RTPR Allen & Overy has advised the shareholders of A&D Pharma on the multijurisdictional sale of the group to the pharmacy network Dr. Max owned by Penta Investments. The transaction which was signed at the end of last year was closed in Amsterdam last Thursday.
Global law firm Dentons has advised Paracelsus-Kliniken Deutschland GmbH & Co. KGaA on its restructuring in the context of insolvency proceedings in self-administration, and its sale to Porterhouse Health AG. In coordination with the self-administration and the administrator, Dr. Rainer Eckert, the creditors' committee of Paracelsus-Kliniken Deutschland has unanimously supported the transfer agreement with Porterhouse Health and the submission of the insolvency plan.
International law firm Proskauer advised the senior executives and employee shareholders of Sky Betting & Gaming (“SBG”) in its $4.7 billion sale, subject to certain conditions, to Stars Group Inc. (NASDAQ: TSG; TSX: TSGI). The combination will result in the world’s largest publicly listed online gaming company.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised CVC Capital Partners (‘CVC’), one of the world’s leading private equity and investment advisory firms, on the sale of Sky Betting & Gaming (‘SBG’) to The Stars Group Inc. (‘The Stars Group’). The transaction is in cash and stock, and is valued at $4.7bn. This combination will result in the world’s largest publicly listed online gaming company.
De Brauw was lead counsel to Waterland Private Equity Investments on the sale of its stakes in Attero.
Client name
Waterland Private Equity Investments B.V. (Waterland)
Other parties involved
Attero Holding N.V., 3i, through 3i Infrastructure plc, Deutsche Bank AG, through DWS
Nature of transaction
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP has advised Merck KGaA, a leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials, on the sale of its global Consumer Health business to Procter & Gamble for approximately €3.4bn cash, or approximately $ 4.2 billion at current exchange rates.
As technology plays an ever increasing role in political and issues-based campaigning, TLT has advised on a significant venture capital investment for Bristol-headquartered technology start-up, Poli, from UK-based technology investment funds, AI Seed and Force Over Mass.
Poli uses the reach and immediacy of social messaging platforms to improve opinion polling, recruiting larger, more representative panels and engaging with them more efficiently. It was founded in 2016 with high profile polling errors from both sides of the Atlantic fresh in the memory.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised German financial investor HQ Equita (“HQ Equita”) on the sale of MEN Holding GmbH (“MEN”) to DBAG Fund VII, advised by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (“DBAG”). It has been agreed not to disclose the purchase price or any further details of the contractual agreements.
Zurich – The main shareholders of Tec-Sem Group AG have sold their shares in Tec-Sem Group AG, headquartered in Tägerwilen, to Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks is a leading supplier of tool and factory hardware and software automation solutions for the global semiconductor industry.
We acted as a legal advisor to the founding partners in the sale of Kide Clinical Systems Oy’s (KIDE Systems) shares. All shares of Kide Clinical Systems Oy were sold to Topcon Healthcase Solutions Inc. KIDE Systems was established in 2015 in Oulu, and it specialises in delivering cutting edge clinical imaging solutions to the medical industry. KIDE Systems’ platform is utilized in all Nordic Countries and in many Central European countries. The company is headquartered in Oulu, and it has sales and delivery operations in Helsinki.