International legal practice, Osborne Clarke has advised Rotork p.l.c, the market leading actuator manufacturer and global flow control company, on its successful acquisition of Bifold Group Limited for up to £125m on a cash-free and debt-free basis.

The Osborne Clarke team that advised on the acquisition was led by corporate Partner David Ferris, who was assisted by Associate Director Jeremy Cavendish and Senior Associate Adam Love.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati has advised FWU AG, Munich, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Skandia Austria Holding AG and thus indirectly also 100% of the shares in Skandia Lebensversicherungs AG and Skandia Invest Service GmbH, all headquartered in Vienna, from the German Heidelberger Leben Group.

Swiss Prime Site has announced that it has agreed to acquire SENIOcare Group from the private equity investment group Waterland. The acquisition is, among other things, subject to the approval by the Swiss Competition Commission.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised Sino-German Ecopark Handel-und Beratungs GmbH (Sino German Ecopark), based in Munich, on the voluntary public takeover of German Brokers AG. The shares of German Brokers AG are admitted for trading at the General Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and are also traded over the counter (Freiverkehr) at the Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart stock exchanges.

Marlin Equity Partners acquired International Business Systems (IBS) in June 2015. IBS is a global leading provider of integrated ERP, WMS and SCM solutions used by customers to streamline, automate and accelerate their operations, and drive profitability and efficiency.

Marlin Equity Partners is a global investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles, USA, and an additional office in London. Marlin has over USD 3 billion of capital under management and invests in businesses across multiple industries.

Verder Group has acquired the 230 year old corporate group, which has expertise in areas including dairy, industrial processing equipment for use in the food and pharmaceutical sectors, stainless steel centrifugal pumps and surface treatment of stainless steel.

Squire Patton Boggs has acted for Public Consulting Group (PCG) and its PCG Polska z.o.o. wholly owned subsidiary on two strategic acquisitions in Poland.  The team advising PCG was led by Pawel Magierowski from the firm’s Global Corporate Practice in Warsaw, supported by Ewelina Witek and Katarzyna Witkowska – Pertkiewicz.

Cofely Axima NV, part of the ENGIE-group, has acquired Vandewalle NV in August 2015. Vandewalle NV, an enterprise located in West-Flanders, is active in the design and installation of HVAC-installations and the optimization of the energy consumption of enterprises.

For this acquisition, Cofely Axima NV was assisted by an Eubelius team led by Peter Vandendriessche, Jörg Heirman and Marieke Wyckaert.

Stibbe advises Hearthside Group Holdings LLC in the acquisition of VSI (B.V. Vurense Snack Industrie) from NPM Capital. Besides the majority stake of NPM Capital Hearthside also acquired the remaining shares.

VSI is European leader in the field of functional foods, especially nutrition bars (sport and slimming bars). Hearthside is the food industry's largest contract manufacturer, and largest private bakery in North America.

Addleshaw Goddard's Manchester Corporate team has advised Concept Life Sciences, a scientific laboratory and consultancy group, on its acquisition of CXR Biosciences, a leading investigative toxicology business.

The acquisition of CXR Biosciences, which is the group's fourth acquisition since formation, will complement Concept Life Sciences' existing platform of problem solving chemical synthesis and biological services, as well as further strengthening the group's portfolio offering and enhancing its ability to support its customers' complex discovery projects.