DLA Piper has advised Tatts Group Limited and Maxgaming NSW on the licensing arrangements to operate a Centralised Monitoring System (CMS) for gaming machines across NSW.

Following a competitive international tender process conducted by the NSW Government, Tatts Group subsidiary Maxgaming NSW has been selected to operate the CMS that monitors all gaming machines in NSW, Australia’s largest gaming market, until 2032.

Total payments in respect of the licensing arrangements will be approximately $210 million.

Baker & McKenzie is acting as legal counsel to Cargill, a leading international agricultural company, in respect of an agreement between representatives of Cargill and MV Cargo to enable the construction by MV Cargo of a new port terminal in Yuzhni, Ukraine.  The investment will be worth around USD $100 million.

The new terminal will allow for the handling of large vessels, delivering Ukrainian grain to markets all over the world. Construction of the terminal will begin on 27 February 2016 and is expected to be completed by the spring of 2018.

CMS Cameron McKenna in Kyiv is pleased to announce that it has advised MV Cargo in connection with the establishment of a joint venture with Cargill, a leading international agricultural company. As part of the transaction MV Cargo will construct a new grain terminal in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Yuzhni. The amount of direct investment into the project will be circa USD 100 million and the transaction is expected to close in 2018.

The cooperation means that Newsec Egeskov & Lindquist will be a leading player in the Danish real estate market with a focus on advisory services in transactions, valuation and analysis, and rental.

DTZ Egeskov & Lindquist is one of Denmark’s largest property advisors and was appointed in 2015 by Euromoney as “Best Advisor & Consultant Overall – Denmark”.

Newsec is the leading property advisor in the Nordic region.

Setterwalls’ team consisted of Håkan Fohlin and Sophia Spala.

Nabarro has advised Roxhill Developments Group on its partnership with SEGRO plc in respect of a portfolio of big box logistics warehouse development sites in the South East and Midlands.

In 2010 Nabarro advised on the original formation of Roxhill which has gone on to become a highly respected logistics developer. Roxhill Management Rugby Limited (RMRL) will act as development manager to the new partnership and will work exclusively with SEGRO once Roxhill has completed a number of existing development projects with other partners.

GlobaBaker & McKenzie has advised ViaSat, Inc., a global broadband services and technology company, on the Swiss aspects of its new joint venture with Eutelsat Communications, combining ViaSat’s industry-leading broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider business expertise with Eutelsat’s European broadband business.

Discovery Networks Sweden and Modern Times Group (MTG) Sweden have established a joint venture to combine their regional advertising sales businesses for their respective flagship television channels in Sweden, Kanal 5 and TV3. The new 50:50 JV company, named Airtime Sales, initiated operations on 15 February 2016 as a strong new competitor to TV4, the dominant actor in regional TV advertising in Sweden.

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Discovery Networks Sweden, with a team consisting of Richard Åkerman, Bruce McGinn, Peter Issa.

NautaDutilh advises longstanding client Vodafone Group regarding the creation of a joint venture with Liberty Global in the Netherlands. The 50:50 joint venture would incorporate both companies’ Dutch operating businesses.

Slaughter and May is advising Vodafone on the merger of its Dutch operations with those of Liberty Global. As part of the transaction, Vodafone and Liberty Global will create a 50-50 joint venture. The transaction will create an integrated communications provider with over 15 million revenue generating units, of which 4.2 million are video, 3.2 million are high-speed broadband, 2.6 million are fixed-line telephony and 5.3 million are mobile. The transaction is expected to close around the end of 2016 and is subject to regulatory approvals and works council consultations.

The team led by Dr. Anne de Boer advised bus operator Blaguss on the cooperation agreement with FlixBus with regard to Eastern Europe and on establishing the joint subsidiary FlixBus CEE.