Jones Day is advising Euronext N.V. in relation to its binding all-cash offer of €510 million (US$530 million) to LCH.Clearnet Group Limited and London Stock Exchange Group plc to acquire LCH.Clearnet SA, a leading EMIR-authorized central counterparty serving Euronext's markets, pan-European electronic trading platforms, and OTC markets, which is headquartered in Paris with branches in Amsterdam and Brussels, as well as a representative office in Porto.

Dechert LLP served as legal counsel to Far East Energy Limited (“FEEL”), the controlling shareholder of MIE Holdings Corporation (“MIE”), a Hong Kong-listed company, in connection with a letter agreement in relation to a Put and Call Option Agreement previously entered into by, amongst others, FEEL and Celestial in order to facilitate the sale of 212 million shares of MIE by Celestial to an independent third party.

Düsseldorf, 5 January, 2017. – International law firm McDermott Will & Emery advised SIGNA Retail on the acquisition of a majority share in multi-channel provider TennisPoint.

Dechert advised Mason Financial Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong listed company, on its approximately HK$214.2 million acquisition of the entire issued share capital of two target companies, which collectively hold approximately 48.3% of DiagCor Technology Limited, the holding company of a group of leading molecular diagnostics companies in Hong Kong. The transaction closed on January 4, 2017.

Vinge advises Gasum Oy on its acquisition 100% of the shares of the Swedish biogas producer Swedish Biogas International AB. The transaction makes Gasum the biggest producer of biogas in the Nordic countries. Through the acquisition, five biogas plants located in Jordberga, Katrineholm, Lidköping and Örebro as well as a majority shareholding in a production plant located in Västerås, Sweden, are transferred to Gasum’s ownership. Swedish Biogas International also has a 50% shareholding in Vadsbo Biogas.

We are acting as the legal advisor to Gasum Oy in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Swedish biogas producer Swedish Biogas International AB. In the transaction, five biogas plants located in Jordberga, Katrineholm, Lidköping and Örebro in Sweden as well as a majority shareholding in a production plant located in Västerås, Sweden, were transferred to Gasum’s ownership. Swedish Biogas International also has a 50% shareholding in Vadsbo Biogas.

AF Group ASA, listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE-AFG), a leading international civil engineering and construction group headquartered in Oslo, has acquired the renowned Swiss engineering and construction planning company Edy Toscano AG with 370 employees. Together with AF Consult Switzerland AG, AF Group will be among the three largest Swiss engineering and construction planning companies with a combined turnover in Switzerland exceeding CHF 100 million.

Swedish-based Capio AB (publ) has acquired 70% of the shares in CFR Hospitaler A/S "CFR" in Denmark.

The CFR Group comprises four specialized hospitals and four radiology units with estimated net sales in 2016 of MDKK 280.

The acquisition of CFR represents a new market entry for Capio, adding to the Group’s Nordic home base and pan-European footprint for driving Modern Medicine and increased productivity in healthcare services.

Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised on the management buy-out (MBO) of Cheshire-based Thyson Technology from a private investor group. The MBO has been supported by a significant investment from private equity firm NVM.

Thyson is a specialist analytical and instrumentation business, which designs and constructs engineering solutions used in the analysis and sampling of gases and liquids for process industries engaged in activities such as fossil fuel extraction, processing and distribution, green energy production, water treatment, petrochemicals and nuclear.

Dechert LLP advised Marble Point Credit Management in the acquisition of American Capital CLO Management.

Marble Point, an investment manager with a focus on investments in floating rate senior secured loans, acquired American Capital CLO Management, an investment manager with approximately USD$3.4 billion in assets spread across eight collateralized loan obligations.