King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin advised the APICIL Group on the acquisition of Skandia’s activities in France and Luxembourg (Skandia Life and Skandia Invest) from Old Mutual.

Based in Paris and in Luxembourg, the life insurance company Skandia Life and the investment company Skandia Invest have been members of Old Mutual since 2006 and employ 67 persons with €2.3 billion assets under management.

Paul Hastings LLP, advised MoneyGram International Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a leading money transfer company, on its recent acquisition of MTI Money Transfer Limited, a United Kingdom-based company offering MoneyGram services across Europe.  MTI has been providing MoneyGram’s service through its established network of over 500 agent locations in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic. The acquisition completed on 31 August 2014.

Trowers & Hamlins is delighted to have advised specialist behavioural health service provider Cambian on its acquisition of Ansel, a 24-bed clinic in Nottingham for men suffering from personality disorders.

Cambian is one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural health services and provides a range of services for adults and children, including services for patients with acquired brain injuries, autism and learning disabilities.

CMS in London has successfully advised Electra Partners, on the acquisition of The Original Bowling Company (“TOBC”) for a total consideration of £91 million. Debt facilities for the transaction have been provided by GE, Barclays and Lloyds.

Addleshaw Goddard has advised Barclaycard, the global payments business of Barclays Bank PLC, on its acquisition of The Logic Group, a leading UK managed payments company that provides payment and loyalty technology and solutions to a wide range of the UK’s leading brands.

The Wirecard Group has acquired all shares in the Turkish Mikro Odeme Sistemleri lletisim San. ve Tic. A.S., headquartered in Istanbul.

Under its brand 3pay, the company is considered to be one of the leading payment providers in Turkey. Among the company's customers and partners are all Turkish mobile communications companies as well as comprehensive partnerships in gaming and social media.

Paul Hastings LLP has advised OCEAN Holding GmbH on the acquisition of the Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank AG, a major German mortgage bank, from the US investor Lone Star. Measured by total assets estimated at €12 billion, this is the largest German bank takeover since the financial crisis.

Dentons advised its long-standing client, Expobank, on the successful acquisition of LBBW Bank CZ a.s. from German Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg (LBBW). The transaction that was originally signed in January 2014 has now closed as scheduled on 1 September 2014.

DLA Piper has advised Indian outsourcing company Wipro on the Australian component of a global acquisition deal worth roughly AU$208 million.

Wipro has acquired Canadian-based ATCO's IT subsidiaries in Australia and North America, as well as entering into a series of Master Services Agreements for a period of 10 years that will see them provide a complete suite of IT services to ATCO.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advises 3i Group plc  in its acquisition of A&A Manufacturing, a portfolio company of Audax Group, for $202.5 million.
 
The Kirkland team was led by M&A partner Christopher Torrente, finance partner David Tarr, and corporate associates Alex Rose, Jacob Hansen and Kristen Derhaag. All are based in Kirkland’s New York office.