International law firm CMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Kingsbury who joins the firm as a partner in its funds practice in London. Ed joins from Dechert LLP.
Tony Guerino, a 20+ year veteran of Texas’ energy and environmental litigation arena, is the latest addition to the firm’s new Houston office.
HOUSTON—Womble Bond Dickinson has added to its new Houston office a veteran local energy/environmental litigation partner, Tony Guerino.
Global law firm DLA Piper is advising leading Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based solutions company Buddy Platform Limited (ASX: BUD) on its AU$71 million acquisition of global smart lighting technology company LIFX and associated AU$18.1 million placement.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised the equity partners of leading Oxfordshire law firm BrookStreet des Roches LLP (“BSDR”) on the sale of their membership interests to Knights plc (Knights”), one of the UK’s fastest growing legal and professional services businesses.
This is Knights’ fourth acquisition of another law firm since its listing in June 2018, following on from those of Leicester’s Spearing Waite and Cummins Solicitors, and Manchester’s Turner Parkinson.
International law firm Ashurst advised daphni, Triodos Organic Growth Fund, Quadia and Spice Capital on the €4 million investment in Beendhi group, which specialises in vegetable-based organic food products.
Allen & Overy advised Vonovia SE on a secured financing arrangement for EUR 500 million with a 10-year term. Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) each provided 50% of the commitments to the listed residential property company. Vonovia will be using the funds for general business purposes. The loan is secured by a residential property portfolio in Dresden with total rented space of approx. 800,000 sqm, comprising approx. 13,400 residential units and over 200 commercial units.
DLA Piper represented Qualcomm in the sale of Qualcomm Life, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated that offers end-to-end medical device connectivity, to private equity firm Francisco Partners.
Qualcomm Life will be renamed Capsule Technologies, Inc. (CapsuleTech) and will continue operating its two distinct business segments: Capsule, a leading provider of medical device connectivity solutions for hospitals, and 2net, a medical grade mobile connectivity platform.
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Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending has completed a £12m refinancing for I&C Limited, trading under Red 7 Marine (R7M).
R7M is the leading provider of nearshore access solutions to the UK marine construction and maintenance industry, and an investee company of Perwyn Private Equity.
This multi-million pound facility will better position R7M to take advantage of future growth opportunities while freeing up Perwyn’s capital in the near term.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised InReach Ventures, the AI-powered Venture Capital firm, on the first closing of a new fund of €53m, targeted at early stage European technology companies. This first closing surpassed the original fund target of €50m.
The Banking & Finance team of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Russia) LLP, formerly Goltsblat BLP in Russia, has acted successfully for the Far East and Baikal Region Development Fund on a RUB 2 bn secured loan for construction of a new terminal at Khabarovsk International Airport servicing domestic flights and the airport infrastructure.