DLA Piper has advised on the merger of Doctena and Docbook; the two leading providers of online medical appointment booking systems in Belgium. The two companies will continue their growth under the Doctena name. The aim of the merger is to increase the companies' market share in Belgium and expand their application into international markets.
Davis Polk is advising Technip S.A. on its combination with FMC Technologies, Inc. The combined company, which will be called TechnipFMC, would have an equity value of $13 billion based on pre-announcement share prices. Technip shareholders will receive two shares of the new company for each share of Technip, and FMC Technologies shareholders will receive one share of the new company for each share of FMC Technologies.
Slaughter and May advised Ambatana B.V. Holdings in relation to the letgo merger of U.S. operations with Wallapop S.L.
Under the terms of the agreement, Wallapop’s U.S. operations will be absorbed into letgo, creating a strong player in the U.S. mobile classifieds market. The combined entity will be majority owned and managed by letgo, and will operate under the letgo brand on the letgo platform. Existing shareholders will also be injecting USD 100 million to grow the combined business.
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised the Casino group on the possible combination between Cnova’s Brazilian subsidiary, Cnova Brazil and Via Varejo and the potential tender offer of Casino on the outstanding ordinary shares of Cnova held by its public shareholders.
Cnova is one of the world’s largest e-Commerce companies with 15 million active customers via state-of-the-art e-tail and more than 32 million items proposed. Cnova’s net sales in 2015 amounted to €3,420million.
GCA Savvian Corporation (GCA), a global investment bank listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced its merger with Altium Corporate Finance Group (Altium), an M&A advisory business. The combination creates a leading independent international investment bank that will operate under the names GCA Altium in Europe and GCA in the United States and Asia.
Paris – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, has advised Keensight Capital in connection with a complex transaction resulting in the combination of the Italian group Tecres and the German company aap Biomaterials under the holding company Demetra Holding, of which Keensight Capital became a significant minority shareholder.
Simpson Thacher is representing an affiliate of Investindustrial in the announced combination of Polynt Group and Reichhold to form a global company in the coating and composite resins industry with over €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) in revenues. Polynt-Reichhold (“the Group”) will be invested into equally by Investindustrial and Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. The combination further reinforces the Group’s leading position as a global vertically integrated specialty chemicals player, with significant presence both in Europe and North America.
GCA Savvian Corporation (GCA), a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed global investment bank entered into a definitive merger agreement with leading international M&A advisory Altium Corporate Finance Group (Altium). This combination creates a leading independent international investment bank, the 7th largest listed M&A advisory firm in the world.
Slaughter and May advised GCA Savvian Corporation (GCA), a global investment bank listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, on its merger with Altium Corporate Finance Group (Altium), an M&A advisory business, which was announced on 9 May 2016. The combination creates a leading independent international investment bank that will operate under the names GCA Altium in Europe and GCA in the United States and Asia.
Noerr has advised Payleven Holding GmbH on the merger of the Payleven group with the SumUp group, two of the leading mobile payment providers.
The combined company will operate under the name SumUp. The merger is intended to accelerate the international growth of both businesses. All former shareholders in SumUp and Payleven will remain shareholders in the combined holding entity.