Gilbert + Tobin is pleased to have advised the ASX-listed AMA Group Limited (AMA Group) on two transactions:
the proposed demerger of its Automotive Component, Accessory and Procurement Business; and
the proposed acquisition of the post-demerger AMA Group and its remaining vehicle panel repairs business by The Blackstone Group, for an enterprise value of A$508 million.
Matheson recently acted as Irish counsel for a syndicate of funders and lenders including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), the European Investment Bank, Sun Life Investment Managers and Talanx Asset Management in connection with the financing of Dublin Institute of Technology’s (DIT) €220 million Grangegorman Campus PPP project – one of Ireland’s largest educational campus developments financed through a public private partnership (PPP).
DLA Piper has strengthened its Corporate team in Paris with the appointment of partner Julien Vandenbussche and senior counsel George Pinkham.
The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised the Belgian Puratos Group N.V. on the acquisition of the Bakery Ingredients Business of PMG Premium Mühlen Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG. In the context of an Asset Carve Out, the German subsidiary Puratos GmbH of the Puratos Group has acquired the bakery ingredients business of PMG Premium Mühlen Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG. The Purchase Agreement was signed on 14 March 2018 but is still subject to clearance by the works council of the seller. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction volume.
The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised the family owners of Hanns Glass GmbH & Co. KG on the sale of all its shareholdings to Freudenberg Group. It was agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Hanns Glass GmbH & Co. KG was founded in the 1930s and has approx. 300 employees at three sites in Germany and the Czech Republic. A previous family enterprise, the company is considered a major manufacturer of car carpets and floor mats in Germany.
The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised the Frankfurt-based Start-up Go Crush GmbH on a seed financing round. The Start-up was able to secure a six-digit investment sum from the Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain network.
The international commercial law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has again scored another victory for mytaxi against Taxi Bonn e.G.: The complaint of the opponent from Bonn against the non-admission of the appeal was finally rejected by the Cartel Panel of the Federal Supreme Court. Through this decision BEITEN BURKHARDT has achieved legal certainty for the operators of the leading European taxi app in proceedings which have preoccupied the taxi industry for a couple of years already.
Led by Frankfurt-based Partner Michael Schlitt and Counsel Susanne Lenz Hogan Lovells advised Shop Apotheke Europe N.V., a leading online pharmacy in Europe, on the placement with institutional investors of senior unsecured convertible bonds, with a maturity of five years in a denomination of EU 100,000 each (the "Bonds"). The issue volume amounts to EU 75m.
Acquisition Will Make Marfrig the World’s Second-Largest Beef Producer
Linklaters acted as lead international counsel for Brazil-based Marfrig Global Foods S.A. in the purchase and sale agreement with Leucadia National Corporation and others for the acquisition of 51% of the membership interests in National Beef Packing Company LLC, the fourth-largest beef processor in the United States.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Wu family, founders of Nature’s Care, on one of the largest private equity investments so far in 2018 to a Chinese consortium.
The consortium, made up of China Jianyin Investment Ltd. (JIC) and Tamar Alliance Partners Fund I, L.P. (Tamar), has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a majority share of Nature’s Care. The Wu family will continue to hold shares in this leading manufacturer and wholesaler of vitamins, supplements and skin care products.