Ashurst advised Intermediate Capital Group Plc (ICG) on the sale of the Parkeon group to Astorg Partners.

The Parkeon group is the global leader in the sector of parking management solutions and digital urban mobility. As a result of the transaction, the Astorg Partners investment fund owns a majority shareholding in the Parkeon group; the balance is owned by the management.

The transaction was completed on 15th April 2016.

Advising Privalia for the French aspects in connection with the sale of its 100% share capital to Vente Privée.

Membres

* Frédéric Keller
* Guillaume Touttée
* Raphaëlle de Gabrielli

Trelleborg has signed an agreement to sell its shares in Vibracoustic GmbH to Freudenberg. The finalization of the transaction is expected in the second quarter of 2016, subject to approval by the relevant authorities. Through this transaction Trelleborg leaves the joint venture "TrelleborgVibracoustic" that was formed with Freudenberg in 2012. Read more here.

Vibracoustic is a global market and technology leader in vibration control technology for the worldwide automotive industry; in 2015, the company generated sales of approximately EUR 1.9 billion with 9,354 employees.

Weil represented CEE Stock Exchange Group AG (CEESEG), a holding company with controlling stakes in the Vienna, Prague, Ljubljana and Budapest stock exchanges, and Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB) in connection with the sale of their combined shareholding of approximately 70% in the Budapest Stock Exchange to the National Bank of Hungary. The transaction closed in December 2015.

Weil advised Magyar Telekom in connection with an auction sale of Origo, one of Hungary’s largest online news portals to New Wave Media. The estimated value of the transaction, which closed in February, is €13.2 million.

P+P advises ADCURAM on the sale of the Hennecke Group to Capvis Private Equity Partners AG

P+P Pöllath + Partners advised the ADCURAM Group AG on the sale of its stake in Hennecke-Gruppe ("Hennecke") to Swiss-based Capvis Private Equity Partners AG ("Capvis").

Dusseldorf–Beijing Enterprises is taking over the waste company EEW Energy from Waste: the nearly €1.44 billion investment is the so far greatest direct investment made by a Chinese company in Germany. The seller is the Swedish investor EQT who three years ago had taken the majority share in the former E.ON subsidiary EEW. Luther acted as one of EEW's advisors during said sale and assisted the waste incineration expert with their due diligence.

Arjowiggins and Meeschaert Private Equity have announced the planned sale of Arjowiggins Healthcare to Meeschaert Private Equity in partnership with the company’s executive management team.

Information/consultation procedures have been initiated with the relevant personnel works councils and the transaction should be finalised by the end Q2 2016.

We acted as local counsel to the owners of the U.S.-based Verian Technologies LLC in a transaction where Basware Corporation acquired the membership interests in the target. Part of the purchase price was paid in the form of new shares issued by Basware Corporation with the remaining part paid in cash.

Headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Verian Technologies LLC is a leading cloud-based e-procurement solution provider with more than 150,000 users in the fast growing purchase-to-pay market.

White & Case LLP has advised Kazzinc Limited, a subsidiary of Glencore plc, on its sale of Orion Minerals LLP, which owns the Komarovskoye gold deposit in the Republic of Kazakhstan, to Polymetal International plc.

Located in north western Kazakhstan, Komarovskoye is one of the country's largest gold deposits, with inferred resources of an estimated 28 metric tons at 1.5 g/t gold containing approximately 1.4 Moz1. Resources are estimated only to the depth of 280 meters, while mineralisation is traced to a depth of 450 meters.