Mayer Brown JSM represented Principal Financial Group (NASDAQ:PFG), one of Southeast Asia’s largest asset managers, in its proposed acquisition of controlling stakes in CIMB-Principal Asset Management Group and CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management from its joint venture partner CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (KLSE:1023), pending regulatory approval.
Simpson Thacher represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with the acquisition of euNetworks, which closed on January 11, 2018.
euNetworks owns and operates dense fiber-based metropolitan networks in 14 sites in Europe, connected by an intercity backbone covering 49 cities in 15 countries.
Hamburg – Long-established shipping company John T. Essberger has acquired Crystal Nordic, a Denmark-based operator of 14 chemical tankers. The vendors are Nordic Tankers and Embarcadero Maritime.
A CMS team headed by Dr Christian v. Lenthe and Dr Marc Riede advised John T. Essberger on all legal aspects of the transaction. On the Danish side, CMS Germany cooperated with Danish law firm Kromann Reumert. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Baker McKenzie has advised the Franco-Irish telecom operator, BSO Networks, in the context of its acquisition of Apsara Networks, an American operator specialising in ultra-low latency telecommunications. This type of telecommunication is used by the main American financial centres (NYSE, NASDAQ and CBOT) for high-frequency trading.
By integrating Apsara’s wireless technology into its fibre-optics network, BSO consolidates its position as one of the leading operators used by traders.
Baker McKenzie has assisted Caterpillar Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Progress Rail, in the acquisition of ECM S.p.A specialized in the technologies for rail signaling.
Baker McKenzie assisted Caterpillar with a team led by partner Alberto Semeria and with the assistance of associates Anna Marina De Vivo, Arianna Ferri and Mario Cigno.
The Africa team of CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats advised the NSIA group, a major player in insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa (around 20 life and non-life subsidiaries in more than a dozen African countries) as well as in banking (two banking subsidiaries in Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea), on the takeover of Diamond Bank SA, the Beninese banking subsidiary of the Nigerian Diamond Bank Plc group and its three banks in Senegal, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire (with total assets of more than €600 million).
DLA Piper has advised Finnish private equity firm Sentica Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in demolition and recycling businesses Purkupiha and Dammega. Sentica’s investment will help the group to establish itself as a leading business in its sector.
DLA Piper has advised Finnish private equity firm Sentica Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in demolition and recycling businesses Purkupiha and Dammega. Sentica’s investment will help the group to establish itself as a leading business in its sector.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised independent insurance intermediary Global Risk Partners Ltd (“GRP”) on its acquisition of the Crewe-based County Group. GRP’s second major acquisition of 2018, the deal has received regulatory approval and the consideration is undisclosed.
Pfäffikon (Switzerland)/Frankfurt, Jan. 18, 2018 – A Bryan Cave M&A team, led by Frankfurt Office Managing Partner Tobias Fenck, recently advised Altano Group, a corporation of the Swiss holding company Ufenau Capital Partners, on the acquisition of Tierärztliche Klinik für Pferde Großwallstadt. As one of the leading horse clinic operators, Altano Group will strengthen its presence in the Rhine-Main area through this acquisition. This is one of three acquisitions by Altano in the last six months.