DLA Piper has advised global language, intercultural skills and soft skills training provider Learnlight on its acquisition of Arenalingua, a leading German language training company.

Clifford Chance is advising OpCapita, a private equity firm, on its acquisition of a majority stake in women's clothing retailer Maurices Inc., from its parent company, Ascena Retail Group, Inc., a US public company. Maurices is a specialty retailer focused on women’s value apparel operating stores across the US and Canada. Ascena Retail Group owns other women's clothing retailers, including Ann Inc. (operator of Ann Taylor and Loft), Justice, Lane Bryant, Catherines and Dressbarn.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Vapotherm, Inc., a global medical technology company, on the acquisition of its former UK distributor Solus Medical Limited.  Solus is based in Scotland and the acquisition provides Vapotherm with a UK-based direct sales organisation.

Ettore Scandale, Giancarlo Castorino, Nicolo Perricone and Oscar Arca advised a group of investors in the acquisition of a nail care company.

MoFo is representing its long-standing public company client Spark Networks SE (NYSE: LOV) on its combined cash and stock acquisition of Zoosk, Inc., which will create the second largest dating company in North America. The parties entered into a merger agreement on March 21, 2019, and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019.

Jones Day is advising Roper Technologies, Inc. in its acquisition of Foundry in an all-cash transaction valued at £410 million (US$543.4 million). Foundry is a leading provider of software technologies used to deliver award-winning visual effects and 3D content for the digital design, visualization, and entertainment industries.

For additional information about this matter, please contact: William J. Zawrotny, Giles P. Elliott, William E.H. McDonald

Client(s): Roper Technologies, Inc.

CMS advises Foncia Group on the acquisition of GRIBI Group
DBS Immobilier SA, the Swiss subsidiary of the French real estate group Foncia, which is European's market leader in the management of residential real estate, acquires the GRIBI Group.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented BlueGem Capital Partners LLP, a London-based private equity fund manager, in connection with the bolt-on acquisition of The Cosmetic Skin Clinic for BlueGem’s portfolio group, The Private Clinic.

We acted for Fane Valley Co-operative Society in its acquisition of Silver Hill Foods Unlimited Company, a duck producer based in Emyvale, Co. Monaghan.

Silver Hill employs over 200 people and it owns and controls all aspects of its duck production business, from breeding, egg production, hatching and selection to processing, cooking and packaging. Fane Valley’s plans for future investment in Silver Hill will enable the business to expand its production facilities in Monaghan to meet growing demand, particularly in Asian markets.

Hamburg, March 20, 2019 – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has advised its longtime client Terex Corporation on the sale of the Demag Mobile Cranes business to Tadano Ltd., Japan. The transaction is being led by David Fisher, Aaron Lang and Allie Shapland (all US M&A), and by Dr. Michael Leue and Dr. Hubertus Schröder (both German M&A).