Gleiss Lutz has advised the Ströer Group, one of Germany’s leading multi-channel media companies, on its acquisition of 75 percent of shares in the Avedo Group. The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.
The law firm Delphi acted as legal advisor to the Momentum Group on the company's acquisition of 70 per cent of the shares in TriffiQ Företagsprofilering AB. Partner Mats Dahlberg led the Delphi transaction team, assisted by Matilda Karlsson, Emmy Falck and Katarina Häggqvist.
Niederer Kraft & Frey (NKF) has advised NKT Photonics A/S, Denmark, on the acquisition of Onefive GmbH. Onefive, with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, is a leading ultrafast laser manufacturer. The transaction is subject to certain customary closing conditions, and is expected to be closed in the beginning of September 2017.
Baker McKenzie advised Trimble (NASDAQ listed) on its acquisition of the privately held German company, Müller-Elektronik. Müller-Elektronik specializes in solutions for workplace control in precision agriculture. After signing of the purchase agreement on May 22, 2017, the transaction has today come to a closing. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Baker McKenzie advised CORESTATE Capital Holding S.A. (CORESTATE) on the acquisition of HFS Helvetic Financial Services AG based in Wollerau, Switzerland. HFS is one of the leading providers of mezzanine financing on the German residential and commercial real estate market and advises various investment funds in this field.
Led by Boris Dürr, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised AL-KO AG on the acquisition of 75.04% in STEMMER IMAGING GmbH. Effective June 30, 2017, AL-KO took over the shares from Wilhelm Stemmer, the company's founder. STEMMER Group management will stay on and will take out 24.96% in STEMMER IMAGING GmbH as part of the transaction.
STEMMER Group is Europe's leading provider of image processing technologies for use in industry and science (machine vision). Employing over 250 at ten European sites, the company generates annual revenue of about EUR 85 million.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has assisted medical communications group Fishawack on its acquisition of the Carling Group of companies based in San Diego, California.
Headquartered in Knutsford, Cheshire, Fishawack is one of the largest independent providers of scientific medical marketing and communications services to global pharmaceutical companies.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) has advised Altrad Investment Authority S.A.S. (Altrad) on its recommended cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of UK listed Cape plc (Cape).
The offer values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Cape at up to approximately £332m on a fully diluted basis.
BEWi, one of the leading players in the Nordics for the development and production of insulation products and customized packaging solutions made from cellular plastic, EPS, has acquired 60% of Solupak, a Finnish manufacturer of insulation material.
BEWi conducts a successful insulation and packaging business in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. In the Finnish market, BEWi is well established with its production of cellular plastic, expanded polystyrene (EPS), and insulation products made of extruded polystyrene (XPS).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised The Abraaj Group on its acquisition of East Africa’s most prominent upmarket coffee and casual-dining chain, Java House Group (‘Java House’), from private equity firm Emerging Capital Partners and Java House’s executive chairman. Founded in Kenya in 1999, and now with three flagship brands (Java House, Planet Yogurt and 360 Degrees Artisan Pizza), Java House currently has 60 stores across 10 cities in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.