Advising the french Sphere Group in connection with the acquisition of AEF Group, a major French player in the distribution of packaging products for businesses, from Bridgepoint.

On April 4, 2017, WISeKey International Holding Ltd announced that it has completed its acquisition of 85% of the equity interest in Quovadis Holdings Ltd., the holding company of a cybersecurity group with operations in several jurisdictions, including Bermuda, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands, for a total consideration valued at USD 17.4 m.

Advent International (“Advent”) and Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”) have signed an agreement to acquire Ratepay GmbH, the German online payment services arm of the Otto Group. It is planned that Ratepay will be integrated with Concardis, the Eschborn-based payment service provider acquired by Advent and Bain Capital in January 2017, representing the first step of a buy and build strategy. Ratepay will retain its brand and will be managed as an independent company within the Concardis Group. The closing of the acquisition of Concardis is still pending.

The Firm represented Alibaba in connection with its recent acquisition of Damai.cn, a leading online ticketing platform in China. The Firm also represented Alibaba in its initial minority investment in Damai.cn in 2014.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Shaolin Luo, Yang Wang and Amy Liu (M&A – Beijing); and David Rubinsky and Alisa Tschorke (ECEB – New York).

Squire Patton Boggs has advised Mobusi Mobile Advertising S.L., one of the leading mobile advertising companies in Spain, on the acquisition of the Spanish start-up Upplication, a company specialising in the development of video games.

Gide advises Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, on the acquisition of Itelios, a consulting firm specialised in connected commerce.

Itelios will reinforce the Group's digital customer experience portfolio with its expertise in designing and implementing seamless omnichannel solutions. This acquisition enables Capgemini to meet growing customer demand for its end-to-end digital services, and positions it as the leader in Salesforce Commerce Cloud.

The purchases announced on 6 January 2017 by Baloise Life Ltd, a subsidiary of Bâloise Holding Ltd, of three blocks of shares amounting to around 70 per cent of the share capital and voting rights of Pax Anlage AG from Pax Holding (cooperative), PAX, Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG and Nürnberger Lebensversicherung AG, were completed on 31 March 2017. The necessary official approvals for the transaction were issued on 9 February 2017 (by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, FINMA) and 2 March 2017 (by the Swiss Competition Commission, WEKO).

Noerr has advised Vistra, one of the world’s leading corporate service providers of international incorporations, trust, fiduciary, private office, and fund administration services, on the acquisition of optegra, a German based specialist in auditing, tax consultancy and management consultancy services.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) on an agreement to acquire Vanderlande Industries Holding B.V., the global market leader for value-added logistic process automation, for a total value of €1.16 billion.

"This transaction demonstrates our ability to support clients on their most important and complex matters across our worldwide network," said Stockholm-based White & Case partner Darragh Byrne.

The breeding company AquaGen announced March 31 the acquisition of Profunda, a facility in Møre og Romsdal that produces land-based broodstock salmon.

The investment in Profunda will ensure delivery of roe from AquaGen throughout the year.

AquaGen is a breeding company which develops, produces and delivers genetic material to the global sea-farming industry and has a leading position as a provider of fertilized eggs of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.