The Firm represents funds advised by Apax Partners LLP in their sale of Nordic plant retail business Plantasjen to Ratos AB. Completion is subject to customary closing conditions.

Plantasjen has a store network of over 120 stores and is the leading retailer of plants and accessories in Norway, Sweden and Finland in terms of revenue.

The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction includes Mike Wolfson, Wim De Vlieger, Sven Frode Frølund and Rita Soares (M&A); Meredith B. Jones and Jasmine Hay (Tax); David Vann Jr. and Tara Kelly (Antitrust).

Orrick’s Paris Technology Companies Group advised Redbird in its acquisition by Airware, creating an end-to-end enterprise solution for commercial drone operations.

Redbird is a French startup that develops software tools to collect and process data from drones used by the mining and construction industries. Mines, quarries and construction sites use this sophisticated geospatial data to analyze production quantities and pace, efficiency and safety compliance.

The Dutch State has sold Propertize, the former SNS Property Finance, to Lone Star Funds and JPMorgan for EUR 895.3 million.

De Brauw acts as legal advisor to Propertize. Lead partner: Anja Mutsaers.

Davis Polk is advising Aluminum Corporation of China on its HK$2.526 billion (approximately $326 million) proposed privatization of Chinalco Mining Corporation International via a scheme of arrangement.

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising Chinalco Mining Corporation International ("CMC") in relation to its proposed privatisation by Aluminum Corporation of China Overseas Holdings Limited ("Offeror") to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement (under Section 86 of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands) (the "Scheme") and the proposed withdrawal of listing of its shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Orrick advised Norwegian mobile telecom company Telenor ASA (OSL: TEL), a longstanding firm client, in its $500 million public offering in the United States of 142.5 million of its VimpelCom Ltd. (NASDAQ: VIP) American Depository Shares (ADSs), as well as a Regulation S offering outside the U.S. to non-U.S. persons of $1 billion of 0.25% bonds due 2019 that are exchangeable for VimpelCom ADSs.

On September 19, 2016, Sempione Retail AG (Sempione Retail), a company owned by a consortium of OVS S.p.A. and two other investors, and Charles Vögele Holding AG (Charles Vögele) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Charles Vögele by Sempione Retail, and that Sempione Retail has submitted a public tender offer for all publicly held bearer shares of Charles Vögele. The board of directors of Charles Vögele has resolved that it will recommend the offer.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Cemano Communication GmbH on its sale to CAA Sports GmbH. The acquisition of the Munich-based sports and entertainment brand consultancy further expands CAA Sports' global marketing capabilities.

Founded in 2007 by Marc Socher and Dominicus Doriat, Cemano Communication specialises in brand engagement strategies and activation, event management, digital and social media as well as branded entertainment.

We advised the Association of Finnish Pharmacies in the sale of its shares in Pharmaservice Oy to Oriola-KD Corporation.

Pharmaservice Oy, a Finnish company founded in 2001, provides services for automated dose dispensing of medicines to pharmacies. The Association of Finnish Pharmacies is a professional organization of proprietary pharmacists supporting and promoting high standards of ethical and professional competence in pharmacy services.

Gide advises Société Générale on the sale of its majority stake (93.64%) in Bank Republic, its Georgian subsidiary, to TBC Bank Group PLC, the second largest banking institution in Georgia. The operation is estimated to be approx. EUR 121 million.

The closing of the transaction is expected before the end of 2016, following the completion of confirmatory due diligence and the satisfaction of all relevant conditions precedent.