Kuoni is one of the largest tour operators in Europe and the acquisition includes Kuoni's activities in Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia / Finland and Benelux, and also the airline Novair and the resort company Playitas.

The buyer is Der Touristik, the travel division of the German retail and tourism group REWE Group.

Kuoni Group's European business has a turnover of 2 billion euros and 1.5 million customers (2014).

London M&A group co-head Stephen Blackshaw led a Sidley team advising Heineken, in conjunction with Diageo, on a series of cross-border transactions as well as certain licensing agreements in Jamaica, Malaysia, Singapore and Ghana. The total net cash consideration was US$780.5 million. The transactions include:

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the acquisition of Etraveli, a leading pan-European online travel agent for flights. With this deal ProSiebenSat.1 is further expanding its eCommerce business activities. Via its investment subsidiary 7Travel, the TV Group has acquired Etraveli Holding AB, based in Uppsala, Sweden. ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired 100% of the shares in Etraveli from Segulah IV L.P., a private equity company in the Nordic region, for an overall valuation of approximately 235 million euros.

Baker & McKenzie recently advised Bright Food Group (“Bright Food”), on the acquisition of Miquel Alimentacio Grup, the second largest food distributor in Spain, to establish its food distribution and logistics centre in Europe and globally. The EUR 110 million (US$123.15 million) takeover was made jointly by Shanghai Tangjiu Group Co Ltd, a fully owned Bright Food subsidiary which took a 72 percent stake in Miquel, JIC Investment Co Ltd and Shenzhen Donghuatong Trade Development Co Ltd.

Funds affiliated with Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading US-based Private Equity firm, have agreed to acquire the entirety of Bain Capital’s interest in Securitas Direct Verisure Group. The acquisition places H&F in a majority shareholder position alongside Company management and creates an optimal platform for continued growth.

The ProSiebenSat.1 Group is further expanding its eCommerce business activities via the acquisition of Etraveli Holding AB through its investment subsidiary 7Travel. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, Etraveli was founded in 2007 and is a leading pan-European online travel agent for flights. ProSiebenSat.1 has acquired 100% of the shares in Etraveli from Segulah IV L.P., a private equity company in the Nordic region, for an overall valuation of approximately EUR 235 million.

PLMJ advised the company Movimentódromo on the financing operation and acquisition of a controlling stake in the historic company Orbita – Bicicletas Portuguesas.

The partner who heads PLMJ's private equity team, Duarte Schmidt Lino, led the operation with the help of Teresa Madeira Afonso.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advises Guo GmbH & Co. KG on the increase of its shareholding in the listed Powerland AG, Frankfurt am Main.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised EQT on the acquisition of kfzteile24 GmbH (kfzteile24), one of the largest online retailers of automotive parts and accessories in Germany. The purchase price remains confidential. Closing of the transaction is subject to antitrust approval.

kfzteile24 was founded in 2001 and is now one of Germany's leading online retailers of automotive parts and accessories. Three Berlin branches complement the existing online sales. kfzteile24 has 500 employees and in 2014 achieved a turnover of EUR 114 million.

Clifford Chance has advised COMPAREX AG on its acquisition of amando software GmbH.

amando software GmbH is among Europe's most successful providers of software solutions and services for software asset management (SAM). COMPAREX and amando can already look back on a technology partnership. By taking over amando, COMPAREX is seeking to bring together their leading technologies and licensing excellence in response to rising customer demand for managed services in software asset management.