Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) on its proposed merger with RSL Care, which aims to bring two of Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit aged care providers together into a single organisation capable of delivering more high quality services to more people every day.
Ashurst is advising N M Rothschild & Sons Limited ("Rothschild") and Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies") on the merger between Al Noor Hospitals Group Plc ("Al Noor") and Mediclinic International Limited ("Mediclinic"). Rothschild is acting as lead financial adviser and co-sponsor, and Jefferies is acting as corporate broker and co-sponsor, in relation to the transaction, which is a reverse takeover of Al Noor for the purposes of the UK Listing Rules.
CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati acted as counsel to Telekom Austria Group in connection with the merger of its subsidiary VIP OPERATOR DOOEL Skopje with ONE DOOEL Skopje, a subsidiary of Telekom Slovenije Group, both operating in the Republic of Macedonia. In addition, CHSH obtained merger control clearance in Austria, Serbia and in Macedonia, for this transaction being the first three to two telecoms consolidation in Europe.
Oriflame Holding AG (OHAG) acquired through a public share-for-share exchange offer from the shareholders of Oriflame Cosmetics SA, Luxemburg (OCSA) approx. 97.7% of all shares and Swedish depository receipts in OCSA (OCSA SDRs). In connection with the successful completion of the exchange offer, OCSA SDRs were delisted and the OHAG shares became listed on the main market of Nasdaq Stockholm. OHAG (as acquiring entity) and OCSA (as acquired entity) completed the transaction through a cross-border merger.
Berghoff Mechanical Engineering AG transferred certain assets by a cross-border transfer of assets to Berghoff Property GmbH, Luxemburg.
Walder Wyss advised on this transaction. The Walder Wyss Team was led by Urs P. Gnos (Partner, Corporate/M&A) and included Johannes Bürgi (Partner, Finance), Samuel Lieberherr (Associate, Corporate/M&A), Elisabeth Moskric (Counsel, Finance), Christine Beutler (Managing Associate/Notary, Corporate) and Nico Bernhard (Trainee, Corporate/M&A).
SKG Bank (Saarbrücken) merged into DKB Bank (Berlin) in mid-July 2015. In the future, it will focus on the installment credit business. DKB obtained detailed legal advice on the merger from the law firm of Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.
Clifford Chance has advised Electra Private Equity PLC ("Electra"), on the proposed merger of its portfolio companies Park Resorts, South Lakeland Parks and Southview and Manor Park with Parkdean Holidays.
The transaction will give the New Company an enterprise value of £960 million.
A Travers Smith team led by private equity partner Adam Orr and head of private equity Paul Dolman has advised certain members of the management of Park Resorts and Parkdean Holidays on the proposed merger of the two companies, a transaction that gives the enlarged business an enterprise value of £960 million.
The Travers Smith team also included corporate associates Jeremy Dennison and Adam Martin.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Betfair on the possible merger of Betfair and Paddy Power.
The possible merger would create one of the world’s largest public online gaming companies by revenue with enlarged scale, capability and distinctive and complementary brands.
Clyde & Co has advised on the largest ever merger of independent, third party ship management companies; advising Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group on its global merger with Univan Ship Management Group.
The merged entity is to be known as the Anglo-Eastern Univan Group. With Anglo-Eastern having already placed in the top three global ship management companies, the merger has created an industry leader with over 1,700 shore-based staff, 24,000 seafarers, 600 ships under full management, and 100 ships under crew management only.