Advania has, through Advania Holding AB, made a recommended cash offer to the shareholders of Caperio Holding AB (publ) (Nasdaq First North). The offer values all shares of Caperio at SEK 158 million.

Vinge advises Advania. The Vinge team is headed by Peter Sundgren and Dain Hård Nevonen and also includes Rikard Lindahl, Malte Hedlund, Peter Issa and Annika Nyberg Ekenberg (on M&A matters), as well as Lova Unge (on compensation and benefits matters), Caroline Krassén (on regulatory matters), Marie Östman and Anna Grigorian (on competition matters).

A cross-border team from Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York, Washington, DC, London and Toronto offices represented Carillon Tower Advisers, a unit of Raymond James Financial, in the acquisition of a 100-percent interest in Scout Investments Inc. from UMB Financial Corp. for US$172.5 million.

Scout Investments, UMB’s institutional investment management subsidiary, has US$27.3 billion in assets under management.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2017 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised AnaCap Financial Partners (AnaCap), the specialist European financial services private equity firm, on its acquisition of French intelligence business provider Ellisphere from Natixis SA. The transaction was completed on April 13, 2017.

Ellisphere is a market leader in the business intelligence market in France. It provides in business and marketing information services allowing its clients to develop their portfolio of customers, manage risk and monitor client exposure.

Richard Bull, partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, comments:

The investment was made through the Brockhaus Private Equity III fund in the context of the acquisition of shares and a capital increase. The existing shareholders will continue to hold a majority interest in the company.

Weil is advising Baring Private Equity Asia as one of the lead investors in a consortium’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Nord Anglia Education Inc., one of the world’s leading premium schools organizations. The consortium also includes Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.

Trescal Group has acquired Gebhardt Instruments Group. With the acquisition of Gebhardt Instruments, a specialist in calibration and measurement technology based in Ruhla near Eisenach, Trescal has consolidated its geographical footprint and technical coverage in Germany.

A team led by Buse Heberer Fromm partner Dr. Christian Quack provided extensive legal advice to Trescal. In addition to drafting and negotiating the share purchase agreement advice given included the legal due diligence review.

The team was led by David Higgins and Victoria Sigeti.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised leading European private equity firm Cinven, the global investment management organisation Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’) and Hotelbeds Group (‘Hotelbeds’) on the acquisition of GTA from the Kuoni Group.

The shareholders of Kuoni Group will roll-over a large portion of their proceeds from GTA into the combined Hotelbeds/GTA business.

Allen & Overy has advised the consortium comprising Macquarie Capital, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and the University Superannuation Scheme on the GBP2.3bn privatisation of the UK’s Green Investment Bank – the pioneering body created in 2012 by the UK Government which has supported nearly 100 green infrastructure projects in the UK to date.