Ashurst has advised leading renewable energy company Edify Energy and the project consortium on the development of a battery storage system to be connected to the large-scale Gannawarra Solar Farm in Victoria (the Gannawarra Energy Storage System), which upon completion will be one of the largest integrated solar and battery facilities in the world (and the largest in Australia).
Ashurst advised Groupe PSA, a leading French car manufacturer, on an investment agreement with the Namibian government facilitating a joint venture between Groupe PSA and Namibia Development Corporation to assemble Opel and Peugeot vehicles in Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Ashurst has advised UBS AG, Australia Branch (UBS) and Veritas Securities Limited (Veritas) as Underwriters on Freedom Foods Group Limited's (Freedom Foods) A$200 million equity raising.
Dentons advised Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), a US real estate services company providing high-end science and technology shared infrastructure to innovative entrepreneurs, on a lease agreement for a 14,000 sq m space in Varso 2, part of HB Reavis’ new flagship development in Warsaw.
Cambridge Innovation Center’s office in Warsaw will be a new hub for the city’s tech community focusing on energy, biotech, digital and new materials. It will be CIC’s second European premises after Rotterdam.
DLA Piper represented Industrious in the recent closure of a US$80 million Series C funding round co-led by Riverwood Capital and Fifth Wall ventures. The funding provides Industrious the resources to support the company's accelerated expansion and workplace innovation. The company has more than tripled its number of locations across 25 cities.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Trinity Mirror plc on its acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets for a total purchase price of £126.7 million. Northern & Shell’s publishing assets are a significant force in the UK media sector, with a portfolio of newspapers and magazines which comprise four national newspaper titles (the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star and Daily Star Sunday) and three celebrity magazines (OK!, New!, and Star) together with a 50% joint venture interest in the Irish Daily Star, outside the UK.
Osborne Clarke has advised The Players' Tribune (TPT) on its first step in the global expansion of its digital platform, assisting it with the launch of its first platform outside of the US.
Osborne Clarke has advised Total Media Group (TMG) on the formation of a joint venture with Mediaplus International. Within the joint venture, the two partners have established companies in London and Munich under the Total Mediaplus label.
Total Mediaplus offers an integrated product range of media planning and activation services, including the development of media strategies and advertising measures as well as the implementation of digital strategies involving a full channel mix.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Grifols on the acquisition of all shares in Haema AG for EUR 220 million. The acquisition is subject to approval by the responsible cartel authorities.
This transaction will reinforce the company’s global leadership in plasma collection by expanding and diversifying its network of plasma donation centers. The Haema donation centers will represent Grifols’ first outside the United States.
The corporate team at Shoosmiths has advised Matillion, a fast-growing provider of disruptive cloud-based integration software, in a Series B fundraise of $20m.
The company, based in Altrincham, south Manchester and New York City, has brought on board two major Silicon Valley institutional investors, Sapphire Venture and Scale Venture Partners, to further accelerate its international expansion.
Existing UK investor YFM Equity Partners has also increased its stake in the company, which in 2017 saw annual recurring revenue soar 260%.