Ettore Scandale, Paolo Cocchini and Alberto Anchora advised an Italian venture capital firm on the acquisition of a textile sensor technology startup for EUR 7 million.
Cleary Gottlieb represented Falabella in its $138 million acquisition of online marketplace operator Linio.
One of Chile’s largest companies, Falabella operates 494 stores and 42 shopping centers in Latin America through five business units: department stores, home improvement, supermarkets, real estate, and financial services.
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Actief Interim, one of the largest and independent temporary employment agencies for the Benelux countries, on the takeover of the Austrian temporary employment agency JOBMADE Personal.
Simmons & Simmons assisted Actief Group in its first acquisition in Austria. Led by private equity and M&A partner Dr. Christian Bornhorst, the firm advised on the transaction and structuring of the management participation.
Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised UAE-based private healthcare provider NMC Health Plc on its acquisition of Aspen Healthcare, a UK-based healthcare company. The enterprise value was £10 million.
A team lead by Dr. Anne de Boer assisted Hengst SE, a globally operating specialist for cutting-edge filtration solutions headquartered in Munster, in the acquisition of the DELBAG business from FlaktGroup.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Santos on the acquisition of West Australian-based Quadrant Energy for US$2.15 billion. Quadrant, which is one of the largest oil & gas producers in Western Australia, is jointly owned by Brookfield Asset Management, Macquarie Capital, Wesfarmers, AMB Holdings and Quadrant management.
A team led by Boris Dürr advised CANCOM SE on the acquisition of The Organised Group Ltd, parent company of UK-based IT solution provider OCSL. The total volume of the transaction is about EUR 32 million, of which some EUR 29 million will be paid in cash. For the remainder, OCSL executives who will continue to work for the company will receive 12.5% of the shares in the acquiring UK subsidiary of CANCOM SE. Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised on the transaction jointly with UK-based law firm Stevens & Bolton LLP.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised the Luxembourg based investor BIP Capital Partners (“BIP”) on the acquisition of a majority stake in pluss Personalmanagement GmbH (“pluss Personalmanagement”), through a fund advised by BIP. The shareholding managers have re-invested in this transaction by taking a minority stake.
CMS has advised OTP Bank Group on the acquisition of Société Générale subsidiaries SG Expressbank Group, Sogelife Insurance Company, and SG Banka Albania, with a collective transaction value of over €600 million. The deals are expected to complete next year due to complex regulatory and merger clearance filings in five jurisdictions, with the possibility of an additional Phase II filing.
Eversheds Sutherland advised H2 Equity Partners on the acquisition of Aquilant from Dublin based UDG Healthcare for a potential consideration of up to €23 million.
Aquilant is a distributor of specialist medical, pharmaceutical and scientific products and services, including outsourced sales, marketing, distribution and engineering services to clients in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands.