Vinge advises 24/7 Customer (Financial Services) Limited on Swedish law matters in connection with its acquisition of Campanja AB. The transaction was closed on 24 August 2015.
Vinge’s team consists of M&A partners Peter Sundgren and Johan Winnerblad, associates Carl Sander (M&A), Per Nydén and Evelina Tejle (employment & benefits), Josefin Larsson (banking & finance), Emilie Parland (tax) and Rebecka Weitzberg (intellectual property).
Slaughter and May is advising Diageo plc on its announced intention to increase its equity stake in Guinness Nigeria.
As announced by Diageo on 9 September 2015, it has approached the Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria plc with an intention to make an offer to increase its equity stake in Guinness Nigeria from 54.3% up to a maximum of 70%. Guinness Nigeria’s listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange would be maintained.
Gernandt & Danielsson has advised Priveq Investment Fund IV in connection with its investment in Anläggning & Kabel Entreprenad i Malmö AB.
Priveq has acquired approximately 60 per cent of the shares in Anläggning & Kabel Entreprenad i Malmö AB, a leading supplier of excavation work for cable and construction related projects in the southern parts of Sweden.
Logstor, owned by the private equity investment firm Triton, has acquired Powerpipe Systems AB from Jebo Industrier AS and certain minority holders. Powerpipe is a Swedish-based provider of pre-insulated pipe systems. The company is focused on ensuring customers flexible deliveries and short lead times on customized and standard products.
Logstor is a market leader in pre-insulated pipe systems for district heating and cooling, and supplier to the oil and gas sector as well as the chemical and food industries.
The trading and services group Otto Group, Hamburg, has increased its shareholding in MYTOYS GROUP from previously 74.8% to 94.8%. The Berlin-based e-commerce company MYTOYS GROUP belongs to Otto Group since 2000 and is a multichannel provider of children’s assortments in Germany.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of OMERS Private Equity) on its acquisition of Web Technologies Group (WTG), the software consultancy and services group.
Based in London, WTG specialises in planning, building and managing complex, secure web applications and digital services for government and other public sector clients. Customers include the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department of Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Government Digital Service, the College of Policing and the National Crime Agency.
DWF LLP advised Equiniti, a leading provider of technology led solutions to clients with complex and regulated administration needs, on their acquisition of TransGlobal Payment Solutions. TransGlobal is the technology company that powers the platform for the Group’s foreign exchange payments business, Equiniti International Payments.
Hogan Lovells has advised Suramericana S.A., the insurance subsidiary of Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, on the £403m cash purchase of RSA Insurance Group's (‘RSA’) Latin America businesses.
RSA Latin America is a pan-regional insurance platform and one of the top ten international insurers in the region. It has an established presence in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Uruguay, with a balanced portfolio mix.
Travers Smith LLP has acted on the acquisition of British insurer Amlin plc by Japanese insurance company Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company (MSI). MSI has agreed to acquire Amlin for 670 pence per share in cash, which values the transaction at approximately £3.5 billion.
Clifford Chance has advised NTT DATA Corporation, (NTT DATA) on its acquisition of iPay 88 Sdn. Bhd, a company chiefly involved in the online payment service and payment solution provider in Malaysia, through its subsidiary NTT DATA Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. This transaction aims to combine NTT DATA’s solutions and know-how in the payment field. The collaboration will accelerate the further expansion of NTT DATA's payment business in Malaysia and in Asia Pacific.