Gide has advised Parfums Christian Dior, a subsidiary of group LVMH, on its acquisition of the manufacturing plant belonging to South Korean cosmetics heavyweight AmorePacific, and located in France.

This transaction is part of Parfums Christian Dior's desire to locate a second production site in France's Cosmetic Valley. This acquisition will enable the production of the brand's upper range perfumes, sold only in Maison Dior boutiques.

Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson advised EMMAC Life Sciences Ltd (EMMAC), a London-based medical cannabis and wellness company, on its acquisition of the Blossom brand of cannabidiol (CBD) products from Swiss company Food Addict. The acquisition involved the separation and purchase of the Blossom brand and range of products from other Food Addict assets (including the transfer of stock, employees, material agreements, goodwill and intellectual property rights).
 

DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised Ipsum Group, backed by private equity fund Aliter Capital, on its third bolt-on acquisition, the purchase of drainage and maintenance company Euro Environmental Utilities Group Limited.

This is the ninth deal closed by Aliter since the beginning of 2017.

The Kyiv office of Baker McKenzie acted as lead legal counsel to MHP SE, a leading international agro-industrial group, on its acquisition of Perutnina Ptuj, international meat-processing company and the largest producer of poultry meat and poultry meat products in Southeast Europe. This is the first acquisition of its kind in Europe for MHP and it confirms MHP as Europe’s fastest-growing poultry producer.

Baker McKenzie represented an international consortium led by Jinjiang International Holdings (Jinjiang) in connection with its public takeover offer of all shares in Radisson Hospitality, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The takeover offer was structured as a mandatory bid and the offer price of SEK 42.5 per share values Radisson Hospitality to approximately SEK 7.5 billion.

The outcome of the transaction was announced on 5 February 2019 and the consortium, via Aplite Holdings AB, now holds 94.12 percent of the shares in Radisson Hospitality.

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Funds advised by Triton and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) have formed a partnership (the Consortium) to acquire 100% of IFCO, a unit of Australian Securities Exchange-listed Brambles Limited. Triton and ADIA will have an equal share in the investing partnership. Regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions are underway.

February 25, 2019 (London) – International law firm Proskauer advised client Dolfin Financial (UK) Ltd (“Dolfin”), an independent, London-based wealth management platform, on its acquisition of the business of Swiss-based Falcon Private Bank’s UK subsidiary, Falcon Private Wealth Ltd.

Weil advised Bewa sp. z o.o., a leading producer of natural mineral water and carbonated beverages in Poland, in connection with the sale of all shares held by Bewa in Jurajska sp. z o.o. to the Hortex Group, a producer of frozen fruit and vegetables, as well as juices and soft drinks.

Jurajska will remain a separate entity and will form a third business segment of the Hortex Group’s operations, in addition to its juice business (Hortex sp. z o.o.) and frozen food business (Polski Ogrod sp. z o.o.).

G+T is advising Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed Chengtun Mining Group Co. Ltd (Chengtun) in relation to the acquisition of Nzuri Copper Limited (Nzuri), by way of a scheme of arrangement between Nzuri and its shareholders, and on the provision of a loan to Nzuri.

Nzuri is an ASX-listed company focusing on the development of high grade copper and cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).