International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised on the sale of Click Consult, the award-winning full-service digital and search marketing experts, to the global consumer brand services group, Ceuta Group.

The acquisition will further increase Ceuta’s digital and search marketing capabilities and is a key development in the Group’s strategy to invest in complementary businesses that enhance the value of its offering to current and prospective clients.

The Paris office of the international law firm Simmons & Simmons advised Gazeley, GLP's European platform, on the acquisition of a logistics fleet of three warehouses.

The three assets consist of two warehouses of 20,000m² each, and a 42,000m² warehouse, strategically located in the town of Saint-Martin-de-Crau, between the A7 and A54 motorways. This allows quick and easy access to the port of Marseille, near to which lies Gazeley’s, hitherto sole, warehouse in Fos-sur-Mer, measuring 24,000m².

The international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has announced that Timothy Broas has joined the firm’s Washington office.  Mr. Broas will be a member of the firm’s Investigations, Financial Regulations & White Collar practice group.

New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Adam Weinstein and Tony Feuerstein will join its growing global Private Equity and M&A practices as partners in New York. Mr. Weinstein and Mr. Feuerstein are leading private equity lawyers who have represented some of the largest private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in high-profile private equity M&A transactions.

Travers Smith LLP has announced the recruitment of Ryan Fordham as the Head of Construction and Engineering, which is part of the firm's Real Estate Department. Ryan joins Travers Smith from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, and brings to the role a wealth of experience across the core real estate asset classes.

Mishcon de Reya has announced the appointment of David Cummings, who joins as a Partner in the Firm's Employment Department.

David joins from Allen & Overy where he practised for 11 years. In 2017, David was ranked as one of UK Legal 500's 'next generation' UK employment lawyers.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has expanded its compliance team, appointing Dr Jochen Pörtge as partner. Dr Pörtge specialises in white-collar crime and will join Pinsent Masons’ office in Dusseldorf on 1 October 2018 from Clifford Chance.

Jochen Pörtge advises and represents companies in connection with white-collar criminal investigations, internal investigations, enforcement, and anti-bribery compliance. Dr Pörtge joined Clifford Chance in 2010, most recently acting as Counsel.

National law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Judith Hopper as a litigation partner in its Leeds office. Judith joins from DLA Piper where she worked for ten years and was a director.

Judith specialises in commercial litigation with a focus on PFI/ projects disputes, contentious construction and professional negligence. She also has extensive experience of commercial and contractual disputes, corporate disputes including breach of warranty and shareholder disputes, and breach of confidentiality claims.

We are advising Lakeland Dairies on its proposed merger with LacPatrick.  The merger is subject to Lakeland and LacPatrick shareholder approval, together with regulatory approvals and, if implemented, would create the second largest dairy processor on the island of Ireland with a milk pool of 1.8bn litres and annual revenues in excess of €1bn.

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In May 2018, Grammer AG, the global supplier of automotive interior components and a leading producer of seating systems for commercial vehicles, announced the acquisition of Toledo Molding & Die Inc. ("TMD"), based in Toledo, Ohio (USA). The TMD Group is a specialist in the development and production of thermoplastic products and applications mainly for vehicle interiors for the automotive and automotive supply industry. The acquisition closed on 1 October 2018.