Shearman & Sterling advised Société Générale on its acquisition of Kleinwort Benson Bank Limited and Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands Holdings Limited, the UK and Channel Islands’ wealth management business of BHF Kleinwort Benson Group S.A., a company recently acquired by Oddo & Cie.
Vinge is advising Atria Scandinavia in connection with its acquisition of Lagerberg i Norjeby AB, which conducts operations in relation to the breeding and production of chicken at Listerlandet in Blekinge. The company has 120 employees and is the third largest supplier of chicken to the Swedish market.
Aria’s acquisition is subject to approval by the relevant competition authority.
On March 9, 2016, the SPAR Group LTD (SPAR South Africa), Pinetown, South Africa (Johannesburg Stock Exchange: SPP), announced that it signed an agreement to acquire 60% of the shares in SPAR Holding AG (SPAR Switzerland), Gossau, Switzerland, for CHF 44.5 million from the existing shareholders of SPAR Switzerland.
SPAR South Africa and the sellers have agreed to an aggregate purchase price of CHF 100.8 million for 100% of the share capital in SPAR Switzerland.
Gowling WLG, formerly Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has advised AIM-quoted Mercia Technologies PLC (Mercia) on its £11 million acquisition of Enterprise Ventures Group Ltd (Enterprise Ventures).
Mercia is a technology-focused investment company which has developed its hybrid investment model to help fund, support and create value from some of the UK's most innovative technology ventures. Enterprise Ventures is a leading provider of early stage and growth finance through £200 million of third party managed funds in the North of England.
DWF has advised Equiniti on its acquisition of KYCnet BV, a leading Know-Your-Customer (KYC) technology and services provider, which helps organisations verify and on-board their customers, and on its acquisition of RiskFactor, which will enhance Equiniti’s fraud detection and prevention capabilities.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Enertronica S.p.A., an Italian listed company active in the energy sector in Italy and around the world, on the acquisition of 70 per cent of the corporate capital of Sertum Energy Namibia (Proprietary) Limited (Sertum Namibia). Sertum Namibia owns the rights to build, connect and operate a 6 MWp solar plant at Trekkopje, Erongo Region, in Namibia.
Castellum has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Fastighets AB Corallen, acquired 50% of the shares in CORHEI Fastighets AB. On 13 April 2015, Castellum acquired 50% of the shares in the company then known as Henry Ståhl Fastigheter AB (currently CORHEI Fastighets AB); the current acquisition was of the remaining block of shares. The underlying property value is SEK 2,083 million, and the shares were acquired for SEK 555 million.
Ashurst is advising Smith Square Partners in relation to the £105 million takeover of Penna Consulting Plc by Olsten (U.K.) Holdings Limited, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Adecco S.A.
Adecco is a world leading provider of HR solutions and believes that the acquisition of Penna, a global people management business, will broaden Adecco's range of services in the UK and elsewhere.
Smith Square Partners is acting as financial adviser to Adecco in relation to the transaction.
Baker & McKenzie has provided legal assistance to Ambienta in acquiring a majority stake in SF-Filter AG, Zurich; the SF-Filter group is a successful specialist for filter solutions with yearly sales of about CHF 80 m.
Ambienta is a leading European private equity fund operating out of Milan, Düsseldorf and London, focused on industrial growth. Ambienta invests in companies driven by environmental trends. With funds under management of over €500 million, it is the largest European private equity fund operating in its field.
We acted as the legal advisor to Nemetschek AG in its acquisition of Solibri Oy from Solibri Oy’s shareholders. The transaction was announced on 18 December 2015.
Solibri, founded in 1999, is a globally leading provider of software solutions for the quality assurance and quality control of Building Information Modeling (BIM), the digital work method in the construction industry. In addition to Finland, the company is active in the US and UK markets.