Ashurst once again advises on Capvis deal - finance investor acquires Amann Girrbach Group

International law firm Ashurst advised Digital Colony, a global investment firm focused on enabling the next generation of mobile and internet infrastructure, on its agreement to acquire 100% of the capital in Digita Oy ('Digita') from First State Investments.

Burges Salmon has advised long-standing client Gravis on a £20 million financing for Eelpower, a pioneering company that has been at the forefront of the development of energy storage in the UK.

This transaction builds on Burges Salmon's market-leading experience in advising on the innovative debt structures required for funding energy storage projects and their complex revenue streams.

Bird & Bird's German corporate team has recently advised the shareholders of BBS Automation GmbH, one of the leading providers of high-quality automation solutions for complex assembly and testing processes with locations in Germany, USA, Malaysia and China, on their investment and joint venture with EQT Mid Market Europe.

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised long-standing client FPE Capital, on the acquisition of System Three Communications (London) Limited (t/a IWSR), the leading supplier of data and market intelligence on alcoholic drinks markets worldwide.
 
Headquartered in London and with a US office in New York, over the last 40 years, IWSR has built up the world’s largest database on the alcoholic beverage market, providing its clients with access to category and brand performance in 157 countries, using local market input.

Abuhimed AlSheikh AlHagbani (AS&H) in co-operation with Clifford Chance advised NADEC on the acquisition of Al Safi Danone Company (ASD). This transaction will reinforce NADEC's position as a leading regional dairy and beverage player.

Dentons is advising Electroneum Ltd, the early stage technology company aiming to transform the world of cryptocurrency, and which has filed a patent application for a technology that combines blockchain, cryptocurrency and mobile ubiquity.

Electroneum has developed architecture that it says will allow it to do two new things: 1) instant cryptocurrency payments, and 2) cryptocurrency subscription payments.

Hogan Lovells advised Onexim Sports and Entertainment Holding USA, Inc. and Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov on the sale of a 49% interest in the Brooklyn Nets to Joe Tsai. Mr. Tsai is executive vice chairman and co-founder of Alibaba Group, a global internet company with businesses in e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital entertainment.

Led by partners Volker Geyrhalter, Jörg Herwig and Mark Kurtenbach Hogan Lovells has advised Woodward Inc. on the acquisition of German L' Orange GmbH from the Rolls-Royce group. Woodward will also acquire L'Orange's operations in the US and China.

Linklaters have advised as Saudi Arabia has expanded its $10billion international loan to raise $16billion, one of the largest financings in the Middle East to date. Linklaters and Zamakhchary & Co, Linklaters relationship firm in the Kingdom, advised the arrangers on the deal, which introduced a sharia compliant tranche alongside the conventional loan facility.
 
Omar El Sayed at Linklaters, said: