Travers Smith LLP has advised the management team of the Liberation Group Limited, the Channel Islands' market-leading pub, restaurant and drinks business, on its acquisition by Caledonia Investments plc, a transaction which values Liberation at circa £118m.
DLA Piper advised Las Vegas-based luxury timeshare resort company Diamond Resorts International in its acquisition by private equity firm Apollo Global Management for US $2.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the next few months.
Diamond Resorts International has a network of more than 420 vacation destinations located in 35 countries throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Europe, Asia, Australasia and Africa.
Firm represents one of Europe's most iconic football clubs in major transaction.
F.C. Internazionale Milano’s Shareholders have approved the issuing of 3,263,021,485 new ordinary shares assigned to Suning Holdings Group. The resolution is part of the agreement that allows Suning Holdings Group to acquire the majority stake (68.55%) in F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A, one of Europe’s leading football clubs since its founding in 1908, through the purchase of ordinary shares.
KA Olsson & Gems AB is a company within the field of display and décor and its business is organized in the three segments Tape & Glue, Films & Digital and Display and Décor.
Vinge’s team primarily consisted of partner Charlotte Forssander together with associate Emma Kero Ljungberg.
Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Silverfleet Capital and other selling shareholders on the sale of Cimbria Holdings Limited ("Cimbria") to AGCO Your Agriculture Company ("AGCO"), for approximately €310 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2016.
Travers Smith LLP is advising Wireless Group on its £220m recommended cash offer by News Corp UK & Ireland Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of News Corp whose businesses include The Sun, The Times and publishing company HarperCollins.
Travers Smith has acted for the Wireless Group, formerly UTV Media plc, since UTV's takeover of the Wireless Group in 2005.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke advised Zaquensis Personalservice GmbH on its sale to Accent Group. Together with two co-shareholders, the Belgium- based, Accent Group, acquired all shares of the company as part of a management buyout.
Zaquensis Personalservice GmbH is a German staffing firm that has 55 service centers across the country and more than 4,500 employees.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised Rabobank and its subsidiary DLL on selling their mobility solutions entity Athlon Car Lease International, including all its subsidiaries, to Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Nederland, a part of the Daimler Financial Services global network.
The sale transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2016, once all required approvals and consents have been obtained from the necessary regulatory authorities and other relevant bodies. The consideration for the shares amounts to EUR 1.1 billion.
Charles Russell Speechlys has acted for Crown Agents Ltd on the sale of the firm’s financial services subsidiaries Crown Agents Bank (“CAB”) and Crown Agents Management Limited (“CAIM”) to Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm.