HWL Ebsworth is advising McMillan Shakespeare Limited (ASX: MMS), a major Australian provider of salary packaging and novated leasing, on its acquisition of Presidian Holdings Pty Ltd for $115 million.

Presidian provides finance, warranty and insurance products to the Australian automotive industry, with particular expertise in the used car market segment.

The transaction, which involves the purchase of 100% of the shares of privately owned Presidian, was announced to the Australian Securities Exchange on the evening of 5 February 2015.

Noerr has advised and assisted Oakley Capital with respect to the acquisition of majority stakes in the German and Polish subsidiaries owned and operated by the consulting and systems company Damovo. Damovo is specialised in integrated solutions in the field of unified communications and collaboration (UCC).

Ashurst advised Xchanging plc, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, on its 100% acquisition of the spend analytics company Spikes Cavell Analytic Ltd ("SCAL") on a cash free, debt free basis.

The acquisition is subject to certain customary closing conditions and is expected to complete by the end of March 2015.

Baker & McKenzie Tokyo and the Sao Paulo office of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados, which has a cooperation agreement with the Firm, jointly assisted Toyota Tsusho Corporation ("TTC") in the purchase of all shares of stock of NovaAgri Infra-Estrutura de Armazenagem e Escoamento Agrícola S.A. ("NovaAgri"), which comprises business on grain warehouses, railway shipment and export terminals, making the Brazil-based company a wholly owned subsidiary.

DLA Piper has advised Bristow Group, Inc. (NYSE: BRS) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bristow Helicopters Australia Pty Ltd, on its acquisition of an 85-percent interest in Airnorth, the major aviation operator in northern Australia.

Noerr has advised the leading British outsourcing service provider Capita on the announced takeover of the customer contact management service provider avocis. The purchase price is 210 million Euro. The transaction is pending approval by the Federal Cartel Office.

avocis is active in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (DACH) and has a strong market position in the DACH region. The company is currently under private equity majority ownership and provides customer contact management services in the telecommunications industry and to utility companies.

Bird & Bird LLP advises Armacell International, a world leader in flexible insulation foams for the equipment insulation market and also a leading provider of engineered foams, on the acquisition of the Turkish insulation materials manufacturer OneFlex (Das Yalitim Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi).

This acquisition significantly strengthens Armacell’s position in Turkey, where the company previously has been represented by a domestic licensee. Non-disclosure of the selling price has been agreed.

Telford-based Reconomy, the UK’s leading provider of outsourced recycling and waste management services, has announced the acquisition of Countrywide Waste Management Limited.

The enlarged Reconomy group of companies will have a combined turnover in excess of £80 million and demonstrates a significant step toward ensuring they continue to provide industry leading services to an increasing number of clients that view outsourcing their recycling and waste services as the most efficient method of managing their waste.

Charles Russell Speechlys has acted as the legal adviser to FF&P Private Equity (“FPE”), the private equity business of Stonehage Fleming Family & Partners, on the management buy-out of Kallidus Holdings Limited, the leading human capital management software business. FPE has invested alongside the existing management team and will take a majority stake in the business.

Borenius advised Vitruvian Partners as its Finnish counsel in the acquisition of CRF Box Oy, a healthcare technology provider recognized for its expertise in electronic Clinical Outcome Assessments solutions for global clinical trials.
 
Vitruvian Partners is a London based private equity firm specialized in middle-market buyouts, growth buyouts and growth capital investments in the UK and elsewhere in Northern Europe.
 
The Borenius team was led by Senior Partner Jyrki Tähtinen.