Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Verdane Capital IX (D) AB and Verdane Capital IX (E) AB (Verdane) on the acquisition of shares in Navabi GmbH, CareerFoundry GmbH and Kyto GmbH from Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG and its venture capital arm, Bauer Venture Fund I GmbH & Co. KG. The parties have agreed to not disclose the volume and details of the transaction.
Matheson advised private equity fund The Riverside Company “Riverside” on its acquisition of Netwatch, an Irish based private security company which supplies cutting edge commercial and residential video surveillance to customers across Ireland, the UK and the US. Announced by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on 23 April 2018, the acquisition was simultaneous with Riverside’s concurrent acquisition of US based National Monitoring Center and CalAtlantic, as well as UK based Onwatch, to form Netwatch Global. The new combined Netwatch Group group is set to become the glo
Bird & Bird advises the Finnish construction equipment rental company, Renta (a portfolio company to the Finnish private equity firm Intera Partners) in their international expansion through the acquisition of the Swedish Stål & Hyr Group.
International legal business DWF has advised NorthEdge Capital on the management buyout (MBO) of Prohire, a specialist provider of commercial fleet management solutions, backing the existing management team led by Managing Director Dave Barlow.
Headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, Prohire delivers fully outsourced solutions to commercial operators incorporating vehicle specification, procurement, funding and fleet management, with a focus on compliance, minimising costs and maximising vehicle and driver efficiency.
Grégoire Andrieux led a Paris team that included Diana Hund, Louis Leroy, Anne Febvre, Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly, Shirin Deyhim and Benjamin Briand as they advised Abénex on completing the acquisition of the Silvya Terrade Group, an operator of beauty and hairdressing schools, from Apax Partners Development.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Cedar Holdings Group Ltd (‘Cedar Holdings’) on its proposed acquisition of Integra Holdings Group's petrochemicals trading business. Binding sale documentation, which paves the way for the acquisition of 51 per cent of the shares in the target holding entity of the business, Granite Capital S.A., was executed on 17 April 2018.
Zurich - Schmid Rhyner AG, a subsidiary of the Conzzeta Group and the world's leading specialist in print finishing, acquires ISAtec GmbH.
Clayton Utz has advised Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) listed Canadian copper producer Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC) on its scrip for scrip acquisition of ASX-listed Altona Mining by scheme of arrangement, and its subsequent secondary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange. As part of the acquisition, CMMC issued to Altona shareholders common shares trading as CHESS Depositary Interests on ASX.
Baker McKenzie assisted Nexi, a leading company in payment services management, with the acquisition of Sparkling 18. Sparkling 18 is an Italian fintech company that has been operating in the sector of new digital payments since 2013, and is one of only seven companies in the world included by MasterCard among its Platinum Digital Vendors. The Baker McKenzie team was led by Partner Alberto Fornari with Associate Sara Belotti.
MinterEllison has advised a syndicate of five investment and retail banks as lenders to Blackstone Private Equity (Blackstone) in its bid to acquire AMA Group Limited’s (ASX: AMA) vehicle panel repair business.
The proposed transaction will involve the demerger of AMA Group’s automotive component, accessory and procurement business, and the subsequent de-listing and purchase of the remaining vehicle panel repair business by Blackstone.