CMS is advising Generali, one of the world's largest insurance groups, on the acquisition of entities from the Concordia Ubezpieczenia group. Under the concluded preliminary agreements, the Generali Group (through Generali CEE Holding B.V. and Generali Zycie Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen S.A.) intends to take full control over Concordia Capital SA, a Polish insurance company that offers life insurance, and Concordia Polska TUW, which offers non-life insurance.

Frankfurt/Main – Listed US company Coherent, Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers, has acquired O.R. Lasertechnologie GmbH of Germany, a producer of tools for laser additive manufacturing.

Bain Capital, through its majority-held subsidiary Only About Children, has acquired the Little Learning School business including 20 childcare centres.

MinterEllison advised global private equity leader Bain Capital and childcare operator Only About Children which, prior to the deal, operated 44 campuses across Melbourne and Sydney.

Gide has advised group Climater, a climate engineering leader in France, on the acquisition of (i) group EFM, comprising EFM-airprocess and Christin Electricité, specialising in the study, design and installation of Heating-Ventilation-Air-Conditioning solutions and industrial electricity, and (ii) Sedicam, specialising in the maintenance of heating and air conditioning installations. With these two operations, Climater will double in size in the Lyon region (south-east quarter of France), and exceed the 150-million euro production threshold.
 

We represented the buyer in a corporate transaction in which Digitalist Group Plc acquired Grow Holding AB and its subsidiaries in Sweden, Norway and Finland through a share exchange.

Slaughter and May is advising Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Watchfinder.co.uk Limited, the leading premium pre-owned watch specialist, in a private transaction with its shareholders.