Baker & McKenzie acted for APN in moving to full ownership of Adshel for $268.4 million, through acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in the Adshel joint venture from Clear Channel Outdoor and related capital raising.

Baker & McKenzie's Asia Pacific Head of Capital Markets and transaction lead partner, David Holland stated: "We were delighted to assist our long-standing client APN in continuing the implementation of its strategy to focus on growth media assets and wholly own its core businesses."

Baker & McKenzie acted for APN in moving to full ownership of Adshel for $268.4 million, through acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in the Adshel joint venture from Clear Channel Outdoor and related capital raising.

Baker & McKenzie's Asia Pacific Head of Capital Markets and transaction lead partner, David Holland stated: "We were delighted to assist our long-standing client APN in continuing the implementation of its strategy to focus on growth media assets and wholly own its core businesses."

A technology-enabled eDiscovery services provider, the combined organization will serve some of the world's largest financial institutions, Fortune 1000 companies and Am Law 100 firms.

Dentons advised ole Media Management (ole), a leading independent publishing and media rights management company based in Toronto, on its acquisition of the UK-headquartered rights management group Compact Media from Lyceum Capital, a UK-based private equity firm.The acquisition combines two world-class rights management infrastructures that together, will benefit both ole and Compact clients.

Vinge advises Ellevio on the acquisition of electricity network business in Nynäshamn (Nynäshamn Energi AB) from Kraftringen Energi. As a result, approximately 16,000 customers get a new network owner. The electricity network in Nynäshamn/Ösmo borders Ellevio’s regional network in Stockholm and further strengthens Ellevio’s already strong position in the Greater Stockholm area.

Vinge is advising SSVP, a fund advised by Private Equity advisor Orlando Nordics, in connection with the acquisition of all the shares in EuroMaint Gruppen AB (“EuroMaint”) from Ratos AB (publ.).

EuroMaint is a leading independent maintenance provider for the Swedish rail transport industry, and has a network of workshops from Luleå in the north to Malmö in the south of Sweden. EuroMaint head office is located in Solna, Sweden and the company has approximately 1050 employees. The transaction is conditional upon approval from competition authorities.

On 20 October 2016, Showa Denko, a leading Japanese chemical engineering company entered into an agreement with SGL Carbon SE regarding the acquisition of all shares in SGL GE Holding GmbH, which holds the graphite electrode business of the SGL Carbon group. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the relevant merger control authorities.

Fieldfisher has advised S&P Global Indices UK Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC), one of the world's leading index providers, on its acquisition of Trucost plc. The acquisition was the company's first following S&P Global's rebrand from McGraw Hill Financial.

Ashurst have advised a consortium made up of IFM Investors and AustralianSuper in its acquisition of state owned electricity company, Ausgrid, in a privatisation deal worth A$16.189 billion.

The State of New South Wales has privatised 50.4% of the Ausgrid assets through a dual partnership structure between IFM Investors and AustralianSuper for $10.258 billion, with gross proceeds going to the state of $16.189 billion due to a 100% re-financing of Ausgrid's debt plus stamp duty.

We are acting as the legal advisor to Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (MMC) in its acquisition of Luvata’s Special Products division from funds managed by Nordic Capital. The transaction was signed on 28 September 2016. Castren & Snellman’s team is led by partner Jarno Tanhuanpää.