DLA Piper represented Haymaker Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its US$850 million business combination with OneSpaWorld, a global provider of health and wellness products and services on board cruise ships and in destination resorts around the world. The transaction closed on March 19.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Ferrier Hodgson on its plan to merge with giant international professional services firm KPMG.

The deal, announced by the two firms on March 14, aims to create one of Australia’s largest restructuring services and forensic advisory businesses. It is scheduled for completion by 30 June 2019.

Eversheds Sutherland advises Charter Court Financial Services’ management team on £1.6bn merger

Eversheds Sutherland has advised the management team of longstanding client Charter Court Financial Services (Charter Court), on its £1.6 billion merger with OneSavings Bank.

Charter Court is one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage lenders. Both companies offer mortgage and saving services.

Slaughter and May is advising OneSavings Bank plc (OSB), the specialist lending and retail savings group, on its recommended all-share combination with Charter Court Financial Services Group plc (Charter Court), pursuant to which OSB will acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Charter Court. Under the terms of the combination, which values Charter Court at approximately £800m, OSB shareholders will own approximately 55% of the share capital of the combined group.

Perth, 12 March 2019: Clayton Utz is advising ASX-listed resources company Gindalbie Metals Limited (ASX:GBG) on two key transactions.

The first is to demerge Gindalbie's wholly owned subsidiary, Coda Minerals, and the second is Gindalbie's acquisition by its Chinese joint venture partner and major shareholder, Angang Group Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (Ansteel).

The transactions will be implemented by way of two inter-conditional schemes of arrangement.  The transactions were announced to the market yesterday.

On Feb. 26, 2019, Cannabis One Holdings Inc. (formerly Metropolitan Energy Corp.) (TSXV: MOE.H) announced that it had successfully completed the previously announced business combination with Bertram Capital Finance, Inc., the result being that Bertram is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cannabis One.

Pursuant to the business combination, Cannabis One de-listed its common shares from the NEX Board of the TSX Venture Exchange and commenced trading under the ticker "CBIS" on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) of its Class A subordinate voting shares.

Davis Polk is advising A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S and Maersk Drilling on the proposed separation of A.P. Moller – Maersk’s offshore drilling activities through a demerger of Maersk Drilling. Pursuant to the demerger plan published today, shares in Maersk Drilling Holding A/S and its subsidiaries, as well as certain other assets and liabilities, will be contributed to a new company, The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S, that will issue new shares to the shareholders of A.P. Moller – Maersk.

A team led by Dr. Michael Sorgel advised the start-up Motesque on a cooperation with Ottobock SE. Together, the two companies intend to further develop a digital, cloud-based platform for motion analysis developed by Motesque and market it as a medical device. The platform is suitable for faster and simpler diagnosis of knee malfunctions through an automated procedure for dynamic evaluation of kinematic knee function.

Slaughter and May is advising The Simplify Group, a portfolio company of Palamon Capital Partners (Palamon), on its combination with My Home Move and on the refinancing of the combined group.  The business will be combined under the group name Simplify to become the UK’s largest conveyancing group.  Slaughter and May also advised Palamon on its original investment in The Simplify Group.

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