International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the world's largest vehicle rental business, on its acquisition of City Car Club, the UK's biggest independent car sharing company.

Enterprise is already one of the UK's largest car-sharing providers to the public sector under its Enterprise CarShare brand, but this acquisition will strengthen the company's position as a leading player in the UK's sharing economy.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised the US listed TransDigm Group Incorporated (TransDigm) on its acquisition of the aerospace business of Franke Aquarotter GmbH (Franke Aquarotter) for approximately $75 million.

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund, a specialist infrastructure fund set up by Australian investment bank Macquarie, on the acquisition of Sorgenia Green Srl (“Sorgenia Green”). Sorgenia Green is a developer, operator and manager of onshore wind sites across France and Italy.

A team from the business-advisory partnership Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, headed by Dr Pär Johansson, has advised Oakley Capital Private Equity concerning the acquisition of the Hamburg-based online dating agency PARSHIP. Completion of the transaction is still conditional on approval by the cartel authorities.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised IMCD on its acquisition of Kushalchand Sons in India.

Kushalchand, a family owned company based in Mumbai since 1922, is a distributor of food speciality ingredients to the fast growing processed food industry in India and represents world class suppliers. The acquisition of Mumbai-based distributor provides a platform for the further strengthening and expansion of the activities of IMCD in the food market in India.

Charles Russell Speechlys has recently acted as legal adviser to R.J. O’Brien Europe Limited (“RJO Europe”) on its acquisition of The Kyte Group Limited (“Kyte”) from GFI Group (“GFI”) for an undisclosed sum.

RJO Europe is an affiliate of Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (“RJO”), the oldest and largest independent futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States. Established in 2011, its regulated R.J. O’Brien (UK) Limited operation serves Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Slaughter and May is advising Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) in relation to its recommended cash and share offer for BG Group plc (BG Group).

Shell expects that the combination will accelerate its growth strategy in global LNG and deep water. Under the terms of the combination, BG Group shareholders will receive 383 pence in cash and 0.4454 Shell shares for each BG Group share. The terms of the combination value BG Group at approximately £47 billion and will result in former BG Group shareholders owning approximately 19% of the combined group.

DLA Piper represented Datapipe, Inc., a provider of hybrid IT solutions for the enterprise, in its acquisition of GoGrid, a cloud infrastructure service.

The acquisition is the latest for Datapipe, which continues to expand in the security, integration and management of multiple cloud platforms.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, working as a team with its Best Friend Slaughter and May and with US law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore has advised Royal Dutch Shell on its recommended cash and share offer for BG Group.

Under the offer, BG Shareholders will be entitled to receive a mix of cash and Shell B shares.

US based FedEx Corporation and Netherlands based TNT Express announced their agreement on FedEx's public offer for all TNT Express shares representing a value of EUR 4.4 billion (USD 4.8 billion). NautaDutilh is assisting FedEx in this deal and is acting as lead transaction counsel for our client.