Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Groupe APICIL (APICIL) on its acquisition of Legal & General Holdings (France) S.A. (Legal & General France).

DLA Piper has advised Duke Street, the mid-market private equity firm, on the €140 million acquisition of Medi-Globe Corporation (Medi-Globe), a German based manufacturer and distributor of surgical and medical instruments.

The Medi-Globe acquisition is Duke Street’s fifth standalone deal outside a traditional fund structure, following on from the acquisitions of Forkrent, One Call Hire and Voyage, on which DLA Piper also advised.

Vinge, together with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, represents ADB BVBA, a portfolio company to the French private equity fund PAI Partners, in its acquisition of Safegate from Fairford. Together they will form the new ADB Safegate group.

NKF advised Lekkerland (Schweiz) AG, a leading wholesale trading company for convenience consumption goods, in the acquisition of assets pertaining to the wholesale trading business of Contadis AG (Oettinger Davidoff Group). The Parties agreed to keep the purchase price confidential. The acquisition successfully closed on 23 February 2016.

The NKF team consisted of Manuel Werder (lead partner, corporate, M&A), Gaudenz Zindel (partner, corporate, M&A), Nicolas Birkhäuser (partner, regulatory) and Roman Sturzenegger (associate, corporate, M&A).

APG|SGA SA, the Swiss SIX listed advertising and Out of Home Media company acquired the Zug based advertising company Alpenplakat AG for an undisclosed consideration.

APG|SGA SA is advised by Lenz & Staehelin. The team includes Matthias Wolf (Partner) and Marion Bähler (Associate).

On February 23, 2016, Spectris Group Holdings Ltd announced that it has completed the acquisition of the privately-owned business, CAS Clean-Air-Service AG (CAS).

Osborne Clarke has advised Vink Kunststoffe GmbH on its acquisition of PaperlinX VTS Deutschland GmbH through an asset sale. The transaction is subject to approval from the German Federal Cartel Office.

Vink Kunststoffe GmbH supplies various industries including advertising, constructional and industrial sectors with intelligent solutions in plastics. Vink Deutschland is part of Europe's market leader Vink/Amari and is a member of Plastics Family, a global group of companies that distribute plastics.

Osborne Clarke has advised Bellevue Group AG on its acquisition of StarCapital AG, an independent Asset Manager. Bellevue Group is an independent Swiss asset management boutique, listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Founded in 1993, the company focuses on brokerage, corporate finance and asset management services.

DLA Piper advised San Diego-based ResMed, the world's leading tech-driven medical device company and innovator in sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory care, in its acquisition of the Atlanta-based Brightree, a leader in business management and clinical software applications for the post-acute care industry.

Freshfields has advised the consortium of infrastructure investors comprising Alberta Investment Management Corporation (on behalf of its clients), OMERS, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited (the infrastructure investing arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority) (the “Consortium”) on its agreement to acquire the company that owns and operates London City Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners and Highstar Capital.