Carsten Steinhauer, Christian Fabricatore, Riccardo Narducci and Lionel Lésur helped Kpm Analytics (an American company owned by the Union Park Capital Private Equity Fund) to acquire the Ams Alliance group a maker of diagnostic equipment.
Orrick's Paris team is acting for DIF Core Infrastructure Fund I, an independent and specialist fund management company, on its acquisition of Infravia’s 55% stake in the French fiber company ADTIM.
JSR Corporation, listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, recently completed its acquisition of Selexis SA, a pioneering life sciences company and global leader in mammalian cell-line generation technologies.
JSR was represented by Transatlantic Law International (TALI) and VISCHER as the Swiss M&A legal counsel. The VISCHER team was led by Christian Wyss, partner and head of the VISCHER Corporate & Commercial practice team, and included Gian-Andrea Caprez (managing associate, M&A), Marc Prinz (partner, employment) and Nadia Tarolli (partner, tax).
Wapro AB develops, markets and sells innovative products which prevent and regulate water flow in order to protect properties and infrastructure from flooding during storms and seasonal high water level. Wapro’s head office is in Karlshamn, and it also has a subsidiary in Chicago, USA. Wapro’s turnover is approximately MSEK 40 with good profitability and the company conducts operations in, inter alia, Europe, North America and Australia.
With effect as of 30 June 2017, KSG Leiterplatten GmbH, headquartered in Saxony, acquired Häusermann GmbH, based in Gars am Kamp in Lower Austria. In this cross-border transaction, these two successful and growing companies in the European circuit board industry join forces.
UBS (France) SA, the French subsidiary of Swiss bank UBS, has acquired 100% of the share capital and voting rights of France-based private bank Banque Leonardo from Banca Leonardo, an Italian private and independent investment bank.
DLA Piper lawyers from Corporate, Litigation & Regulatory, Employment, IPT, Tax and Finance provided support, including UK based Corporate partner Jon Hayes and senior associate Rebecca Holden, along with partners Michael McKee (Regulatory), Roger Gough and Peter Brook (Commercial Contracts), and Australian partners Nicholas Turner (Employment) and Onno Bakker (Finance).
Allen & Overy announced today that it has advised Fortuna Entertainment Group on the acquisition of the 100% share in Hattrick Sports Group Ltd., Ireland ("Hattrick"), the owner of the betting operator in Romania, under the Casa Pariurilor brand, the operator in Croatia, under the PSK and Hattrick brands, and B2B operations in Spain, Germany and other European countries. The acquisition of Hattrick Sports Group will further strengthen Fortuna’s position as the largest licensed multi-channel sports betting and gaming operator in C&SEE region
Linklaters has advised leading private equity firm, BC Partners, on the acquisition of Pronovias, the world’s largest bridal wear company, from its founder and sole owner Alberto Palatchi, who will retain a minority stake and reinvest alongside BC Partners.The transaction is only subject to customary anti-trust approvals and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017.
Vinge advises OptiGroup AB (former Papyrus Holding AB) in connection with its acquisition of Stadsing A/S. Stadsing is one of the leading suppliers of cleaning, hygiene and facility supplies in Denmark. The transaction was completed following approval from the Danish competition authority.
Vinge´s team consisted of Christina Kokko (M&A), Anna Palmérus (competition law), Oscar Rydén and Johanna Wiberg.