Advising Eurazeo in connection with the acquisition of MK Direct Group, the home linen leader in France with the Linvosges and Françoise Saget brands.

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London—Dentons has advised NYX Gaming Group, a premier digital gaming supplier on its acquisition of  OpenBet, the UK based, market leading online sports betting platform provider. The companies have entered into a binding share purchase agreement and on completion NYX will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of OpenBet from funds managed by private equity firm Vitruvian Partners LLP, its co-investors and management. The total consideration of £270 million will be paid in cash.

Schweizerische Mobiliar, the oldest Swiss insurance company, agreed with KKR and other shareholders to acquire a 50% interest in Scout24 Schweiz, the leading Swiss network of online marketplaces for cars, real estate and general classifieds. Mobiliar and Ringier, who holds the other 50%, agreed on a strategic partnership with respect to Scout24.

With a team led by Dr. Sönke Görgens and Dr. Michael Dröge, both Partners at the Hamburg office, the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised WealthCap on the acquisition of the BayWa AG headquarters in Munich (Arabellapark). The property was sold by BayWa AG and project developer Competo Capital GmbH. Both companies held 50% ownership. The purchase price was about EUR 280 million.
 

Dentons advised private equity investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) on the acquisition of the French start-up Captain Train by its British competitor Trainline. The latter was bought by KKR in 2015.

The transaction, worth up to €200 million, is one of the biggest start-up acquisitions in France in the past few years.

Captain Train, founded in 2009, is a French online travel agency which provides a booking platform for purchasing train tickets in Europe. The company sells about 5,000 train tickets each day and has 1.5 million users.

Slaughter and May is advising Arrow Global Group PLC (Arrow), one of Europe’s leading purchasers and managers of debt, on the acquisition of InVesting B.V. from HAL Investments B.V. for a total consideration of approximately EUR 100 million.

Tokyo Stock Exchange listed Konica Minolta Inc. has acquired approx. 65% of shares in German firm MOBOTIX AG from its main shareholders. MOBOTIX AG’s shares are listed in the Entry Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Allen & Overy LLP advised SD Worx, the leading European provider of human resource services headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, on the acquisition of fidelis HR GmbH from the Munich-based Aurelius Group.
The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

fidelis HR is one of the leading payroll services providers in the German-speaking market, offering a comprehensive range of services in the field of business process outsourcing (BPO) as well as its own software solutions for HR departments.

Castren & Snellman is representing SATO Corporation in a transaction whereby SATO acquired the entire share capital of SVK Yhtymä Oy under an agreement signed on 1 April 2016. The transaction will result in the transfer of 1,255 rental homes mainly completed in the 2000s to SATO. In connection with the transaction, the parties agreed that the sellers will subscribe for shares in SATO in a directed share issue. The value of the acquisition is confidential.

Jones Day advised RPC Group PLC in its €650 million ($715.8 million) acquisition of GCS Group, a leading global manufacturer and provider of closures and dispensing systems and its related rights offering on the U.K.'s Main Market.

In addition to M&A representation, Jones Day provided capital markets, antitrust, and intellectual property advice regarding this transaction.

For additional information about this matter, please contact: Vica Irani, Simon J. Kiff
Client(s): RPC Group PLC