Clifford Chance has advised the investment company 3i on the offer from funds advised by Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, for its majority stake in the Azelis Group, a leading pan-European speciality chemical distributor. Atlas Holding S.A., the holding company of Azelis Group, has entered into exclusive negotiations with funds advised by Apax Partners.

The workers’ councils of relevant Azelis Group companies will, where required, be consulted on the proposed transaction, which is also subject to antitrust approval.

Baker & McKenzie has advised global manufacturing and technology company Emerson on the international carve out aspects of its USD$1.44 billion sale of its Power Transmission Solutions business to Regal Beloit Corporation.

Gernandt & Danielsson advises the board in Axis in connection with Canon’s public takeover offer to the shareholder of Axis in a total value of SEK 23.6 billion Canon Inc. (“Canon”) has on 10 February 2015 announced a public takeover offer to the shareholders of Axis Aktiebolag (“Axis”) to tender all their shares in Axis to Canon in consideration of SEK 340 cash for each share. The offer corresponds to total value of approximately SEK 23.6 billion for all shares. Axis offers intelligent security solutions and is the global market leader in network video.

Castres ad Snellman acted as the legal advisor to Aura Capital and other sellers in the sale of the Bluegiga Technologies to Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) for approximately EUR 54 million.

We have advised BIS (The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills) on the sale of Constructionline to Capita.

Constructionline is one of the UK’s largest procurement and supply chain management services and was set up by BIS initially for public sector contracts. It aims to reduce the annual cost (currently £165 million) for construction industry buyers and suppliers, particularly SMEs, by providing a list of verified suppliers, saving time and money.

Delphi is representing Risenta AB and its shareholders in the sale of Risenta to Paulig Group.

Risenta was founded 1940 and is today a market leading producer of healthy staple foods in Sweden. Paulig, founded in 1876, is a family-owned international enterprise in the food industry with head office in Helsinki, Finland. Risenta reported a turnover of approximately SEK 281 million for the financial year 2014.  

Korea’s outdoor apparel and gear company Youngone Corporation has acquired 3’751’250 shares in Scott Corporation SA, a Swiss company specialized in producing bicycles as well as ski and snowboard wears. With this transaction, Youngone’s stake rose to 50.01% at the cost of USD 100 Mio. Earlier in 2013, Youngone had already bought a 20.1% stake.

Mills & Reeve have advised shareholders of Brandbank Limited on its acquisition by A. C Nielsen Company Limited.

Brandbank is a world leader in digitally collecting, managing and distributing product content from e-commerce platforms and mobile shopping apps, to virtual merchandising and in-store print media. It works with multi-national grocery retailers including supermarket giants Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco’s and Waitrose, as well as over 6,000 FMCG suppliers in more than 16 markets.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Odewald KMU, a German company specializing in the holding of mid-sized companies, on the sale of Mönchengladbach-based MEDIA CENTRAL Group.

Lawyers from the Linklaters Warsaw office have advised the Ozarow Group, the company being a part of the CRH corporation, on the sale of a leading manufacturer of autoclaved aerated concrete - the Prefabet S.A. Group to H+H, Danish group from the construction sector.

On 5 February 2015, after obtaining the authorisation of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, the Ozarow S.A. Group signed the promised agreement for sale of 100% of shares in the Prefabet S.A. Group to H+H Polska sp. z o.o.