Shoosmiths LLP advised the shareholders and the management team of Mortgages Made Easy Limited on the acquisition of Contractor Financials Limited and the additional investment for growth by Livingbridge.
Korian S.A. today announced the signing of the acquisition of Casa Reha Group. The acquisition requires clearance by the German Federal Cartel Office.
The Korian Group is a leading European operator of nursing homes, post-acute and rehabilitation clinics, assisted living facilities and home-care services, around 60,000 beds in France, Germany, Italy and Belgium in over 600 facilities. The Korian Group employs around 40,000 people.
Dr. Michael Sörgel and Dr. Stephan Witteler of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek legally advised Th. Graf & Cie. MeinReisering GmbH group on the takeover of insolvent Rosi Reisen, a travel agency with a long-standing history. As part of the transaction, all of the company's employees were taken over as of November 1, 2015. General Manager Oliver Graf intends to continue the business operations of Rosi Reisen unchanged at the Marl site.
"The Warsaw and Bucharest offices of Wolf Theiss have recently advised Pfisterer Holding AG in connection with its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Lapp Insu-lators Holding GmbH.
Ashurst has advised the international entertainment broadcasting group Modern Times Group on the acquisition of DreamHack, one of the world's largest electronic sports (eSports) companies.
DreamHack is the leading eSports player in Scandinavia and runs both local and global esports leagues, tournaments and championships. MTG is acquiring the whole of DreamHack for an enterprise value of SEK 244 million (US$28.2 million), from private investors and the company's management, which will continue to drive the development of the business.
Ashurst advised Grammer AG, a global supplier of automotive interior components and a leading producer of seating systems for commercial vehicles, on the takeover of Reum Kunststoff- und Metalltechnik GmbH and its Polish sister company, Reum Polska Sp.z.o.o. (Reum). The companies were sold by H.T.P. Investments B.V., H.T.P. Automotive GmbH and Palatium Beteiligungsgesellschaft UG.
In this way, the SDAX listed Grammer Group will be systematically continuing its strategy of acquiring technology companies for a targeted broadening and enhancing of its own product range.
Slaughter and May advised pan-European growth investor, Palamon Capital Partners, on its acquisition of a majority stake in The Rug Company from its founders Christopher and Suzanne Sharp and private equity firm Piper.
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Clifford Chance is advising the key AB InBev shareholders on its acquisition of SABMiller, including on corporate and tax matters. The firm has acted for the shareholders throughout the course of the matter with particular involvement on the deal structuring side.
Arval, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, completed the acquisition of GE Capital's European fleet services business. With this acquisition, Arval becomes number one in Europe in full service multi-brand vehicle leasing. The scope of the transaction included more than 160,000 vehicles in 12 European countries, with total vehicles assets amounting to around EUR 2.4 billion. The deal is part of a global transaction in which Element Financial, Arval's strategic partner in North America, acquired GE Capital Fleet Services’ businesses in the United States, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand.
Ashurst has advised Sankaty Advisors, LLC (Sankaty) and Deutsche Bank Sydney Branch (DB) as the winning consortium on the acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand commercial finance business of GE Commercial Finance.