Burges Salmon’s corporate team advised Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) on its acquisition of Chartwell Healthcare to strengthen JLT’s position in the group risk and healthcare sector.

Burges Salmon has advised JLT, one of the world's leading providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services, on its acquisition of Chartwell Healthcare Ltd, the private medical insurance broker serving UK SME clients, subject to regulatory approval.

ERG Power Generation SpA (ERG) has sold 100% of its interest in Brockaghboy Windfarm Limited (BWFL) to Greencoat UK Wind PLC (Greencoat).

Burges Salmon’s energy sector specialists have advised ERG on the sale of BWFL to Greencoat for a total consideration of c.£163m.

At 47.5MW capacity, the 19 turbine Brockaghboy wind farm project is one of the largest operational wind farms in Northern Ireland.

Clifford Chance advised Spanish Bank BBVA on its GBP 85.4 million investment in Britain's Atom Bank. The investment, which is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, is part of a GBP 149 million capital raise undertaken by Atom Bank. Once complete, BBVA's stake in the mobile-focused challenger bank will increase to around 39%.

This investment follows two previous rounds of funding by BBVA in Atom which Clifford Chance also advised on. Further information is available in BBVA's announcement.

Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions with an annual turnover of approximately 12 billion euros in 2017, has agreed to acquire the assets of Klingel Joining Technologies. The company specializes in flow drill technology, a joining method used in the automotive industry.

CMS-Partner Dr. Christian Haellmigk is leading the competition team which advises Atlas Copco.

Dentons has advised Sobera Capital on the acquisition of a portfolio of minority and majority shares in companies mainly in the life sciences sector from Innoveas International Ltd. The acquired portfolio includes, among others, interests in Presidio Pharmaceuticals, EffRx Pharmaceuticals, M.O.R.E. Medical Solutions, Axellis Ventures and MyoScience. The assets are mainly based in Europe and the US.

DLA Piper has advised Accel-KKR, a leading Silicon Valley technology focused investment firm, on its investment in Kimble Applications, the global leader in professional services automation (PSA). The deal was completed on 6 March 2018.

We represented the seller, Helsinki University Properties Ltd (Helsingin Yliopistokiinteistöt Oy), in the sale of three real estates located in Helsinki to Hemsö, a Swedish real estate investor. The real estates are leased to Uniarts Helsinki and the total area of the buildings in the real estates is 25.000 m2.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised South Korea's POSCO on its A$79.6 million cornerstone equity investment in ASX-listed Pilbara Minerals Limited.

The deal involves: a binding life-of-mine offtake agreement for the Pilgangoora lithium project in Western Australia; a convertible bond facility for a further A$79.6 million equity stake; and terms for a proposed joint venture for a downstream processing facility in South Korea.

Osborne Clarke has advised Goodix Technology (HK) Company Limited on the acquisition of all shares in Commsolid GmbH.

CommSolid is a cellular IP company providing leadingedge ultra-low power solutions for the growing IoT market, based in Dresden with more than 30 staff. In addition to the the founders, Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen mbH and High-Tech Gründerfonds were among the shareholders.

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised long-standing client Tank & Rast Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (“Tank & Rast”) on its acquisition of coffee bar chain Wayne och Magareta’ Coffee AB (“Wayne’s Coffee”).