A McGuireWoods London corporate team played a significant role in helping client Endomines AB, a mining and exploration company based in Sweden, complete the recent US$31.25 million purchase of U.S.-based TVL Gold and five gold mines it held in Idaho.

In addition to the acquisition, McGuireWoods assisted in the approximately €20 million equity rights issue Endomines undertook to finance part of the transaction.

Under the deal, one third of the total purchase is paid in cash and the remainder is paid in shares through a convertible loan.

Morgan Lewis represented Bullhorn, a cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, in its acquisitions of Talent Rover and Jobscience, two of the leading providers of recruitment software built on the Salesforce platform.

The Firm recently represented the international managers in connection with a follow-on offering of Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc., which included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering raised approximately ¥27.6 billion (approximately US$263 million) for the issuer, which was used with bank financing and cash on hand toward the repayment of bridge loans entered into to acquire logistics facilities and will be used to fund the acquisition of additional logistics facilities.

Simpson Thacher represented the international joint lead managers, Citigroup, Mizuho International plc and J.P. Morgan, in an approximately ¥129 billion (approximately US$1.2 billion) secondary offering of shares of Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (“Yakult”). The selling shareholder in the global offering was Danone Probiotics Pte. Ltd. The global offering included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Shearman & Sterling is advising Mubadala Petroleum on its agreed purchase of a 10% stake in the Egyptian offshore Shorouk Concession, where the super-giant Zohr gas field is located, from Italian energy company Eni S.p.A. The stake is being acquired by Mubadala Petroleum for a consideration of $934 million.

Dechert LLP advised biopharmaceutical company Prexton Therapeutics B.V. (Prexton) and its selling shareholders, including M Ventures, in its sale to global pharmaceutical company H. Lundbeck A/S (Lundbeck) for up to EUR €905 million (US $1.1 billion).

Morrison & Foerster LLP advised Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, on a regional contractual-distribution joint venture with Grab Taxi, the leading on-demand transportation and Fintech platform in Southeast Asia. The partnership enables Chubb to market and sell general insurance products through Grab’s IT platform to both end-customers of Grab and Grab drivers.

Ropes & Gray has advised Ensono, a leading hybrid IT services provider based in the US and Europe, on its $405 million acquisition of the hosted data center services business from Wipro Limited, a leading global IT consulting company.

As a result of the deal, which was announced on March 14, 2018, Ensono – a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital – has acquired eight data centres, employing over 900 people, significantly expanding its geographic footprint and global services capabilities.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nordic Capital Fund IX (Nordic Capital) on the acquisition of Ober Scharrer Gruppe GmbH (OSG), one of Germany's leading providers of ophthalmology products.

The seller is Palamon Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities.

Addleshaw Goddard’s Healthcare sector team have advised on the Derby and Burton Foundation Trust merger. This is only the second NHS merger to be cleared at Phase One on the basis of patient benefits.

Following its review of the merger, the CMA decided that the benefits to patients across a number of specialities for the combined Trust outweighed any potential competition concerns with regards to the overlap in a number of healthcare services offered by both.