Gide has advised Lacoste Holding, owned by Maus Frères International, on the acquisition of an 80% stake in the share capital of Major Sports, which holds the Tecnifibre brand.

Considered as a sector leader, Tecnifibre offers a wide range of strings, rackets and accessories for tennis, squash and padel, as well as balls in partnership with Bridgestone. Tecnifibre is present mainly in France through a specialised distribution network, and develops its activity abroad in particular in Europe and the United States.

Bird & Bird LLP advises Precision Medicine Group, a scientific services company helping life science innovators develop medical products, on the acquisition of all shares in Epiontis GmbH, a leading immune monitoring and epigenetic technology service provider based in Berlin.

The acquisition will allow Precision for Medicine to expand on its immune monitoring capabilities with Epiontis’s epigenetic technology, and strengthen its global footprint in the rapidly expanding precision medicine sector.

Ashurst comprehensively advised funds advised by DPE Deutsche Private Equity Management III GmbH (DPE) on the acquisition and the financing of Euro-Druckservice GmbH (EDS).

The provider of print marketing solutions for retailers was sold by a consortium of three shareholders, which was advised by Kartesia. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant competition authorities. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction.

Bird & Bird ATMD advised NYSE-listed conglomerate Sealed Air Corporation ("Sealed Air") in its acquisition of Fagerdala Singapore Pte Ltd ("Fagerdala"), a manufacturer and fabricator of polyethylene foam, for approximately US$100 million.

Hogan Lovells has advised Dialog Semiconductor, a UK-based provider of highly integrated power management, in its acquisition of Santa Clara’s Silego Technology, Inc., the leading provider of Configurable Mixed-signal ICs (CMICs).

Travers Smith LLP has advised Kester Capital LLP on the management buyout of CETA Insurance, a privately owned tech-enabled insurance broker.

Simmons and Simmons advises GL events on UAE acquisition

Dentons has advised Globalworth, a real estate company focused on property investment in South Eastern Europe and Central and Eastern Europe, on an investment agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Griffin Premium Real Estate (GPRE), a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The transaction was carried out by way of a tender offer directed to all shareholders of GPRE. This is Globalworth's first investment outside of Romania.

The parent company of two of the UK’s leading fostering agencies has announced the acquisition of Cardiff and Carmarthen based Pathway Care Ltd from the NFA Group and the carers and teams from NFA’s activities in Norfolk and Hitchin that had been operated by Swan Fostering and Fostering Solutions.

Advised by law firm Blake Morgan, BSN Social Care is now the parent company for Pathway Care Ltd along with independent fostering agencies Blue Sky Fostering and Nexus Fostering. The Group was first founded in 2014.

Autism care specialist, Orbis Education and Care, has acquired Pembrokeshire Resource Centre, which trades as Bangeston Autism Care Services, for an undisclosed sum.

Advised by Blake Morgan, the acquisition will see Orbis Education and Care take over the management of Bangeston’s four sites across Pembrokeshire in Wales, with plans for further investment into the business, building on the state-of-art services for autism care both companies are renowned for.