Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Petrus HK Co Limited (a company majority owned and controlled by Sir Gordon Ying Sheung Wu and Lady Wu Ivy Sau Ping Kwok), as offeror, on its proposed privatisation of Hopewell Holdings Limited by way of a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement.

Travers Smith has advised long-standing client Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix), Jamie Morris and the senior management shareholders on the sale of Travel Chapter to ECI Partners.

Bevan Brittan has advised the Canal & River Trust in the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML), to private equity investor LDC.

Set up in 2004, BWML operates 18 marinas across England, with more than 2,500 moorings across its sites.

LDC is the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investor. It is committed to backing ambitious management teams from companies across the UK and has a portfolio of 90 businesses across a broad range of sectors.

Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has advised AirAsia Group Berhad (AAGB), and its wholly-owned subsidiary Asia Aviation Capital Limited (AACL), on the sale of AACL's entire equity interest in Merah Aviation Asset Holding Limited (Merah Aviation) in a deal valued at US$768 million.

William Martin is a leading technology-enabled provider of property-related health and safety audit and consultancy services.  It employs around 100 people across offices in London, Leeds and Norwich.

The DWF team advising on the deal was led by corporate partner Alistair Hogarth alongside director Justin Edgar, tax partner Jon Stevens, solicitor Laurie Clay and trainee solicitor Georgia Hine.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised on the sale of One.com, one of Europe's leading providers of domain names and web hosting solutions, to European-investment focused private equity firm, Cinven.

The firm provided advice to both the founder and CEO of One.com, Jacob Jensen, as well as Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm. Accel-KKR made its initial growth investment in One.com in 2014, helping the business generate significant organic revenue growth and increased profitability.

Mayer Brown advised the shareholders of the privately held VESCON GmbH on the sale of the majority of their shares in the VESCON Group. The buyers were funds advised by the investment company Quadriga Capital. Parallel to this transaction, Quadriga acquired the shares in the Schiller Group in order to form a leading automation platform.

The agreement is still subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

DLA Piper represented BuildingConnected, a construction software provider, in its sale to software company Autodesk for US$275 million.

Autodesk’s product portfolio includes software targeted to a range of industries, including architecture, engineering, manufacturing and construction. BuildingConnected offers an online bid management platform designed to streamline the bidding process and better manage construction projects. The transaction is expected to close in January 2019.