LETT has assisted the partners of Colliers International Danmark A/S with the divestment of a controlling stake to Colliers International.

Colliers International Group, a NASDAQ listed Canada-based company, providing services in commercial real estate, residential property management and property services, has acquired an undisclosed controlling stake in Colliers International Danmark A/S (Colliers Denmark), a Denmark-based provider of investment sales, lease brokerage, valuation and corporate services.

Mayer Brown represented MacLean-Fogg Company on the sale of its Presswerk Krefeld affiliate to HANNOVER Finanz as new equity investor and majority shareholder as part of a management buy-out. The sale is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. The purchase price was not disclosed.

Shoosmiths has advised the shareholders of Dyer & Butler, a £118m-turnover regional civil engineering and building contractor, on its sale to a holding company of global private equity investment firm First Reserve.

Dyer & Butler builds, maintains and renews infrastructure within the public and private sector. Projects are undertaken principally for regulated clients in airports and rail for projects such as Heathrow, Gatwick and Network Rail.

Amanda Seafoods, one of the very first producers of canned seafood in Denmark, has today announced the sale of a majority of its shares to Insula, a Norwegian seafood supplier.

Amanda Seafoods has over the last decade seen an impressive development, and the company is in one of the strongest positions it has been in its more than 100 years in the sea food business.

Wong & Partners, the member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Malaysia, advised Ekuiti Nasional Berhad ("Ekuinas") in relation to the sale of its indirect stake in Icon Offshore Bhd (“ICON”) and Orkim Sdn Bhd ("Orkim") to UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Bhd ("UMW-OG").

Delphi has assisted X-Group S.A. (”X-Group”) in connection with British American Tobacco’s acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in Winnington Holding AB (”Winnington”).

Winnington is a Swedish snus manufacturer behind the innovation of white snus made of purified tobacco that remains white even under the lip.

X-Group owned 50 percent of the shares in Winnington. 

Delphi’s team consisted of responsible partner Niklas Eskilsson assisted by associates Kristina Lemke and Hanne Kirnö.

Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Dentsu Aegis Network, an international group with best-in-class expertise and capabilities in media, digital and creative communications services, acquired Geneva-based blue-infinity, a leading player in digital transformation. blue-infinity will join Isobar, Dentsu Aegis Network’s global digital marketing agency, and will be referred to as blue-infinity – Linked By Isobar.

[Hamburg, 2017-01-06] A team from GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, headed by Hamburg partner Dr. Frank Evers, advised Norway-based Concordix Group in the sale of its German subsidiary Ayanda GmbH & Co. KG GmbH. The purchaser is the Chinese business, Sirio Pharma Group.

PLMJ – Law Firm advised Novabase, Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, S.A. on the sale of the business, Novabase Infrastructures & Managed Services to Vince Energies Portugal, SGPS, S.A.

The transaction was completed on 5 January 2017 and involved the sale of Novabase IMS, a leading Portuguese infrastructure services company, and two other commercial companies of the Novabase Group.

Bridgepoint and Bonnier have agreed to divest Nordic Cinema Group (NCG) to AMC Entertainment at a value of some SEK 8.250 billion. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close during the spring of 2017.