Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Adelis Equity Partners Fund II AB on the acquisition of Didriksons from Herkules Capital.
Didriksons was founded in 1913 as a manufacturer of workwear for fishermen. Today, the company is a leading Scandinavian brand in functional and sustainable waterproof fashion, sportswear and children's clothing.
Weil is advising Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, in its pending $3.4 billion acquisition of Syntel, a leading global provider of integrated information technology and knowledge process services. The combined company will allow Atos to deliver a unique portfolio for end-to-end digital transformation to customers and will significantly accelerate Atos’ development in North America. Both companies’ Boards of Directors have unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction is expected to close by year-end 2018.
The Firm is acting as lead counsel to a consortium led by KKR to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of LCY Chemical Corp. (“LCY”), a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TPE: 1704) in an all cash transaction. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of LCY, represents a total market capitalization of LCY of approximately NT$47.8 billion (US$1.56 billion).
Jones Day is advising UPL Limited ("UPL"), a leading global generic agrochemical company based in India, in connection with its subsidiary, UPL Corporation Limited’s, U.S.$4.2 billion acquisition of Arysta Lifescience Inc. (“Arysta”), a global provider of crop protection solutions, including bio-solutions and seed treatment, from NYSE listed Platform Specialty Products Corporation (“Platform”).
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Stonegate Pub Company on its high profile acquisition of national cocktail bar chain Be At One.
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has advised Toronto Stock Exchange-listed Savaria Corporation on its acquisition of Garaventa Accessibility AG.
HFW brought together a team of specialist lawyers across its Geneva, London, Shanghai and Houston offices to advise personal mobility company Savaria, which has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Switzerland-based wheelchair lift manufacturer Garaventa for CHF 74 million.
Client name
Waterland
Other parties involved
Within Reach Group
Nature of transaction
Waterland acquires Within Reach Group, parent company of Voiceworks. Together with Swyx, another Waterland portfolio company, the businesses will become the European market leader for innovative communications services. De Brauw advised Waterland on the transaction.
Value of transaction
Undisclosed but significantly more than EUR 5 million
Date deal announced
20 July 2018
Gide, with a team comprising partners Laurent Godfroid, Stéphane Hautbourg, Benoit le Bret and counsel Ségolène Pelsy, advised Cofigeo on its acquisition of the ready-meals branch of the Agripole group (owner of the William Saurin assets).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised private equity funds managed by Blackstone (‘Blackstone’) on the acquisition of Averys, the leading European manufacturer of customised racking and storage solutions for warehouses, from Equistone Partners Europe (‘Equistone’).
Schulte represented Cerberus Business Finance LLC and TCW Asset Management Company LLC and their respective affiliates in their acquisition of Patriot Services LLC (now known as Carrier & Technology Solutions LLC) through a Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. Carrier & Technology Solutions LLC is a national provider of comprehensive technology and outsourcing solutions to the insurance industry. The company and its subsidiaries emerged from bankruptcy on July 2, 2018.