Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised DC-Datacenter-Group GmbH (“DC-Datacenter-Group“) on its new strategic partnership with MVV, an energy company headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.

As part of the partnership, MVV has acquired a 25.1% stake in DC-Datacenter-Group, an international database management company based in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and founded in 2005. The company focusses on the design, establishment and operation of data centres for both private companies and public institutions.

Nordic Capital Fond IX has entered into an agreement to acquire Trustly AB, the leading next-generation direct payment provider, present in 29 European countries.

Baker McKenzie advises Nordic Capital Fond IX with merger control aspects to the transaction.

Nordic Capital is a leading private equity investor in the Nordic region.

Baker McKenzie's team was led by partner Anders Fast with assistance from Erik Brändt Öfverholm, Head of EU and Competition in Stockholm, Philip Thorell and Gavin Bushell and Luca Montani, Baker McKenzie Brussels.

The Firm recently represented the international joint lead managers in connection with a follow-on offering of Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation, which included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering raised approximately ¥52.7 billion (approximately US$502 million) for the issuer, which will be used with bank financing to fund the acquisition of additional logistics, retail and hotel properties. Morgan Stanley, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe and Nomura acted as international joint lead managers for the offering.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised J.P. Morgan, acting as Sole Global Coordinator, on the €2 billion sale by Vivendi of its entire stake in Ubisoft, representing approximately 30.5 million shares and 27.3 percent of Ubisoft's share capital.

The overall transaction, carried out at a single price of €66 per share, includes the following:

Squire Patton Boggs has announced the appointment of DWF’s Leeds Head of Litigation, Jason Blakey, who joins Squire Patton Boggs top ranked Disputes team in Leeds.

Ranked a Leading Individual by The Legal 500 UK in its commercial litigation rankings for Yorkshire, Mr. Blakey advises on a wide range of large commercial disputes and pensions litigation. His experience crosses a range of business sectors and includes multi-party and cross-jurisdictional disputes, international arbitrations, mediations and numerous applications for injunctive relief.

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its Intellectual Property and Technology (IP&T) and Life Sciences practices in France with the recruitment of partner Marianne Schaffner and her team including of counsel Pierre-Olivier Ally and associate Clémence Boland. The team joins from Dechert, where Schaffner headed the Intellectual Property Group in Paris and co-headed the Life Sciences Group.

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is pleased to announce that Sean Lacey will join the Firm’s London office as a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group. Mr. Lacey focuses his practice on financial restructurings and specialised lending transactions at all levels of the capital structure.

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of four energy partners and one energy counsel in its Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston offices. The team comes to K&L Gates from Winstead PC, where one of the partners, Jeff King, served as chair of the energy law practice group.

International legal business DWF has launched a new private capital team in London with the appointments of partner Amanda Chapman and director Roger Holman.

International legal business DWF has launched a new private capital team in London with the appointments of partner Amanda Chapman and director Roger Holman. Both join from boutique practice Brecher and will play a vital part in the development of DWF's private capital offering in the UK and internationally.

Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to announce the arrival of Eric Métais as a new partner within the Real Estate department. With associates Clémence Hautbois and Alice Andral, he will join the team led by Christophe Sciot-Siegrist. Together, they will contribute to the firm’s ambitious development strategy.

Eric Métais joins from Altana where he had been the partner in charge of the real estate department since 2014.