DLA Piper advised Commonwealth Laboratories in the sale of its US and Canada diagnostic testing services business to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.

Commonwealth Laboratories is an independent organization offering tests to diagnose gastrointestinal disorders. Its breakthrough blood test, IBSchek™, is designed to help physicians quickly and reliably diagnose irritable bowel syndrome, which affects nearly 40 million Americans and an estimated 5 million Canadians.

DLA Piper represented Kerensen Consulting, a leading cloud computing solutions firm, in its acquisition by salesforce.com France SAS, a subsidiary of salesforce.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRM).

Kerensen, founded by Michel Assouline and Alain Attias, provides business consulting, cloud solution management and digital customer experience services to European companies from its operations in France, Israel, Italy and Morocco. Salesforce.com said in a statement that Kerensen’s product offerings are now available on the salesforce Customer Success Platform.

DLA Piper represented Docea Power SAS, a leading provider of virtual prototyping solutions, in its acquisition by Intel Corp., an American multinational technology company and the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer.

In a statement, Intel said the acquisition of Docea Power will elevate its expertise and service offerings in modeling and optimizing the thermal behavior and power consumption of electronic systems.

In a share sale completed on 28 August 2015, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada’s biggest bank by assets and the world’s fifth-largest wealth manager at the end of 2014, sold its Swiss subsidiary Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse) SA to Swiss based Banque SYZ SA. Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse) SA has assets under management of about CHF 10 billion.

Pestalozzi advised Royal Bank of Canada on all legal aspects of the transaction.

Monsanto has announced that it abandoned its unsolicited approach to acquire Syngenta for an amount in excess of USD 45 billion. Bär & Karrer advised Syngenta on its defense with respect to Swiss law.

The team was led by Rolf Watter and included Dieter Dubs and Mariel Hoch.

The Bogotá office of Norton Rose Fulbright advised Nivel Siete, a leading Moodle provider with operations focused in Latin America, in the acquisition of the company by Blackboard, the world’s leading educational technology company. The transaction delivers significant and immediate value to customers.

Avon Products, Inc. announced that it has divested Liz Earle, its wholly owned, UK-based natural skincare brand. Walgreens Boots Alliance acquired the Liz Earle business for £140 million in an all-cash transaction. Cravath represented Avon in connection with this transaction.

Munters AB has entered into an agreement to divest Munters Keruilai Air Treatment Equipments (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. in China to Symphony Limited of India. The divestment is part of a strategic business restructuring being undertaken by Munters.

Symphony Limited, headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, is focused on evaporative air coolers with design-driven innovation and green engineering for domestic and industrial customers in over 60 countries. The company’s share is traded on the Bombay, National and Ahmedabad Stock Exchanges in India.

NautaDutilh advises NPM Capital N.V. and the other shareholders in respect of the sale of the shares in VSI, producer of functional nutrition bars.

The purchaser is Hearthside Group Holdings LLC, one of the largest independent bakeries in the US and a full service contract manufacturer of high quality, grain based food and snack products for some of the world's leading brands.

P+P Pöllath + Partners advised the founders and managing shareholders of RTS Elektronik Systeme GmbH on the sale of its participation to Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH. The Berlin financial investor capiton also sold its participation at the same time. Media-Saturn-Holding is acquiring 90% of the RTS Group.

The conclusion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities. The purchase price remains confidential.

P+P advised the majority shareholders of RTS in 2009 in the course of capiton's initial participation.