Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Tank & Rast Group (“Tank & Rast“), Germany’s leading motorway services provider, on the acquisition, via its subsidiary Tank & Rast Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, of a majority share in fleet ad GmbH (“fleet ad“), including CologneInvest GmbH’s entire stake. The parties have agreed not to disclose further details of the transaction.
Planzer, an international logistic and transport group, acquires Leimgruber.
Leimgruber, a familiy-led logistic and transport group like Planzer, employs at four locations around 300 employees and operates 100 chartered vehicles. Leimbruber provides services in the fields of general cargo transport, container logistics and warehouse management. By taking over Leimgruber, Planzer expects to exploit synergies.
A team of CMS Switzerland lead by Patrick Sommer has advised Planzer on all matters of the transaction.
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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 100% acquisition of BeAM, based in Strasbourg, and leader in directed energy deposition (DED) additive solutions dedicated to the production of large parts and the repairs market.
Linklaters has advised Cerberus on the purchase of WFS from Platinum Equity.
Founded in 1971, WFS is the world’s largest air cargo handler and one of the leading providers of ground handling and technical services with annual revenues of over €1.2 billion. Its 22,800 employees serve over 300 airlines at 198 major airports in 22 countries on five continents.
Baker McKenzie advised the Swiss investor group Ufenau Capital Partners on its majority shareholding in the Kruppert Group. The advice covered all legal and tax issues in connection with the acquisition of the Kruppert Group via the platform company Lavatio GmbH and the repurchase of Frank Kruppert.
FSN Capital V has entered into an agreement to acquire the IT-companies Office IT-Partner, Zetup and Dicom (in total 20 independent companies).
After the transaction, the newly formed company will employ more than 500 people in 33 places around the country. It will have a total annual turnover of over SEK 1 billion. The goal is to be the Nordic market leader within IT-infrastructure, cloud services and digitalization services.
FSN Capital V in advised by UB Capital, The Boston Consulting Group, Baker McKenzie and PWC.
The Paris office represented HLD and Filorga on the acquisition of the Lazartigue Group, an independent manufacturer of high-end haircare products.
The Paris office recently advised HLD and Filorga on the acquisition of the Lazartigue Group, an independent manufacturer of high-end haircare products. The group was facing significant financial difficulties in 2017 and filed for bankruptcy (redressement judiciaire) in September 2017.
The Corporate team at Freeths has recently advised The Spicers-OfficeTeam Group Limited on its acquisition of ZenOffice Limited (“Zen”).
The Freeths team was led by partner Karl Jansen and senior associate Francis Dalton.
Zen is a provider of business supplies and services and is particularly well-known for its strengths in the managed print services sector.
International law firm Bird & Bird has advised Arm on the acquisition of IoT company Stream Technologies.
International law firm Bird & Bird advised Calero Software, on its strategic acquisition of UK based company Veropath, a leading provider of telecoms expense management software. Calero is a portfolio company of Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, which focusses on growth companies primarily in the healthcare and tech sectors.