Baker McKenzie advised Baader Bank AG on the squeeze-out of the minority shareholders of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG. The shareholders' meeting of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG approved the squeeze-out request from LSF6 Europe Financial Holdings, a subsidiary of the US financial investor Lonestar.

Baader Bank AG acted as the processing bank of the major shareholder in the squeeze-out and issued the warranty declaration required pursuant to section 327b para. 3 German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). Baker McKenzie advised on all stock and capital market issues.

Houthoff Buruma advised Björn Borg on the acquisition of Benelux distributor Baseline. Baseline Group operates the Björn Borg business in Benelux, including wholesaling of mainly underwear and sports apparel as well as retail operations of twelve Björn Borg concept and outlet stores in the Netherlands and Belgium. The acquisition of the Benelux operations is an important step in accelerating the vertical integration of the Björn Borg operations and in line with the strategy to get closer to consumers and retailers.

The Firm is representing Capsugel S.A. (“Capsugel”), a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with the acquisition of Capsugel by Lonza Group AG (“Lonza”) (VTX: LONN.VX) for $5.5 billion, including refinancing of approximately $2 billion of existing Capsugel debt. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2017 and is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

Gide has advised Compagnie Financière du Lion (CFL), set up by French banker Arié Flack, on the 100% acquisition of Eiffage’s share in Eiffigen. Eiffigen holds, under a PPP scheme, a contract for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of the Direction Générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux (southern Paris suburb). The acquisition of Eiffigen by a company of group CFL is an important step in its investor strategy for the French and European infrastructure asset class.

Vinge, together with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, represents Apax Partners LLP in connection with the divestment by private equity funds Nordic Capital Fund VI and Apax France VII of their respective stakes in Unilabs to Apax IX, advised by Apax Partners LLP.

Unilabs is with over 5,300 employees and 112 laboratories one of Europe’s leading medical diagnostics businesses. Unilabs generated annual revenues of €673 million in 2015.

The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and the financial terms of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Bauwerk Parkett AG completed its acquisition of the Croatian based Haas Dom from the German Haas Group. Bauwerk Parkett is part of the Bauwerk Boen Group which is a leading player in the European parquet industry.

Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Bauwerk in this transaction. The team included Christoph Neeracher, Luca Jagmetti, Yves Suter and Joël Rohrer (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber and Cyrill Diefenbacher (both Tax) as well as Mani Reinert (Competition).

Ashurst is advising Smith Square Partners on the proposed takeover of Sepura plc by Hytera Communications Corporation Limited, announced today. The takeover, which is being implemented as a statutory scheme of arrangement, values the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Sepura at approximately £74 million.

Sepura is a leading global provider of critical communications solutions used by a wide range of public safety and commercial organisations.

Allen & Overy is advising leading business-to-business events organiser UBM on its acquisition of Allworld Exhibitions, a privately-owned Asian-focussed exhibitions business, for a cash consideration which values Allworld at USD485 million.

The transaction will be structured as a purchase of several legal entities and is expected to complete without any closing conditions on 16 December in all geographies except Bahrain. Completion of the acquisition of the Bahrain entity is expected to occur within the next month.
 

Allen & Overy said today that the acquisition by Asahi of five AB InBev businesses in Central and Eastern Europe marks the biggest acquisition of a foreign beer operation by a Japanese brewer. It is also the largest deal in Asahi's 127-year history.

A&O is lead adviser to Asahi on the M&A, commercial, antitrust, banking, tax and employment aspects of its share purchase agreement with AB InBev to acquire businesses in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania and other related assets that were owned by SABMiller prior to its merger with AB InBev.

Vinge assists Nextmune Holding B.V., primarily owned by Fidelio Capital and Premune, in connection with the acquisition of the shares in Alergovet S.L. Alergovet is a leading company in Southern Europe focused on the diagnoses and treatment of atopic dermatitis for companion animals and horses, and offers high quality allergy tests and allergen-specific immunotherapy treatment for companion animals and horses.