DLA Piper has been advising US-based OSI Group on its acquisition of the majority of the shares in Baho Wijchen B.V., a holding company of the Baho Food Group, from Grinding Holdings N.V. The transaction has been successfully completed, following its clearance by the competent cartel offices.
Allen & Overy advised Attijariwafa bank a Moroccan leading banking and financial group in Africa on the acquisition of Barclays Bank Egyptian banking business.
The U.K.-listed banking giant Barclays Bank sold its retail and corporate banking business in Egypt to Moroccan banking firm Attijariwafa bank present in the Maghreb, Western and Central Africa. The sale is expected to close by the year end following regulatory approvals from notably the Central Bank of Egypt and Central Bank of Morocco.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Grakon LLC (an investee company of Industrial Growth Partners, the San Francisco-based private equity investment firm) on its acquisition of BMAC Limited, a leader in designing, manufacturing and distributing LED lighting and electronic control systems.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised financial services provider FWU AG on its acquisition of Fortuna Lebens-Versicherungs AG, Vaduz, from Generali Schweiz Holding AG. The acquisition of Liechtenstein-based Fortuna enables FWU Group to widen its European market access. The transaction is subject to approval by the regulatory authorities.
Slaughter and May is advising M3, Inc. in connection with its proposed acquisition of the Vidal Group from AXIO Data Group for €100m on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The transaction is conditional on conclusion of a works council process in France.
The Vidal Group is a leading European healthcare informatics and information systems company, providing hospitals, primary care physicians, pharmacists and patients across Europe with online access to up-to-date drugs databases and related treatment-based information.
International law firm Clifford Chance has advised the consortium of leading global private equity funds comprised of Cinven and CVC Capital Partners to acquire NewDay , a leading consumer finance provider specialising in the UK credit card market from Värde Partners.
The UK is the largest credit card market in Europe and NewDay is one of the UK’s fastest growing specialty finance companies, providing credit to more than 5 million customers and with £1.5 billion of receivables.
LONDON (October 11, 2016) - International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announces today advising global specialist outsourcing company Sanne Group plc on their complex acquisition of FLSV Fund Administration Services (FAS) for a total consideration of approximately US$ 65.8 million.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Tractebel on its acquisition of a 70 percent stake in RED Engineering, a company which designs mechanical, electrical and public health services for infrastructure, new buildings and upgrade projects.
Red is headquartered in the UK, with operations in Dubai, Singapore and Manila, and has delivered more than 200 data centre project designs.
Tractebel is a global engineering company headquartered in Brussels, specialising in energy and infrastructure and is part of the ENGIE group.
The team was led by corporate partners David Higgins and Adrian Maguire in London and Florent Mazeron in Paris
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised The Carlyle Group, a leading private equity fund, on its $3.2bn acquisition of Atotech from Total S.A., the French integrated oil and gas company. Atotech is a chemicals business specialising in metallisation, panel plating and corrosion protection products.
Capvis, a leading Swiss private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in the Italian cosmetics producer Gotha Cosmetics.
Bär & Karrer acted as Swiss legal advisor to Capvis in the transaction. The team included Christoph Neeracher, Luca Jagmetti, Beda Kaufmann (all M&A) and Susanne Schreiber (Tax). Latham & Watkins acted as international counsel to Capvis.