Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Orange Group, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, on its €350 million acquisition of Basefarm Holding AS from private equity investment firm Abry Partners II, LLC. This acquisition cements Orange Business Services’ leading position in the cloud computing services market in France and a significant player in Europe.
CMS Amsterdam has advised DEKRA S.E. on the acquisition of the shares in Industrial Safety Group B.V., a company specialized in the consulting, project support and training in the field of occupational safety in the industry and occupational hygiene. DEKRA is company with headquarters in Germany, with global consolidated revenues of EUR 3.1 billion and an employee headcount of 44,000. DEKRA is the world’s fourth-largest expert organization in the testing, inspection, certification industry.
Stuttgart – NTT DATA EMEA Ltd., part of IT service provider NTT DATA, has acquired automotive sales and after-sales specialist gen-ius dms GmbH. The parties agreed not to disclose details of the purchase price.
A CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Christoph Lächler advised NTT DATA on all the legal aspects of the transaction.
Client name
Intergamma B.V.
Other parties involved
CRH Nederland B.V.
Nature of transaction
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has advised the international Gerresheimer AG ("Gerresheimer") in the acquisition of Sensile Medical AG, Switzerland ("Sensile Medical") under a share purchase agreement. Depending on the achievement of certain contractually specified milestones, the purchase price will be a maximum of EUR 350 million. With this acquisition, Gerresheimer is extending its business model in the direction of an original equipment manufacturer for drug delivery platforms with digital and electronic capabilities for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical customers.
Cleary Gottlieb represented Ryanair in its unconditional approval for the acquisition of Laudamotion.
On July 12, 2018, the European Commission (EC) unconditionally approved Ryanair’s acquisition of a 75 percent shareholding in Laudamotion.
Orrick advised Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH, one of the world's leading manufacturers of clad materials, on the management buyout (MBO) of Deutsche Nickel Group.
Ropes & Gray has advised Genstar Capital - a leading US middle-market private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the healthcare, financial services, software, and industrial technology industries – on the acquisition of CRF Health, a leading global provider of eCOA solutions for the life sciences industry. The acquisition, by Bracket, a leading clinical-trial provider owned by Genstar Capital, was announced today and is subject to customary closing and regulatory approvals.
The Italian office of international legal business DWF has advised independent advisory company Astraco on the coordination of the acquisition of Pancioc, the management company of the Italian food retail chain Panini Durini.
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (“BCLP”) have advised EACS, a company focussed on professional managed solutions in the IT sector, including cloud based solutions and cybersecurity, on its acquisition of privately held IT services company Sentronex. Founded in 2005, Sentronex provides high quality disaster recovery and IT managed and professional services to the UK’s City financial organisations.
Organic growth and acquisitions have seen EACS grow by over 25 per cent in the last 18 months as it becomes a key challenger brand.