Weil, Gotshal & Manges is advising Access Industries Group on its final cash offer to acquire the remaining shares it does not already own in LSE-listed Perform Group, the sports rights company. The Access Industries Group currently owns approximately 42.5% of Perform. Perform is focused on the commercialisation of multi-media sports content across multiple platforms, and owns one of the largest portfolios of digital sports rights in the world through contracts relating to more than 200 sports leagues, tournaments and events.

Weil advised Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Norwegian) in connection with its acquisition of Prestige Cruises International, Inc. (Prestige). The $3.025 billion deal in cash and stock includes the assumption of debt. An additional, contingent cash payment of up to $50 million would be available to Prestige shareholders upon realization of certain 2015 performance metrics.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Amazon.com, Inc. [“Amazon”] in its agreement to acquire Twitch Interactive, Inc. [“Twitch”], the leading live video platform for gamers. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Twitch for approximately $970 million in cash, as adjusted for the assumption of options and other items. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the second half of 2014.

Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK), a global leader in consumer packaging, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EMPAQUE, a leading Mexican manufacturer of aluminum cans and ends, bottle caps and glass bottles for the beverage industry, from affiliates of Heineken N.V. Dechert LLP advised Crown Holdings on the cash transaction, which is valued at approx. US$1.2 billion.

The Dechert corporate team advising Crown Holdings includes partners William Lawlor and Ian Hartman as well as associates Adam Rosenthal and Cody Cowper.

Davis Polk is advising Blackbaud, Inc. in connection with its approximately $160 million acquisition of MicroEdge Holdings, LLC. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino approval and customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the 2014 calendar year.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., a leading global cruise operator, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., the market leader in the upscale cruise segment and parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, for total transaction consideration at closing of $3.025 billion, including the assumption of debt, payable in cash and shares of Norwegian. Up to an additional $50 million may be payable post-closing based on achievement of certain performance metrics.

Baker & McKenzie is advising Atlas Copco in connection with its acquisition of Henrob, a pioneer and market leader in self-pierce riveting, a mechanical fastening process. The company, which is privately owned, has around 400 employees and has its main facilities in the U.S. and the U.K. The acquisition is subject to applicable regulatory approvals.

Baker & McKenzie is advising Nordic Capital Fund VIII (“Nordic Capital”) in connection with its acquisition of the Full Service business of the ABB Group (“Full Service”).

Full Service offers full-scale industrial maintenance management services to customers across a number of industries and geographies. The business, a leader in industrial maintenance outsourcing services in Europe, with a particularly strong position in the Nordic region, has a global presence employing over 2,500 service professionals in 30 countries around the world.

Conzzeta AG sells its automation group ixmation to BBS Automation GmbH. The transfer is retroactive to July 1, 2014.

ixmation employed 359 staff worldwide at the end of 2013 and posted sales of CHF 41.8 million. The company has an excellent reputation for high quality automation solutions for assembly and testing technology.

Baker & McKenzie recently represented Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP (BBIP), an infrastructure equity fund focusing on investments in utilities, energy and transport infrastructure, in its purchase of 100 percent of the stock of Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) from Integrys Energy Group, Inc. The transaction closed last week.