Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Bremen-based ZEABORN Group (“ZEABORN”) on its new project and heavy-lift cargo joint venture with Houston-based Intermarine Group (“Intermarine”), ZEAMARINE.
Withers has advised Gemmo S.p.A. a family-owned Italian infrastructure business on an investment in its subsidiary City Green Light S.r.l. Luxembourg-based fund Marguerite II SCSp has completed a €40m investment in City Green Light in order to hold 39% of the company, while the Italian Fund for Energy Efficiency (FIEE) holds 57%, following a €58m investment in the business. Gemmo currently holds 4% of the company but, as sole industrial partner, has a dedicated capital increase right to expand its partnership in the coming years.
DLA Piper represented Chicago real estate firms Murphy Development, Walsh Investors and MB Real Estate and Canada-based Plenary Group in connection with the redevelopment of the Old Cook County Hospital building as the first phase of a multi-phase development.
The team, consisting of Chicago-based attorneys Robert Goldman, Gregory Dahlgren and Stacy Osmond, provided counsel on construction and development financing, including a construction loan, bridge loan and mezzanine loan, and historic tax credit equity investment, as well as leasing and development matters.
With a turnover approaching £100m and an impressive technical capability underpinned by multiple vendor certifications, GCI is undoubtedly a front-runner of the ICT services sector and has a strong customer and partnership base, with customers including Sunlife, Shelter, Prospect Union, Dimensions, Parliamentary Digital Services, Trafford Council, University of London, FieldFisher, Keoghs, Marie Curie, Yamaha WorldSBK, Merlin Entertainment and Center Parcs.
Macfarlanes has advised German hygiene paper company WEPA on its acquisition of the 50 per cent stake in its Northwood & WEPA joint venture, a paper supplier based in the UK, currently held by its UK joint venture partner.
The WEPA Group is one of the three largest suppliers in the European tissue market, with 3,800 employees and a turnover of approximately €1.2bn following the transaction.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BMCE Bank, as lender to the Société d’Eau Dessalée d’Agadir and Aman El Baraka Company on the financing, design, construction and operation of a mutualized desalination plant to provide drinking and irrigation water to the Souss Massa region in Morocco.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Japan-based gumi Inc., a leading global mobile game publisher and developer, on its launch of gumi Cryptos LLC, a dedicated fund investing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology companies.
Paul, Weiss represented Chinese internet giant Tencent in the acquisition of a 80 percent stake in Grinding Gear Games, the New Zealand-based gaming company that developed the popular online role-playing game Path of Exile. The transaction came about after Tencent published the game in China in 2017. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Path of Exile has more than 2 million monthly active players and more than 20 million sign-ups.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partner Jeanette Chan.
Willkie Paris represents A2iA in connection with its acquisition by Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification solutions.
Willkie advised A2iA, a global leader in artificial intelligence and image analysis, and its management team led by Jean-Louis Fages and Olivier Baret, on its acquisition by Mitek Systems, Inc. (Mitek), a global leader in digital identity verification solutions.
Duane Morris has announced that it has added a seven-lawyer intellectual property team, across two offices. Partners Thomas J. Kowalski and Deborah L. Lu, Ph.D.; special counsel Lawrence P. Casson, Ph.D., and Mark W. Russell; and associates Tinh T. Nguyen, Ph.D. and Han Gao, Ph.D. will be resident in the Duane Morris New York office; special counsel Heidi E. Lunasin will be resident in the Washington, D.C. office. The team was previously with Vedder Price.