Duni AB has signed an agreement to acquire 80% of the shares in United Corporation Limited (trading as Sharp Serviettes).

Sharp Serviettes is a leading manufacturer and supplier of napkins as well as hygien and serving products for food in New Zealand.

Sharp Serviettes has 45 employees with a production facility in west Auckland and distributes products all across New Zealand which includes distributing products from Duni.

Duni was advised by Mannheimer Swartling in the transaction.

Eversheds Sutherland recently acted for Kohler’s UK-based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) sales and service company Uninterruptible Power Supplies Limited on the acquisition of Pure Power Systems. Pure Power Systems is a Dublin based distributor and maintenance service provider of UPS systems. Kohler is one of the largest privately held companies in the US and operates across a number of business areas including kitchen & bath, engines and generators and golf and destination resorts.
 

The Chinese investor Changsha Truking Investment Ltd (TRUKING) has acquired a majority shareholding in the Romaco Group (Romaco) from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG). The parties signed the corresponding contracts on Friday, and the closing is subject to the approvals by public authorities. DBAG will initially continue to hold a participation of 24.9 % in the Group, but will completely sell the shares on to the acquiring party within the next three years.

[Hamburg, 2017-04-18] GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB put together the team headed by Hamburg partner Dr. Frank Evers that advised the Dutch Riwal Group on the acquisition of Germany‘s AFI-GmbH from the company’s founding shareholder. In addition to designing and negotiating the purchase agreement, the GÖRG team also addressed related issues involved in the transaction in the areas of tax, cartel and labor law.
The Riwal Group

Today, Sky Deutschland announced the acquisition of Homedia SA. Homedia SA with its HollyStar brand is a leading independent provider of video streaming services in Switzerland.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Sky Deutschland. The team included Thomas Reutter, Daniel Raun, Nina Sauerwein (all M&A), Raphael Nusser (IP) and Daniel Lehmann (Tax).

Sidley advised Buckthorn Partners on its acquisition of TWMA Group Limited, a drilling waste management and solutions provider based in Scotland with operations in Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East, from Lime Rock Partners.

The London-based team comprised partners Sava Savov (Private Equity), Will Smith (Tax), Stephen Ross (Funds) and Susan Fanning (Employment) and associates Peter Chapman, Garrett Holmes, Peter McCorkell, Vishal Patel and Jason Pegnall.

4 May 2017 - Wolf Theiss has advised FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, on its acquisition of BISAM Technologies for US$205 million.

Wolf Theiss provided Bulgarian legal and tax due diligence and transaction advice to FactSet, and continues to provide post-completion implementation support. The Wolf Theiss team was led by Partner Richard Clegg, Senior Associates Jasmina Uzova and Atanas Mihaylov (Tax), and Associates Iva Georgieva and Nikoleta Ratcheva.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Estera on its acquisition of Morgan Sharpe Administration Limited.

Guernsey-based Morgan Sharpe is a leading global player in fund administration and fiduciary services. It was founded in 2008, by way of a management buyout of Assura Administration by Serena Tremlett and Mel Torode. Following completion on Friday 28 April, Morgan Sharpe has now been rebranded under the Estera name to become Estera Administration (Guernsey) Limited.

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has provided tax and structuring advice to residential healthcare operator Salutem Healthcare (“Salutem”) on its acquisition of two specialist healthcare providers, Pathways Care Group (“Pathways”) and Modus Care (“Modus”). The acquisition had the backing of experienced institutional healthcare investors. Lloyds Banking Group provided the senior financing for the acquisition.

DLA Piper has advised NAI Svefa on its acquisition of the majority of the shares in Värderingsdata i Kungsbacka AB through the acquisition of shares from a minority of the shareholders and in connection with a share issue in kind in Värderingsdata.

In connection with the acquisition, a separate business area of NAI Svefa regarding property information, Fastighetsinformation, will be integrated in Värderingsdata, which will become the largest player within the field of automated valuation models (AVM) for the Swedish banking and finance market.