitment to this.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the Goldman Sachs Principal Strategic Investments group in relation to their lead of a $22 million Series A funding round in Diffblue Limited.
Adelis Equity Partners has invested in AddPro. AddPro is active in IT, Safe & Effective IT, and is one of the leading application and cloud integrators in Sweden. AddPro is expected in 2017 to reach a turnover of approximately MSEK 300 with good profitability and employ about 200 specialists, of which approximately 170 are technical consultants operating in either of the company's two business areas.
Apetit Plc has signed an agreement to sell its seafood business in Finland, Norway and Sweden to the Norwegian seafood group Insula AS, a group of specialised and traditional seafood companies operating in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Through the acquisition Insula AS will enter the Finnish seafood market. Insula AS employs approximately 800 persons.
Mannheimer Swartling has advised Impilo in connection with its formation and the subsequent establishment of its initial investment pool.