Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Seven West Media Limited on its purchase of The Sunday Times newspaper and website PerthNow from Nationwide News Pty Limited.
Seven West Media Limited, a long-standing client of Herbert Smith Freehills, is one of Australia’s best-performing integrated media and content companies.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Quadrant Private Equity portfolio company Urban Purveyor Group on its acquisition of Rockpool Group.
Urban Purveyor Group will merge with the Rockpool Group to create The Rockpool Dining Group.
White & Case LLP has advised IK Investment Partners on the acquisition of ZytoService Group (ZytoService) from its founders and capiton AG, which will continue to hold an interest in the company.
The ZytoService acquisition is supported by the new IK VIII fund and is its first investment in Germany. Financial terms of the deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, have not been disclosed.
Noerr has advised the financing bank consortium on the acquisition of a majority stake in Betten Duscher Group by the investment company Odewald KMU. DZ BANK AG, Bremer Kreditbank AG and BHF-Bank AG belong to the consortium.
We acted as Finnish counsel for Solenis in its acquisition of Nopco Holding AS and related subsidiaries in Finland and other jurisdictions. The transaction was completed on 12 October 2016, following receipt of customary regulatory approvals in Germany.
Nopco produces and supplies advanced chemical solutions for the European pulp, paper, industrial and recycling sectors. Nopco is headquartered in Drammen, Norway, and it has production facilities in Norway, Finland and Spain as well as laboratories and personnel throughout Europe, Asia and South America.
GSK Stockmann + Kollegen (“GSK”) advised the US software provider Visual IQ, Inc. on the acquisition of Refined Labs GmbH in Munich, a German soft-ware provider.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Zensar Technologies, a leading digital solutions and technology services company, backed by RPG Group, one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates and Apax Partners, the private equity investment group, on its acquisition of Foolproof Limited.
Nabarro has advised GRI Group on the acquisition of Expac (Preston), a contract manufacturer focused on the Household, Health, Beauty and Toiletry sectors. Expac Ltd will benefit considerably after the acquisition by Graham Royle's GRI Group and becoming a subsidiary of GRI Expac.
GRI Group, headquartered in Sheffield, is headed up by one of the region’s most successful entrepreneurs, Graham Royle. The acquisition of the £5m turnover household products manufacturer is in line with the company’s ongoing acquisition strategy.
DLA Piper has advised US-based The Toro Company on its acquisition of all shares in Regnerbau Calw GmbH, including its Polish subsidiary Perrot Polska SP.z.o.o. The Closing of the transaction is still subject to customary merger clearance requirements.
Regnerbau Calw GmbH, a privately owned company, develops, produces and distributes sprinklers, mobile irrigation solutions, large area rain gun sprinklers and irrigation accessories worldwide.
Netherlands-based ASML Holding NV, one of the world's leading chip industry equipment providers, and Germany-based Carl Zeiss SMT, a business group of Carl Zeiss AG (ZEISS), have agreed to strengthen their long-standing and successful partnership in the semiconductor lithography business. The main objective of this agreement is to facilitate the development of the future generation of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems due in the first few years of the next decade.