The Corporate team at Freeths has advised Rutland Partners-backed Omar Group on its acquisition of family-owned UK Sundecks.
Suffolk-based Omar Group is the UK’s leading manufacturer of park homes and luxury lodges. The acquisition will complement Omar’s existing services by adding an even more comprehensive offering, including PVCu decking, skirting and steps.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised funds advised by global investment firm Permira on its acquisition of a 50 per cent interest in Ye Cherng Industrial Products Co., Ltd (“Grobest”), one of the largest independent and most advanced producers of aquatic feed in Asia.
Hogan Lovells represented Edenred, a world leader in transactional solutions, in its recently announced agreement to acquire Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI), one of the leading North American providers of corporate payment solutions. The US$600 million deal will enable Edenred to step up its development in the fast-growing corporate payment segment, enhance its digital payment technology platform, and significantly increase its North American presence.
Schulte advised Veritas Capital and its affiliates in the definitive agreement to acquire athenahealth Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory customers nationwide, for approximately $5.7 billion in cash. Upon closing, Veritas and its affiliates, along with Evergreen Coast Capital, plan to combine athenahealth with Virence Health, the GE Healthcare value-based care assets that Veritas acquired earlier this year.
Munich – Krones, a world-leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, has acquired MHT Holding AG (MHT). The acquisition will enable Krones to extend its PET product portfolio to include tools for manufacturing preforms for PET bottles.
A CMS team from Germany and China headed by lead partner Dr Martin Kolbinger advised Krones on all legal aspects of the transaction.
Slaughter and May is advising Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma) in relation to its acquisition of Medlac Pharma Italy, Co. Ltd. (Medlac), an injectable manufacturing company in Vietnam. The acquisition includes a high-quality injectable facility, adjacent vacant land, Medlac’s product portfolio of 23 injectable products, its pipeline and all employees.
The acquisition was announced on 7 November 2018.
Clifford Chance has advised Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), one of the world's leading producers in the intermediate petrochemicals industry and a leading global manufacturer of wool yarns, on the acquisition of Kordárna Plus, a.s., a Czech-based industrial textile producer and a leading European producer of tire cord fabrics. The sellers are a group of shareholders led by Jet Investment, a private equity investment company based in Brno, Czech Republic.
November 13, 2018 (London) – International law firm Proskauer has advised Motive Partners, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, on its acquisition of a controlling interest in Lucht Probst Associates GmbH ("LPA") which is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.
International law firm Pinsent Masons LLP has advised Post Office Limited on its acquisition of Payzone Bill Payments Limited from Payzone UK Limited.
Bill payments are an important part of the Post Office’s retail offer and provide a valuable over-the-counter service to customers, generating footfall across the Post Office's branch network.
Dechert LLP advised Band of Boats, a subsidiary of Groupe Beneteau on its acquisition of Digital Nautic, a France-based start-up.
This acquisition is in line with the objectives to further strengthen and accelerate the digitalization section of the Group’s Transform to Perform strategic plan.
The Dechert Paris team advising Groupe Beneteau on legal aspects was composed of:
on corporate aspects: Isabelle Marguet, national partner, with Benhouda Derradji, associate;