William Fry is advising King Digital Entertainment plc (NYSE: KING) a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world and the creator of Candy Crush Saga®,  in respect of the acquisition by Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), one of the world’s largest interactive gaming companies, of all the outstanding shares of King for $18.00 in cash per share, for a total equity value of $5.9 billion.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised The Carlyle Group, when he entered into exclusive discussions with Astorg in order to acquire a majority controlling stake in the group Saverglass, a high-end producer of bottles and carafes for the premium spirit, fine wine and perfume markets.

The exclusive discussions between The Carlyle Group and Astorg are made alongside the management of Saverglass.

The offer is subject to the consultation process of the relevant French employee works’ councils as well as antitrust authorities approvals.

TDK Corporation and Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG announced on December 17, 2015 that they entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which TDK Corporation will launch an all cash public tender offer for all publicly held registered shares of Micronas for CHF 7.50 per share. On a fully diluted equity value basis, the transaction is valued at approximately CHF 214 million.

KIRKBI A/S (KIRKBI), the holding and investment company of the Kirk Kristiansen Family and owners of The LEGO Group, has joined forces with Blackstone to acquire Armacell, a leading global high-tech insulation firm, from Charterhouse Capital Partners. Hogan Lovells has acted as legal adviser to KIRKBI in the transaction, which is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, on its acquisition of GL Education, a leading London-based provider of educational assessments, from Investcorp for an undisclosed amount. GL Education provides an integrated suite of assessments which is used by more than 3 million pupils every year in over 100 countries worldwide. The transaction was announced on May, 31 2016. Read more about the transaction here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Michael Paley in Chicago and David Arnold in London.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised IMCD, a leading international speciality chemical-focussed distributor on reaching an agreement on the acquisition of Selectchemie LTDA in Brazil. Selectchemie is a leading distributor of pharmaceutical ingredients in Brazil, representing world-leading producers from the US, Europe and Asia. The portfolio includes an extensive range of excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients which complements IMCD’s existing position in Brazil.

Gategroup has reached an agreement to acquire 100% ownership in Inflight Service Group from funds advised by Triton, a private equity company in the Nordic region, at an enterprise value of SEK 1.1 billion. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Polish antitrust authorities.

Kirkland & Ellis represents a consortium led by Mr. Michael Xiangyu Chen, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of iDreamSky and Mr. Anfernee Song Guan, chief technology officer and a director of iDreamSky, together with certain rollover securityholders and new investors, including, among others, V Capital, Prometheus Capital, Legend Capital, We Capital, Star VC or their affiliated entities, in their acquisition of NASDAQ-listed iDreamSky Technology Limited, China’s leading independent mobile game publishing platform.

Milan - Munich, 4. January 2016 – Baker & McKenzie advised CRIF S.p.A. on its acquisition of Bürgel Wirtschaftsinformationen GmbH & Co. KG from Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft and EOS Holding GmbH. The transaction, which was signed on Friday, 18 December in Hamburg, is expected to complete by the end of February 2016.

Stephenson Harwood has advised Acadia Healthcare on the acquisition of Priory Group, a leading provider of behavioural healthcare facilities in the United Kingdom.