DWF has advised the shareholders of Bolton-based forecourt operator, Synergie Group Limited on their sale of Synergie to Motor Fuel Group (MFG), a top 50 Indies forecourt operator.

Synergie has 19 forecourts in the North West of England with many of them offering strong convenience and ‘food to go’ offers.

This acquisition by MFG will bring the total number of stations they own to 395, making them the second largest independent forecourt operator in the UK.

Leading legal business DWF has advised the shareholders of Bolton-based forecourt operator, Synergie Group Limited on their sale of Synergie to Motor Fuel Group (MFG), a top 50 Indies forecourt operator.

Synergie has 19 forecourts in the North West of England with many of them offering strong convenience and ‘food to go’ offers.

This acquisition by MFG will bring the total number of stations they own to 395, making them the second largest independent forecourt operator in the UK.

Herbert Smith Freehills Paris LLP has advised Icade, a listed subsidiary of the French state-owned financial institution Caisse des dépôts (CDC), on its sale of Icade Property Management (IPM) to the property group Foncia.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised administrators KPMG on the sale of fast food burger chain Ed's Easy Diner to Giraffe, via an out of hours court appointment of KPMG as administrators.

Rob Croxen and Blair Nimmo of KPMG were appointed as joint administrators over Ed's Easy Diner, Ed's Easy Diner Holdings and Ed's Easy Diner Overseas and immediately carried out a pre-packaged sale of the business and assets to the restaurant operator Giraffe, owned by Ranjit Boparan, helping preserve over 700 jobs.

Charles Russell Speechlys has acted for the shareholders on the sale of Alphr Technology to Indutrade AB (publ), a company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Alphr Technology designs and manufactures customized equipment for manual and automated production lines. Their portfolio extends from simple mechanical Poka-yoke assembly stations to semi-automatic assembly and test stations, robotic manufacturing cells, rotary machines and even fully automated palletized production lines. Customers are primarily in the automotive industry, and 75% of sales are exported.

International law firm Pinsent Masons advised Teva Pharmaceuticals on its agreement to sell the assets and operations of Actavis in the UK and Ireland to Accord Healthcare Limited (a subsidiary of Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd) for £603 million, subject to final approval from the European Commission.

Israel-headquartered Teva is a leading global pharmaceutical company and the world’s largest generic medicines producer, whose generic portfolio covers nearly every therapeutic area.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised solar and storage technology company Redback Technologies on the sale of a stake to major energy company EnergyAustralia (which is owned by CLP).

The deal, valued at AU$9.3 million, will enable EnergyAustralia to offer customers access to the smart solar inverter with its cloud based software that enables smart energy usage. The investment will support Redback’s development and release of new products.

The European temporary employment agency House of HR has acquired the German TimePartner Group.

Slaughter and May is advising Värde Partners on the sale of NewDay to Cinven and CVC Capital Partners for an undisclosed consideration.

AXIO, backed by Electra Partners, operates a portfolio of market-leading information businesses, serving customers in a range of sectors including healthcare, aviation, forest products and intellectual property licensing. Bird & Bird previously acted for AXIO on its sales of JOC (2014), Breakbulk (2014), MIMs (2015), Iasist (2015) and MRO Network (2015). Most recently Bird & Bird acted for AXIO on its acquisition of Chipworks Inc., creating a global leader in the intellectual property and technology services market.