Gowling WLG's Life Sciences team, led by partner Patrick Duxbury and including associate Kathryn Charles, have advised client Crescendo Biologics on its collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to discover, develop and commercialise Humabody®-based therapeutics aimed at cancer indications with a high unmet medical need.
Baker & McKenzie advised Worldline SA/NV, a leading European commercial acquirer and provider of high-tech transactional services including innovative electronic payment solutions, in connection with establishing a merchant acquiring alliance in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with Komercni banka, a.s., a leading Czech bank and a subsidiary of the Societe Generale group.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised an investment fund led by the Deng family, the controlling shareholder of Chinese environmental company Chengdu Techcent Environment Co Ltd (Techcent), on its joint venture with Berlin-based recycling company ALBA Group. The Deng family has invested in two of ALBA Group's business segments, namely “Services” (dual system/Interseroh) and certain parts of “Recycling”. Their shares in such segments of ALBA Group will amount to 60%.
Allen & Overy is advising Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund, an infrastructure fund managed by Harith General Partners (Harith), on the establishment in a number of African countries of a joint venture capable of generating 1,575 megawatts of electricity from power generation assets totalling USD3.3 billion.
Paris Saint-Germain is the first French professional sports club and the first major European team to invest in the e-sports sector, which covers all video game professional competitions.
Gide has advised Paris Saint-Germain on setting up a partnership in the e-sports sector with Webedia, owner of electronic-sports specialised website Millenium, Allociné and the Jeuxvideo.com web portal.
A cross-office team from Paris and Frankfurt has advised Euler Hermes, the global leader in trade credit insurance solutions, on a collaboration with Moody's Corporation to provide credit ratings for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies across Europe. As part of the collaboration, the firm also advised Euler Hermes on the acquisition by Moody's Corporation of a 4.99 percent stake in Euler Hermes Ratings GmbH (EHRG), a Hamburg-based ratings agency, which was previously a 100 percent subsidiary of Euler Hermes AG.
London — Mayer Brown has advised Moody’s Corporation on a collaboration with Euler Hermes Ratings GmbH (EHRG), a Hamburg-based ratings agency, to provide credit ratings for small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies across Europe. As part of the collaboration, the firm also advised Moody's on the acquisition of 4.99 percent stake in EHRG, which was previously a 100 percent subsidiary of Euler Hermes AG.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Casino on the creation of a joint central purchasing agency for non-food products with Conforama, one of the major home furnishings retailers in Europe.
The agency, named 'Mano', will be operational for 2017 purchasing negotiations. It will aim to optimize purchasing in France from the main international suppliers of household appliances for both groups.
Casino Group is a food and non-food retail specialist. It generated €46.1 billion in sales during 2015 and has more than 325,000 employees worldwide.
Bird & Bird LLP has advised German company 8.2 Consulting AG on the establishment of the London based joint venture 8.2 Aarufield Ltd. with the British offshore wind consulting company Aarufield.
Bird & Bird's international team advised 8.2 Consulting AG on the structure of their participation in the new joint venture, including the corporate, joint venture and financial agreements under English law.
Niederer Kraft & Frey (NKF) advises Navistar International Corporation (Navistar) on Swiss law aspects of a framework agreement for strategic technology and supply collaboration. On 6 September 2016, Navistar announced that is has formed a wide-ranging strategic alliance with Volkswagen Truck & Bus, which includes an equity investment in Navistar by Volkswagen Truck & Bus, framework agreements for strategic technology and supply collaboration and a procurement joint venture.