Global law firm Clyde & Co has advised French engineering group Egis on its takeover of the operations and management contract for the M40 motorway.
The newly formed Egis Road Operation M40 Ltd took control of the contract from Carillion on April 23 2018.
DLA Piper has advised the sellers in relation to the acquisition of Swedish cloud-based communications service Efftel by NetNordic, an Oslo-based network, communications, security and cloud services provider backed by Norvestor Equity.
The deal is part of NetNordic's consolidation strategy in the Nordic countries and complements the company's existing service offering.
Following the acquisition of Efftel, NetNordic expects to have a technical platform and organisation that will contribute to its growth expectations.
DLA Piper has advised Waterlogic on its 100% acquisition of Melbourne-headquartered Billi, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of boiling, chilled and sparkling filtered drinking water under-the-sink units operating in Australia, the UK and international markets.
Waterlogic is a UK-based designer, manufacturer, distributor and service provider of purified drinking water dispensers and is a portfolio company of European PE firm Castik Capital.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised KLX Inc. on the sale of its Aerospace Solutions Group to The Boeing Company and the spin-off of its Energy Services Group (ESG) business to KLX shareholders.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (HSF) has advised Dorrington plc on its buyout of Grainger plc's 50% interest in the Walworth Investment Property (WIP) joint venture which comprises a residential investment portfolio of 565 homes in South London. HSF previously advised Dorrington plc on the creation of the WIP joint venture (with Grainger plc) back in 2013.
Hill Dickinson’s corporate team has advised the shareholders of EU Fire & Security on its sale to Newbury Investments, a Berkshire-based privately owned trade buyer.
Rochdale-based EU Fire and Security is the UK’s largest independent fire alarm distributor. Alongside fire alarms, the firm also distributes a wide range of life safety and security products. It offers an integrated service to customers which includes fire alarm design, supply and commissioning.
Hogan Lovells is advising LabCorp, a leading global life sciences company, in an agreement to sell its Covance Food Solutions business to Eurofins Scientific, a global group of laboratories active in food, environment and pharma product testing. The all-cash purchase price of the transaction is US$670 million.
The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
Mishcon de Reya advised new client, Minor International ("MINT"), on the purchase of a 75% stake in Benihana Holding Pte. Ltd. ("Benihana"), is one of the leading Japanese-inspired teppanyaki restaurant chains headquartered in the UK. Joining MINT’s restaurant network is a portfolio of 19 Benihana restaurants: 2 owned restaurants in London and 17 franchised restaurants in countries across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Shoosmiths has advised private equity investor LDC on its £13 million minority investment into Paladone, one of the UK's market leading designers and suppliers of giftware products, to assist in the acceleration of its international growth.
CMS has advised major private equity house Cinven on its acquisition of Partner in Pet Food (PPF) from Pamplona Capital Management.
PPF is a market-leading pet food manufacturer with nine manufacturing operations across Europe. PPF supplies pet food to more than 250 customers in Europe, including traditional retailers, discounters, speciality pet retailers and online specialists. Established in 1999, the company employs more than 1,400 people and produces more than 450,000 tons of pet food per annum, distributed across 38 countries in Europe.