Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Hartwall Capital Oy Ab in its acquisition of SUEZ Suomi Oy, comprising the Finnish operations of SUEZ Group.
Our core team included Sten Olsson, Markus Bremer, Johanna Haltia-Tapio, Klaus Metsä-Simola, Jesper Kostiainen, Antti Alanko, Erkko Korhonen, Ville Kivikoski and Suvi-Tuuli Saarnio.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised global health and care company Bupa on its £835 million acquisition of Oasis Dental Care, the UK's leading private dental provider, from European private equity group Bridgepoint.
Shearman & Sterling advised RedWhiteBlue Digital Marketing Services Holdings Ltd, a vehicle indirectly owned and controlled by investment funds controlled and managed by DBAY Advisors Limited, on its announced £75.8 million cash offer for Creston plc. The acquisition will be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised Next Wave Partners on its acquisition of Leicester-based Roof-Maker for £30 million from its founders Rachel Owen and Scott Nicholas. Roof-Maker is a fast growing, vertically integrated, omni-channel retailer of premium, high performance roof-lights, skylights and bi-fold doors.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Allianz SE on its acquisition of Zurich Insurance Company Ltd’s Moroccan subsidiary. The transaction was completed on November 4, following the regulatory approval.
LONDON – Global law firm Dechert LLP has advised Mid Europa Partners on its acquisition of Profi Rom Food, the largest supermarket chain in Romania from Polish Enterprise Fund VI. This is the largest deal ever completed by a private equity fund in Romania and the largest retail deal in the country’s history. Profi is a modern retail network with the widest geographical spread in Romania, operates from almost 500 stores and had sales of EUR 800 million in 2016. Today Profi is one of the top employers in Romania with nearly 11,000 employees.
Herbert Smith Freehills is delighted to be advising Centuria Capital Group (Centuria) on its A$217 million acquisition of the majority of 360 Capital Group’s (TGP) real estate management platform.
The firm is also advising Centuria on its associated A$150 million fully underwritten capital raising, which comprises an innovative conditional 1 for 1 rights offer of new stapled securities, a placement to institutional investors and a further conditional placement to institutional investors subject to Centuria securityholder approval.
The Freshfields team was led by US Regional Managing Partner, Peter Lyons
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised London Stock Exchange Group plc (‘LSEG’) on its acquisition of Mergent, Inc. (‘Mergent’), a South Carolina-based provider of business and financial data and analytics on public and private companies across the globe. The transaction is expected to close by January 31, 2017.
Davis Polk is advising Valeo, one of the world’s top automotive suppliers, in connection with its partial tender offer for the shares of Ichikoh, which is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Under this tender offer, Valeo is offering to buy shares from Ichikoh shareholders at a price of JPY 408 per share. The tender offer will run from November 24, 2016 to January 12, 2017.
Ashurst is advising Citigroup in relation to the £221.5 million recommended takeover of Brammer plc by AI Robin Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International Corporation.
Advent International is a global private equity investor. The firm has invested in more than 315 private equity transactions in 40 countries. As of 30 June 2016, it had US$40 billion in assets under management.
Citigroup is acting as financial adviser to AI Robin Limited in relation to the offer.