International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised the management team of multi-platform international media group, Dennis Publishing (“Dennis”), on its acquisition by Exponent.
Frankfurt/Main – the listed American AMETEK, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of electronic measuring instruments and electromechanical devices, has acquired all shares in Motec GmbH, a leading provider of integrated vision systems serving the high growth mobile machine vision market. Details of the transaction value have not been disclosed.
International law firm Proskauer was proud to represent funds managed and advised by BlueBay Asset Management in the €135 million financing provided to DADA, one of the leading names in the European domain and hosting segment.
DADA is a pan-European online hosting business headquartered in Florence, Italy and it is majority owned by Hg Capital. Hg acquired a majority interest in DADA in October 2017 and bought out the remaining shares by way of a tender offer in February 2018. The debt financing was provided by BlueBay by way of an Italian mini-bond.
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters including, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. and Credit Suisse, in connection with the initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Global Market of the American Depository Shares (ADSs) of Aurora Mobile Limited (“Aurora Mobile”). The offering of 9,060,000 ADSs, representing 6,040,000 Class A common shares, raised a total of US$71.7 million in gross proceeds from the IPO before the exercise of underwriters’ overallotment option.
Morgan Lewis welcomes a seven-partner intellectual property (IP) litigation team that enhances the firm’s trial and appellate capabilities, particularly in the life sciences and technology industries. Five of the new partners—Jeff Gargano, Krista Vink Venegas, Shon Lo, Hersh Mehta, and Kevin Shortsle—will be resident in Chicago; Natalie Bennett will be resident in Washington, DC; and Brent Hawkins will be resident in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. All arrive from another global law firm, along with several associates.
Morgan Lewis welcomes partner Rick Denhup, a veteran finance lawyer who has advised banks and other financial institutions for nearly 20 years. He will be resident in the New York office.
Mr. Denhup focuses on representing financial clients in a range of matters, including asset-based loans (ABLs), cash flow credit facilities, and leveraged finance. Much of his work involves first- and second-lien loans, recapitalizations, cross-border transactions, debtor-in-possession financing transactions, restructurings, and workouts.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Sean T. Wheeler has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group.
Yen Sum and Jennifer Brennan advise creditors, hedge funds, asset managers, and debtors on a variety of complex restructurings and special situations.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP has announced that Joel M. Mitnick, who advises clients on antitrust matters associated with M&A transactions and litigation and investigations brought by federal and state antitrust authorities, has joined the firm’s Antitrust Group as a partner in New York.
Dentons has bolstered its Capital Markets practice in Russia with the arrival of a team led by partner Tamer Amara.