AddUp, French leader in the design, creation and marketing of 3D metal printing machines and workshops, based in Clermont-Ferrand (central France), a joint venture between Fives and Michelin, has just announced the projected majority acquisition of Poly-Shape, a French SME that specialises in the design and production of parts using metal 3D printing.

This new majority stake acquisition enables AddUp to strengthen its offer for the automotive, medical and aeronautics sectors, making AddUp the up-and-coming player in additive manufacturing in France.

King & Wood Mallesons London-based corporate team acted for SPARK Advisory Partners Limited and Peterhouse Capital Limited, Nominated Adviser (Nomad) and Broker respectively, to Kin Group Plc, on its all share acquisition of bidstack Limited, provider of dynamic, targeted and automated in-game advertising for the global computer games industry.

The proposed acquisition received shareholder approval on 17 September 2018.

Grupa Netsprint (an Innova Capital portfolio company) has acquired Way To Grow, which specializes in optimizing the advertising space of publishers in the programmatic model. The potential of the newly acquired company is to help the foreign expansion of the group.

WaytoGrow Sp. z o.o. was founded in 2014 by Dominik Czarnota, Janusz Michalik and Lukasz Grodecki, who had worked together at sites such as nk.pl and Interia.pl.

Baker McKenzie acted as lead legal counsel to Thor Industries, Inc. (“Thor”, NYSE:THO), a leading manufacturer of recreational vehicles, in connection with its €2.1 billion (enterprise value) acquisition of Germany-based Erwin Hymer Group, a leading European manufacturer of recreational vehicles. The combination will create the world’s largest RV manufacturer, with the leading position in both North America and Europe, and establishes a global sales and production footprint for the Company.
 

China Reinsurance (Group) Corporation (“China Re”) has entered into definitive agreement to acquire Chaucer from the Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE:THG) for US$865 million. This transaction will enable China Re to thrive and prosper and will enhance the company’s international presence and capabilities in serving the belt and road initiative in the global market place. Sidley represented China Re in the transaction.

Global law firm Clyde & Co advised a Swiss investment fund Jacobs Holding AG on its recently announced acquisition of the Cognita global private schools group from KKR and Bregal. The deal is Jacobs Holding’s biggest UK takeover to date and is the largest global education transaction since Nord Anglia’s acquisition and take private last year.

Cognita is a global education group that operates 70 schools in eight countries, including the UK, Spain, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil and Chile, educating more than 40,000 children worldwide.