Willkie Advised Diligent in the transaction.

Diligent Corporation, a leader in enterprise governance management, announced its acquisition of Brainloop, a supplier of virtual data room software used within the enterprise for high-security collaboration on confidential documents. As part of U.S.-based Diligent, Brainloop will continue to operate as an independent company and serve its clients under the Brainloop brand, while having the opportunity to leverage Diligent’s robust global network.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN) on the acquisition of an anaerobic digestion (AD) asset, Merlin Renewables Limited, for a total consideration, including working capital, of c. £18.1 million.

The Intellectual Property & Creative Industries team at Shoosmiths has advised leading video game development studio Firesprite Ltd on an exclusive license and distribution agreement with global interactive entertainment giant Sony.

Headed by partner Laura Harper, Shoosmiths' IP & Creative Industries experts have advised Firesprite on a major licensing and worldwide digital and disc distribution deal for its new virtual reality game The Persistence.

The team also provided advice on brand protection and trade mark registrations.

International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has advised Delancey on its pre-let of space to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) at the former Olympic Press and Broadcast Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Park.

International law firm CMS has acted for Great Portland Estates plc (GPE) on its sale of 160 Great Portland Street in London’s West End to 139 Westar House Marylebone Limited, part of the Alduwaliya Asset Management group, which is owned by the Qatari royal family.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a group of institutional investors led and represented by MEAG MUNICH ERGO AssetManagement GmbH, the central asset manager of insurers Munich Re and ERGO, and Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A. as financing agent and security agent, on the financing of the Norwegian wind farm Eikeland-Steinsland and the structuring of the finance solution.

Continuing its strategic growth in Denver, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added eight attorneys to its widely recognized Health Care & FDA Practice. Shareholders Jim Miles, Lawson Parker, and Julie A. Sullivan; Of Counsel Fred Miles; and Associates Charles S. Gass, Kyle R. Montour, Annie M. Tooley, and Loreli Wright joined from the Denver office of Husch Blackwell.

Pierre Georges Bonnefil has joined Duane Morris LLP’s New York office as partner in the firm’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. He was most recently a partner at Epstein Becker & Green in New York.

“We’re excited to welcome Pierre to Duane Morris,” said Matthew A. Taylor, CEO and Chairman of Duane Morris. “He further enhances our multinational immigration practice, strengthening our service capability in this key area, which is of particular importance to our clients with a global footprint.”

Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Commercial Litigation Practice with the addition of Steven Baker as a new partner in London.

PRINCETON – Reed Smith has announced that John Lukanski has returned to the firm as a partner in its Financial Industry Group. He will be a leader in its broker-dealer practice.  John, who was previously with the firm until 2016, rejoins Reed Smith from McGuireWoods LLP, where he was a partner.  He will sit in the firm’s Princeton, New Jersey office and will also spend time in the firm’s New York City office.