Hamburg – Enovos Renewables O&M GmbH has taken over the O&M activities of Wircon GmbH and acquired all the shares in Wirsol O&M GmbH. At the same time, Wircon GmbH has been given an option to acquire a stake in Enovos Renewables O&M GmbH. The transaction will see Enovos and Wircon working together even more closely in operating and maintaining photovoltaic plants. Their aim is to create the largest manufacturer-independent O&M service provider for photovoltaic facilities in Germany. The parties agreed not to disclose the transaction value.

Stuttgart – German IT group Bechtle has acquired BT Stemmer GmbH, a specialist in networking solutions, unified communications, IT security and managed services. The Munich-based firm had been owned by British Telecom since 2008. The Cisco and NetApp partner will now trade under the Stemmer name as part of the Bechtle Group. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities.

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's German Corporate and Venture Capital Team, under the lead of Partner Dr. Michael Leue and Associate Dr. Maximilian Karacz, has advised the technology company Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH, which successfully completed another round of financing in August.

Hong Kong & Beijing – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm has represented SCPG Holdings Co., Ltd, a leading shopping mall owner, developer and operator in China; China Vanke Co., Ltd., a leading urban and rural construction and residential service provider; and Triwater Asset Management Holdings Limited, an affiliate of leading Chinese private equity firm HOPU Investment, in the formation of an offshore consortium for the purpose of acquiring a large-scale Chinese real estate portfolio from CapitaLand Mall Asia Limited, a wholly owned subsid

Orrick has advised Tru Taj, a subsidiary of Toys "R" Us which owns the toy retailer’s operations in Europe and Asia, in the restructuring and divestment plan of Toys "R" Us’ French assets.

Baker McKenzie advised international life sciences venture capital investor Forbion  on a $ 54 million Series A equity financing of Gotham Therapeutics Corporation ("Gotham"), based in the USA and Germany.  This  is the first investment by the recently raised fund Forbion IV, which has a total volume of € 360 million focusing on biopharma investment opportunities in Europe, Great Britain and the USA.

Ashurst has advised the investment manager GEG German Estate on the acquisition of the 'Garden Tower' located in the Frankfurt banking district by way of share deal. According to media reports the purchase price was approximately €275m. The seller was Tristan funds Curzon Capital Partners, who had acquired the building for €175m three years ago.

Ashurst has advised RFR Holding GmbH on the acquisition of the office complex 'Rosenthaler Höfe' in Berlin-Mitte from DIC Asset AG. The building was part of the starting portfolio of the specialized real estate fund DIC Office Balance I, which was established in 2010. The exact purchase price was not disclosed but the transaction value was in the three-digit million range. The office building with more than 13,000 square meters of rental space is fully let to the global leader in enterprise software SAP. Ashurst has repeatedly advised RFR.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has provided comprehensive legal advice to Korean Hyundai Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("Hyundai") on its acquisition of the former corporate headquarter of Lufthansa in Cologne-Deutz by way of a share deal. The seller is a real estate fund managed by M&G Real Estate.

The property, with a rental area of around 20,400 square metres, is leased for 15 years to Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben, which in turn sublets it to Bundesamt für Familie und zivilgesellschaftliche Aufgaben.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised technical recruitment specialist, Orion Managed Services Limited (Orion), on the sale of a majority stake in the Business to TechnoPro Holdings Inc. (“TechnoPro”) of Japan.

Founded in 1996, Orion is a technical recruitment specialist focusing on the Engineering, Manufacturing, Utilities and Construction markets. The Business delivers contract and permanent recruitment services to both large blue chip and SME clients in the UK.