Vinge has advised Manpower AB in connection with the sale of Manpower HälsoPartner to Previa. Manpower HälsoPartner has approximately 160 employees and provides health and work environment services to large companies all over Sweden. The sale is conditional upon consent from the Swedish Competition Authority and other customary conditions to closing.

Vinge’s team consisted of responsible partner Malin Ohlin together with associates Charlotta Järnstedt and Henrik Wastensson as well as paralegal Pernilla Warg.

De Brauw has assisted SNS REAAL on the EUR 150 million divestment of VIVAT Verzekeringen, formerly known as REAAL, to leading Chinese insurance company Anbang Group Holdings. Anbang has agreed to strengthen VIVAT’s solvency through a capital injection.

Eversheds Bianchini, the Italian office of law firm Eversheds, with a team headed by Marco Franzini and also with the associate Angelo Speranza, has acted as legal advisor of 21 Investimenti, Quadrivio and other seller shareholders in the process of competitive bidding for the sale of RGI Group to Ardian and for the negotiation and conclusion of the purchase agreement and ancillary documents.

Gleiss Lutz has advised U.S. automotive supplier TRW Automotive on the sale of its engine components division to Federal Mogul. The company agreed to sell the business for USD 385 million in September 2014. Closing was announced in early February.

TRW engine components is headquartered in Germany. The division has a workforce of approx. 5,400 at 22 sites in twelve countries around the world. Federal Mogul will integrate the new business into its powertrain division.

Slaughter and May is advising Brit plc (Brit) on its recommended takeover offer by FFHL Group Ltd, an entity wholly-owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, announced on 17 February 2015. 
 
The cash offer values the entire issued share capital of Brit at approximately £1.22 billion and implies a price to net tangible assets multiple of 1.73x based on Brit's net tangible assets of £704.4 million as at 30 June 2014.

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Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd., one of the leading Chinese conglomerates and China's largest investor in cultural and entertainment sector entered into an agreement to acquire Infront Sports & Media group, one of the world's most respected and leading international sports marketing companies based in Zug, Switzerland, from the European private equity firm Bridgepoint. The transaction is valued at approximately EUR 1.05 bn and is subject to customary closing conditions.

Schjødt has advised the quoted oil company Rocksource ASA in connection with the mandatory offer from Hitec-owned EPSI AS and in connection with the ongoing rights issue in the company.

EPSI announced a mandatory offer for all shares in Rocksource. The company announced shortly after a NOK 210 million rights issue to strengthen its balance sheet and to finance the further development of the Pil and Bue discovery. Schjødt has been engaged as the company's legal adviser in relation to both the mandatory offer and the rights issue.

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Macfarlanes has advised leading independent provider of advisory and restructuring services Zolfo Cooper Europe and its partners on its successful sale to global business advisory firm AlixPartners.

The Macfarlanes team was led by head of M&A Ian Martin, who comments: “It has been a privilege to be trusted to advise the 25 plus partners of Zolfo Cooper on a transaction that brings together two such complementary businesses in the advisory and restructuring services market”.

Head of tax Ashley Greenbank provided tax advice.

Norton Rose Fulbright is advising Orange SA on the sale of EE Limited, the UK mobile telephone operator currently jointly owned by Orange and Deutsche Telekom, to BT Group plc for £12.5 billion.

DLA Piper has advised NRC Media, a Dutch news media business, on its sale to Media House.  The DLA Piper team, consisting of Marnix Holtzer, Paul Hopman, Lex Oosterling, Philip Jonker and Jasper de Bok, assisted management in dealing with various stakeholders, such as the shareholders, works council and editors council. At the start of the process, disputes with the works council led to litigation on the appointment of a non-executive board member by the employees.