BP Norge joins forces with Det norske creating a new and exciting E&P company to be named Aker BP. The company will continue to be listed at the Oslo Exchange.

In connection with the merger, BP Norge is assigned to Det norske. The consideration is to be settled by cash and the shares are to be issued by the Det norske.

Following the transaction, Aker will have an ownership of 40% in Aker BP. BP UK and the remaining shareholders will have ownership of 30% respectively.

DUBAI, 8 June 2016 – Hogan Lovells has advised Eltizam Asset Management Group on the merger of its subsidiary Three60 Communities, with Novus Community Management.

The new company also acquired the assets of Premium Community Management.

The deal creates the UAE's largest privately owned community management company, managing more than 80 buildings, including two master communities and more than 20,000 residential units. This expansion falls in line with the company’s long-term strategy to grow its operations throughout the UAE and GCC.

We have acted on the merger of Christian disability charities Livability and Prospects.

Livability, which employs over 1,600 people and has annual income of circa £45 million, provides services including residential care, a range of supported and independent living services, a brain injury rehabilitation centre, a school and a further education college for disabled people.

eLong, Inc., a leading mobile and online travel service provider in China, announced the completion of its merger with China E-dragon Mergersub Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China E-dragon Holdings Limited. Paul, Weiss represented the consortium of beneficial owners of China E-dragon, including affiliates of Tencent Holdings Limited and Ctrip.com International, Ltd., and Ocean Imagination L.P., Luxuriant Holdings Limited, Oasis Limited and Mr. Rong Zhou.

The international legal practice Osborne Clarke advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the merger of its subsidiary Aeria Games with Gamigo AG. Both companies are among the leading European games publishers. As part of the transaction, ProSiebenSat.1 is merging its 100% holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo AG and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher with a 33 percent stake.

MUNICH, May 30, 2016 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the merger of its subsidiary Aeria Games with Gamigo AG. Both companies are among the leading European games publishers. As part of the transaction, ProSiebenSat.1 is merging its 100% holding in Aeria Games Europe into Gamigo AG and will become a minority shareholder in the merged publisher with a 33 percent stake.

Squire Patton Boggs is acting for General Mining Corporation Limited (ASX:GMM) on its merger announced today with Galaxy Resources Limited (ASX:GXY), creating a premier global lithium producer with leading market assets.

A team led by Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL.M., Partner at the Cologne office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advises the major shareholder, Ascalon Holding AG, Vienna, Austria, on a squeeze-out under merger law at VBH Holding AG.
 

Davis Polk is advising Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (“ASE”) in connection with its proposed combination with Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd (“SPIL”) by means of a share exchange (the “Joint Share Exchange”) and the establishment of a holding company (“Holdco”).

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advises Technip on its combination with FMC Technologies, creating TechnipFMC, a global leader in the energy sector with combined revenues of US$20 billion (pro forma data 2015) that will be listed on the Euronext Paris and the NYSE.