Eversheds has advised Rockfire Capital (“Rockfire”), a specialist investment management company, on the acquisition of Swindon Solar Farm Limited, owner of one of the UK’s largest operational solar PV projects, from the WELink Energy (U.K.) Ltd group of companies (“WELink”).

The Eversheds team was led by partner Stephen Hill with support from Matthew Hussey (Corporate), Amelia Gibbons (Property) and Sacha Bacco (Energy construction).

Eversheds has advised Horizon Pharma plc on the European aspects of its $800 million acquisition of Raptor Pharmaceutical corporation which strengthens Horizon’s focus on rare disease and bolstering their expansion into Europe and other international markets.

Baker & McKenzie advised Nissha Printing as part of its acquisition of Graphic Controls Holdings, a medical device producer, from WestView Capital Partners II for USD135 million. The closing of this acquisition will happen very soon when the Japanese company purchases shares from U.S. private equity firm WestView Capital Partners.

Eversheds acted as legal advisor for Irish Fintrax Group as the company acquired the shares of Finnish e-Taxfree Nordic Ltd.

Established in 2013, e-Taxfree Nordic is a Finnish company which offers the market’s most advanced digital solutions for making tax-free purchases. The service enables paperless processing and obtaining of VAT refunds. As a result of the acquisition, e-Taxfree Nordic’s electronic tax refund service will expand to other countries.

We advised AmDocs on its acquisition of Brite:Brill, a Dublin-based billing software company, as part of a deal through which three companies were bought by the

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Trust Tech, Inc., one of Japan's largest listed recruitment companies, on the acquisition of the recruitment and training solutions provider, MTrec Limited. The £17m deal completed at the end of August. The acquisition marks Trust Tech’s first significant acquisition outside of Japan, and will help the company establish a presence in the UK and European markets.

The Gowling WLG corporate team has advised on the sale of the majority stake in JD Classics to the pan-European mid-market private equity firm Charme III.

The firm advised Derek Hood, founder of premium car restoration business JD Classics, on the transaction. Derek will retain a significant stake and will partner with Charme and the co-investors.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised new client Fabrinet on its acquisition of Exception EMS, a UK-based contract manufacturer of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA’s) for approximately $13.5 million. Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, medical devices and sensors.

Baker & McKenzie has advised the Hallstar group, the American specialty chemicals company, within the framework of the acquisition of Oléos, the French supplier of bioactive compounds.

Clifford Chance today announced that a cross-border team of lawyers in New York and London is advising Informa PLC on its acquisition of Penton Business Media Holdings from MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co.

Under terms of the agreement, Informa will acquire Penton for $1.558 billion (£1.18 billion), subject to customary adjustments, with the acquisition to be funded through a combination of both debt and equity, including a fully underwritten £715 million rights issue. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2016.