THQ Nordic AB (publ) has through its wholly owned subsidiary SALEM einhundertste Holding GmbH (Austria) acquired 100 percent of the share capital in Koch Media GmbH, including the games publisher Deep Silver with the AAA-intellectual property rights such as Saints Row, Dead Island and exclusive licence for Metro.
 
Koch Media is a leading, independent producer and marketer of digital entertainment products in Europe and North America with studios in Germany, the UK and the US and offices in several Central and Northern European cities.
 

Baker McKenzie advised Selecta AG (“Selecta”), a leading European vending and coffee services provider on its sale of Selecta Finland to JOBmeal. This was a 'forced' sale, as EU antitrust regulators cleared Selecta’s proposed acquisition of Dutch peer Pelican Rouge, subject to the divestment of all their vending service activities in Finland.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Al Rayan Bank Plc (Al Rayan) on a £250 million Shariah-compliant securitisation of home purchase plans (HPPs). The firm acted as structuring and documentation counsel.

The transaction, Tolkien Funding Sukuk No. 1 Plc (Tolkien), is the first Shariah-compliant public HPP backed securitisation in the UK. It is also the first public securitisation in the UK to be issued under the UK’s “alternative finance arrangements” regime designed to facilitate Shariah-compliant securitisations.

Gide has advised Extérion Média France on the dispute regarding the temporary service concession for the operation of street furniture displaying general or local information, as well as advertising, to Somupi, a company of group JC Decaux.

A Dentons-led consortium won a government tender to provide legal advice on a PPP project to develop the common grounds adjacent to Warsaw's National Stadium. Denton's role will be to assist the Ministry of Investment and Development and the Ministry of Sport and Tourism in selecting a private-sector partner to join the PPP project.

DLA Piper represented Sole Source Capital, an investment firm focused on the industrial, materials and energy sectors, in its acquisition of a majority interest in Premier Flow Control, LLC, a leading oilfield service provider in the Permian Basin.

Premier Flow Control offers a number of services, including flowback and well testing, nitrogen services, and equipment rental.

DLA Piper has advised China Merchants Group (CMG) on its investment in JD Logistics, a subsidiary company of China’s largest retailer JD.com.

JD.com will continue to be the majority shareholder of JD Logistics, with a 81.4% stake after the completion of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018. Other investors include Hillhouse Capital, Sequoia China, Tencent, China Life, China Development Bank Capital FOF, China Structural Reform Fund and ICBC International, among others. The total amount raised is expected to be approximately US$2.5 billion.

DLA Piper has advised Asia’s largest independent renewable energy developer Equis Energy (Australia) Pty Ltd (Equis) on the development of a 127 MW Solar Farm and 132/3Kv Substation at Tailem Bend, South Australia.

Financial close was achieved on 14 February 2018, and construction of the project by UGL Engineering will commence shortly. The AU$200 million project will be the biggest solar array in South Australia, with 400,000 solar panels spread across 200 hectares.

Allen & Overy is advising EG Group on the acquisition of the going concern consisting of more than 1,100 Esso branded service stations located throughout Italy from Esso Italiana S.r.l., an ExxonMobil Group company. The acquisition includes a long-term supply agreement for the Esso fuel brand in Italy.

Through this acquisition, EG Group will enter the Italian market for the first time and further expand its branded retail network, both fuel and non-fuel.

Dentons' Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Union Investment, the Hamburg-based real estate investment manager, on the acquisition of Holiday Inn Warsaw City Centre. The hotel was acquired for the portfolio of UniImmo: Deuschland from UBM.

Opened in December 2017, Holiday Inn Warsaw City Centre comprises 256 rooms, and its architecture is inspired by New Yorks's Flatiron Building. The modern building is conveniently located, in the heart of Warsaw, in the immediate vicinity of several business centers, a shopping mall, and the central railway station.