Guido Galeotti Partner of Eversheds advised Nidec Europe B.V., of the Japanese Nidec Corporation, company listed on the Tokyo’s SE and NYSE and the world's No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer, handling "everything that spins and moves", miniature to gigantic, in the acquisition of ECE S.r.l., producer of professional elevators for construction and industry, based in the Emilia Romagna region in Italy.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Freshfields) has advised Fajr Capital on its acquisition of UAE-based food and beverage platform Cravia Group (Cravia). Fajr Capital is a leading private equity investor in high-growth markets across the Middle East and Asia, and Cravia is one of the fastest growing food and beverage platforms in the Middle East.
Manchester-based digital agency Building Blocks has been acquired by Dept UK Holding Limited.
Building Blocks is a top 100 digital agency, which specialises in helping global companies solve complex problems using digital technologies.
Based on Portland Street in Manchester and with additional offices in the US and Spain, the privately-owned agency was founded in 2007 by Andrew Iddon and Jonathan Whiteside. The two founding partners along with third partner Jasper van de Luijtgaarden will retain an interest in Dept UK Holding Limited as part of the deal.
Herbert Smith Freehills Paris LLP is advising Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, on its proposed public offe
Vinge has advised AB Novestra (publ) (“Novestra”) in connection with its acquisition of Strax Group GmbH. The acquisition was approved by the annual general meeting of shareholders in Novestra on April 26, 2016 and the general meeting also resolved to change the name of the company to Strax AB. The acquisition of the shares in Strax Group GmbH was made by an issue in kind where the purchase price consisted of 80 571 293 newly issued shares in Novestra.
On 29 February 2016, EQT VII, a fund of the private equity group EQT acting through Kiwi Holding IV S.à r.l., launched an all-cash public tender offer for all listed shares in Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. With the satisfaction of all its conditions, the offer was successfully settled today. EQT currently holds 98.02% of the voting rights and 97.52% of Kuoni's share capital.
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Auswide Bank Ltd in relation to its acquisition by way of demutualisation and scheme of arrangement of Queensland Professional Credit Union Ltd (trading as Your Credit Union) (YCU). The cash and scrip deal, which was implemented today, is the first merger between a listed bank and mutual ADI in over ten years.
The KWM team was led by Brisbane-based partner Rhys Casey, supported by solicitors Akshay Naran and Stephanie Courtice. Philip Pan and Natalie Caton assisted with the scheme court process and Katrina Parkyn on tax.
Sauter FM GmbH, a German facility management company with registered seat in Augsburg being part of the globally operating Basel-headquartered SAUTER group, acquires the majority of shares in Pandomus AG, a Cologne-headquartered full service provider for building technology with a turnover of approximately EUR 15m and 80 employees.
VISCHER advised SAUTER in this transaction. The VISCHER-team comprised Dr. Robert Bernet (Partner, Corporate) and Dr. Peter Kühn (Managing Associate, Corporate).
Fazer acquires Swedish breakfast cereal maker Frebaco.
Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Fazer in the transaction. Our team included Richard Åkerman, Bruce McGinn, David Riihonen, Caroline Wassdahl, Moa Fritzon Torbjelt, Peter Forsberg, Xandra Carlsson, Linn Gröndahl and Aina Renström.
Viking Malt Oy acquires Danish Malting Group from the Carlsberg Group A/S.
Hannes Snellman acted as a counsel to Viking Malt in the transaction. Our team included Riikka Rannikko, Mikael Wahlbeck, Markus Bremer, Olli-Pekka Veranen, Toni Malminen and Tuuli Pikkarainen.