Fieldfisher advises on biggest fundraising completed on AIM so far this year
European law firm Fieldfisher has advised the nominated adviser and joint brokers on the reverse takeover by San Leon Energy plc and placing of 378,400,000 new shares at 45 pence per share, raising £170.3m – the biggest fundraising on AIM so far this year.
DLA Piper has advised CVC Capital Partners, one of the world's largest private equity funds, on the sale of Quironsalud, Spain's largest private healthcare group, to Fresenius SE, Europe’s biggest publicly traded health-care provider, for €5.76 billion.
DLA Piper has advised Uwe Hoven, founder and owner of LINKSrechts Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, on the sale of 100 per cent of shares to Glamox for an undisclosed amount. The purchase supports Glamox's strategy of expanding into the marine sector. Once completed, Uwe Hoven will remain as Managing Director of the company.
Advising the sellers and managers (EPF Partners, the founders and Le Figaro) in connection with the sale to Galeries Lafayette of 100% of their shares in Bazarchic.
Membres
* Alexandre Eberhardt-Le Prévost
* Alexandre Bankowski
* Jean-François Pourdieu
* Laure Givry
* Sandra Benhaïm
Delphi has advised the sellers of Mediaplanet International AB in the divestment of all shares to the private equity firm Priveq Investment.
Mediaplanet, founded in 2002, is a media company with a leading market position in campaign-based B2B content marketing. The company has an annual revenue of app. 550 million SEK and has offices in 15 countries in Europe and the US with a total of app. 420 employees, where the US is the largest market and accounts for 20 percent of Mediaplanet's revenue.
DLA Piper has advised Nuplex Industries on the acquisition of the global Nuplex Group by its competitor Advent/Allnex for an undisclosed amount.
Nuplex Industries is a globally operating producer of coating resins and texturing materials. The company hold 16 production sites in Asia, Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand, from which it supplies customers in more than 80 countries. Nuplex most recently recorded an annual turnover of USD 10 billion.
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Rutland Partners on the successful sale of Millbrook Group to Spectris PLC for £122 million. The deal realises for investors a return of over 6x investment.
The Frankfurt office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Belectric Group (“Belectric”) in its sale of Belectric Solar & Battery Holding GmbH (“Belectric Solar & Battery”) to innogy SE (“innogy”).
The transaction is structured through a share purchase agreement, and the parties have agreed a purchase price in the high double-digit million € range. The transaction is subject to approval by the anti-trust authorities and reorganizational measures. Closing of the transaction is intended to take place in early 2017.
On 22 July 2016, the shareholder sold a majority stake in the AutoForm Group to Astorg Partners. AutoForm Group is a leading provider of software solutions for the design and sheet metal forming simulation. Astorg Partners is one of the most successful independent private equity companies in Europe.
DPE Deutsche Private Equity (DPE) together with its co-investors has sold the portfolio companies Westfalia-Automotive and Terwa to Horizon Global. King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) provided legal advice to the co-investor Bayern LB Capital Partner.
Horizon Global, headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality trailer, freight and transport systems as well as accessories.