King & Wood Mallesons advised Syntegra and the other (CIC Mezzanine and PO Mezzanine) on the sale of Questel to its management, supported by the funds of Raise and Capzanine.

Questel Development, holding company of the Questel group, provides a comprehensive suite of web-based services for productivity and collaboration dedicated to intellectual property. The company employs 120 people worldwide and generates a turnover of approximately €22 million.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Abacus Holdings, a consortium of 11 Asian airlines, on its disposal of a 65% stake in Abacus International Pte Ltd to its joint venture partner Sabre Corporation, valuing Abacus at US$740 million.

The airlines comprised All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Airlines, DragonAir, Malaysian Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, Silkair, Singapore Airlines, Eva Air and Garuda Indonesia.

Bayer has entered into an agreement to sell its Diabetes Care Business to Panasonic Health Care Co., Ltd., a company held by funds advised by KKR and by Panasonic Corporation. The total consideration for the transaction is €1.022bn. Bayer Diabetes Care Business is a leading provider of blood glucose monitoring systems, lancing devices and diabetes management software with sales of more than €900m in 2014. The sale stands at the end of an auction process.

Vinge has advised the owners of CorpNordic in the sale to Intertrust Group. CorpNordic is Scandinavia’s leading provider of corporate services.

Vinge’s team consisted of responsible partner Johan Winnerblad together with associate Alex Miler.

Lindsay Goldberg has agreed to sell the Weener Plastic Packaging Group to 3i. The Weener Group designs and manufactures innovative plastic packaging solutions for the personal care and cosmetics, food and beverage, home care, chemicals as well as pharmaceuticals industries. The group has over 2,000 employees and operates 24 production locations across 15 countries with presence in Europe, North America as well as in emerging markets in South and Central America, Asia and Africa.   

King & Wood Mallesons advised the sellers on the secondary LBO of Exclusive Networks. Owned by Omnes Capital for nearly five years, the French group renews with Cobepa Belgian capital funds.

Exclusive Networks is the leading independent European value-added distributor (VAD) specialising in the marketing of security, storage and networking solutions for businesses.

The multi-jurisdictional KWM team was composed of:

Taylor Wessing has advised TOMORROW FOCUS AG on the sale of EliteMedianet GmbH, the operator of the dating agency portal ElitePartner, to THMMS Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of investment company Oakley Capital Private Equity II. The takeover of the stakes in EliteMedianet GmbH by Oakley Capital Private Equity are subject to a release under cartel law. The transaction is due to complete in the third quarter of 2015.

Bird & Bird's Corporate team in London recently advised the founders and shareholders of Applied Market Information Limited (AMI) on the sale of their majority stake to Alcuin Capital Partners.  AMI is a leading provider of information services to the global plastics industry through syndicated reports, databases, digital magazines, consulting and conferences. This sale is a key investment for Alcuin Capital Partners, who specialise in growth capital investments and management buy-outs for smaller-middle market companies in the UK.

CMS Prague has advised the Slovenian insurance company Triglav INT, which is fully owned by Zavarovalnica Triglav, on the sale of its Czech subsidiary Triglav pojistovna, a.s. to VIGO Finance, part of VIGO Investments Group.

Travers Smith LLP has advised Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor, on the sale of Motor Fuel Group (MFG) to funds managed by US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R). The deal, which is valued at approximately £500 million, is expected to complete in July.