Hill Dickinson has acted for Next Wave Partners and other shareholders on the £51m secondary buy-out of Fox International, Europe’s largest privately owned fishing tackle company.

Next Wave has completed the sale of a majority stake in Fox International to Mayfair Equity Partners whilst retaining a significant minority interest. The transaction, which values Fox at £50 million, gives Mayfair majority control of the business alongside Fox’s management team, led by its chief executive, David Algar.

Hamburg / Shanghai  -  Co. Ltd., a transnational company headquartered in Ningbo/China, has acquired Berkenhoff GmbH of Heuchelheim, Germany. The Chinese conglomerate operates primarily in the nonferrous alloy sector. By acquiring Berkenhoff, a long-established manufacturer of precision wire, Powerway is expanding its global presence in this market.

A team from CMS offices in Hamburg, Shanghai and Frankfurt headed by lead partner Dr Henrik Drinkuth advised Powerway on all legal aspects of the acquisition.

Reed Smith has advised leading online auction house Auctionata on its acquisition of London-based valuation company ValueMyStuff (VMS). The transaction involved Auctionata acquiring 100 per cent of the share capital of VMS.

Frankfurt, September 2, 2015 - Baker & McKenzie advised Allegion plc, a leading global security products and solutions provider, on the acquisition of all shares in SimonsVoss Technologies GmbH from HgCapital. SimonsVoss is a leading provider of electronic locks and access control systems. The transaction is valued at approximately EUR 210 million. The corresponding contracts were signed at the end of June 2015; after having been approved by the competition authorities, the transaction has now been completed successfully.

With Noerr’s support, the international industrial fastenings group, Trifast has carried out an acquisition on the German market: Trifast took over Kuhlmann Befestigungselemente GmbH & Co. KG, a distributor of fastening technology sited close to Bielefeld. The transaction showed a complex structure and included the allotment of new shares in Trifast as part of the consideration.

Hill Dickinson has advised Manchester based Principal Insurance on its acquisition of a niche motor insurance broker based in Kendal, Cumbria.

Matt Noon from Hill Dickinson’s corporate team acted on behalf of Principal Insurance, which acquired the broking business from insurance and risk management company Marsh.

All six Marsh staff, including general manager Kat Blayden-Byrne, have transferred with the business which will continue to trade from the Cumbrian town.

Barnes Group Inc., an international industrial and aerospace manufacturer and service Provider listed on the New York stock exchange, has acquired Swiss privately held Priamus System Technologies, a technology leader in the development of advanced process control systems for the plastic injection molding industry.

The VISCHER Team, led by Dr. Benedict F. Christ (Partner) advised the buyer Barnes and included Gian-Andrea Caprez (Managing Associate), Sebastian Huber (Associate) all Corporate and Delia Fehr-Bosshard (Associate) IP.

Setterwalls assisted the Swedish subsidiary of Danish Crown A/S, KLS Ugglarps AB, in the acquisition of a majority of the shares in Dalsjöfors Kött Holding AB and in relation to the assessment by the Swedish Competition Authority of the proposed acquisition. The acquisition was completed October 1st.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Northwood Investors on the acquisition of the 59.78% stake held by Commerz Real (acting for the account of the HausInvest fund) in CeGeREAL. The acquisition is expected to complete in November 2015.

Following this acquisition and in accordance with applicable regulations, Northwood will file a tender offer for all outstanding CeGeREAL’s shares.

DLA Piper has represented Quantium Solutions Holdings Pte. Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of our client Singapore Post Limited (SingPost)) on two significant deals in Hong Kong which were both signed and closed on Friday 28 August.