Dundas & Wilson has acted for CALA Group Limited (CALA) as lead transaction counsel on its sale to Legal & General Group Plc (Legal & General) and Patron Capital Partners (Patron). The acquisition values CALA at £210m.
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Leading South Yorkshire dealmaker, Matt Ainsworth at Irwin Mitchell, has advised Chesterfield-based TFS Systems on its sale to Goldshield Electronic Systems.
SJ Berwin a conseillé Azulis Capital, Unigrains, BNP Paribas Développement, Idia Participations et les dirigeants et autres actionnaires de Financière Bretèche dans le cadre de la cession de Financière Bretèche aux fonds conseillés par Equistone Partners Europe.
SJ Berwin a également conseillé Capzanine et Céréa Mezzanine dans le cadre de l’arrangement et de la prise ferme du financement mezzanine de cette acquisition.
Taylor Wessing, the international law firm, has advised Inflexion Private Equity Partners on the sale of Pims Group, the wastewater services company, to US buyer Xylem Inc, a leading global water technology company, for a headline price of $57m.
The transaction is the first instruction for the firm from new client Inflexion and follows Partner James Goold's recent arrival from Jones Day.
James, who led the transaction, commented:
Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has advised FFastFill plc, a leading provider of "Software as a Service" to the global derivatives community, on the £106m recommended takeover by Pattington Limited, a member of the ION Trading Group.
Pattington currently owns a minority stake in FFastFill but is now set to take overall control of the company. Field Fisher Waterhouse advised FFastFill on all aspects of the takeover. Field Fisher Waterhouse Corporate partner Amerjit Kalirai led on the deal and was assisted by senior associate Guy Burman.
Amerjit Kalirai said:
Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that it has advised UK-based Arieso Limited (Arieso) on its sale to U.S. public company JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) for US$85 million.
Arieso is a global leader in location-aware, software solutions that enable mobile network operators to boost 2G, 3G, and 4G/LTE network performance and enrich the mobile subscriber experience. The transaction will allow the integration of Arieso’s products into JDSU's complementary mobile network solutions.
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Strides Arcolab Limited (SAL), an Indian pharmaceutical company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India on the US$1.6 billion (cash) disposal, by way of auction, of Agila Specialities its generic specialty injectable business to Mylan Inc., a US generic pharmaceutical company listed on NASDAQ.
International law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised on the sale of UK Specialist Hospitals, a leading independent sector healthcare provider, to Care UK, one of the chief providers of health and social care services in the UK.
Slaughter and May advised Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society ('MGM Advantage'), a retirement income specialist and mutual society, on the sale of its new business franchise to TDR Capital LLP, generating a goodwill payment of £9 million for the benefit of eligible members for the mutual society who hold with-profits policies.
Global law firm Eversheds has advised the shareholders of Radius Systems Limited on the disposal of Radius Systems to Polyplastic Group, the Russian and CIS market leader in plastic processing, for an undisclosed sum.