Ashurst advised Babcock Mission Critical Services (MCS), part of the Babcock International Group plc, on the purchase of the helicopter services company Heli Aviation GmbH (Heli Aviation). Besides the limited company, located in Augsburg, two Chinese subsidiaries and a share in the Northern German joint venture Northern HeliCopter are part of the purchase deal. Seller is Marco Ohnhäuser, a shareholder in the Ohnhäuser Group.
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and other shareholders have sold their stakes in Scout24, Switzerland, to the insurance company Schweizerische Mobiliar. Schweizerische Mobiliar became a new shareholder in Scout24 alongside the Swiss media company Ringier.
Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to KKR in this transaction. The Bär & Karrer team included Christoph Neeracher, Luca Jagmetti, Beda Kaufmann, André Berne (all M&A) as well as Daniel Bader (Tax) and Markus Wang (IP).
The London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) in its acquisition of Kalle GmbH (Kalle).
Bank of Ireland, ING, UniCredit, BNP, HSBC, SG, CACIB, SMBC and Oaktree have committed to providing debt financing for the transaction.
Debevoise advised CD&R on financing and tax aspects of the deal.
Sydney, Australia, 29 April 2016 – Baker & McKenzie is the law firm advising HanesBrands to Acquire Pacific Brands Limited, the leading Underwear and Intimate Apparel Company in Australia.
Bird & Bird LLP has advised Finland’s OpusCapita Group Oy on the acquisition of all shares in jCatalog Software AG (Dortmund, Germany) from its shareholders.
jCatalog Software AG is a leading provider of software solutions for procurement as well as the management and distribution of product information. jCatalog is headquartered in Dortmund with offices across Europe and a subsidiary in the USA.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has advised investment firm Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of Marketing Applications from Teradata Corporation.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Freshfields) has advised investment firm Marlin Equity Partners on the acquisition of Marketing Applications from Teradata Corporation (Teradata). The transaction is subject to applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.
Freshfields has advised leading European private equity firm, Cinven, and global investment management organisation, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, on their agreement to acquire Hotelbeds Group from Tui AG
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Freshfields) has advised leading European private equity firm, Cinven, and global investment management organisation, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), on their agreement to acquire Hotelbeds Group (Hotelbeds) from Tui AG. The sale has been agreed for an enterprise value of EUR 1.165 billion.
McDermott Will & Emery advised Valtris Specialty Chemicals, a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, on its acquisition of Akcros Holdings, from an independent investor club.
H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity investment firm with $19 billion of equity capital under management. Valtris is a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals primarily used as additives in the production and processing of polymers, sealants, and chemical intermediates and was carved-out of Ferro Corporation by H.I.G. in December of 2014.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Global Risk Partners Limited (”GRP”), the independent insurance intermediary, on its backing of the management buyout (“MBO”) of specialist Lloyd’s broker Lonmar Global Risks. Following the MBO, Lonmar’s management team headed up by chief executive David Pexton will continue in their current leadership roles.
26 April, 2016, Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited ("Evergrande Real Estate") has successfully acquired China Calxon Group Co., Ltd. (Calxon, stock code: 000918), through which Evergrande Real Estate obtained its first A-share financing vehicle in the domestic capital market. In the transaction, Evergrande Real Estate purchased approximately 952 million shares in Calxon from Zhejiang Commercial Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Guoda Group Co., Ltd.