Slaughter and May is advising Ensco PLC (“Ensco”) on its proposed acquisition of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (“Atwood”).

Squire Patton Boggs has advised Clipper Logistics plc, a leading provider of value-added logistics solutions and e-fulfilment to the retail sector, on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Tesam Distribution Ltd for a consideration of £11.75 million.

Tesam is a provider of a variety of warehousing and distribution services to the retail sector. The business, which operates from three sites in and around Peterborough, totalling more than 1.1 million square feet of space, was established in 1984 and employs 250 people.

Slaughter and May advised INEOS in connection with its proposed acquisition of the entire Oil & Gas Business of DONG Energy A/S. Under the terms of the agreement INEOS will pay DONG Energy a headline price of $1.05 billion plus contingent consideration of up to $250 million.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the founding shareholders on the management buyout of Construction Materials Online Limited (CMO), backed by Leeds based private equity firm, Key Capital Partners.

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Jeantet has advised the Spotify group on its acquisition of Niland, a French start-up which has developed a music recommendation tool based on artificial intelligence, from, in particular, its founders and various financial investors.

This acquisition follows the one, completed in 2014, of The Echo Nest, an American start-up also specialised in music recommendations.

Jones Day advised TDK Corporation in its $1.3 billion acquisition of InvenSense, Inc. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. The acquisition was completed through a merger of a newly created subsidiary of TDK with and into InvenSense, with InvenSense continuing following the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TDK.

In addition to M&A representation, Jones Day provided antitrust, employee benefits, and intellectual property advice regarding this transaction.

Setterwalls has advised the investment company Pamica in its acquisition of Absortech AB, a world-leading company in the moisture protection technology.

Setterwalls' team was made up by Anders Holmgren, Marcus Olausson and Christian Sjöqvist (tax).

Nctm Studio Legale with equity partners Simone De Carli and Eugenio Siragusa assisted by Giulio Della Casa and Martina Marmo assisted the Ambienta SGR and Tattile Srl, the leading company in the creation of intelligent vision systems, in the acquisition of Chromanses GMBH and In the debt consolidation of the Lakesight Tecnologies Holding group.

The Crédit Agricole Cariparma and Banco BPM banks were assisted by Pedersoli Studio Legale with the equity partner Maura Magioncalda, Consuelo Citterio and Nicola Nocerino.

Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has advised Duff & Phelps, a global valuation and corporate finance adviser, on its acquisition of Quantera Global Asia Holding, an Asia-Pacific transfer pricing advisory firm affiliated with Quantera Global.

The transaction involved the acquisition of the Quantera business in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, a restructuring of the Quantera business in the Philippines, Japan and the People's Republic of China and involved a team of lawyers from across Stephenson Harwood's network of Asian offices.

Ashurst is advising Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan on John Wood Group PLC's £2.3 billion proposed acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler plc, in relation to which formal shareholder documents were published on 23 May. Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan are acting as financial advisers and FCA sponsors to John Wood Group in relation to the acquisition.

The Ashurst team is being led by corporate partners Tom Mercer and Dominic Ross, assisted by expertise counsel Caroline Chambers, and associates Kelly Trueman and Jake Hadfield.