Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised funds advised by Triton on the acquisition of BFC Group, a leading global specialist and technology leader in metal clamping profiles for the automotive industry. A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Par Johansson comprehensively supported Triton in this transaction.
Gide has advised a company incorporated under Ivorian law, owned by Group HC Capital Properties, on setting up a financing in CFA francs by NSIA Banque Côte d'Ivoire for the construction of the largest shopping centre in the Yopougon suburb of Abidjan, called "Cosmos Yopougon".
Gide's team comprised partner Arnaud Duhamel, counsel Nicolas Jean, and associate Perrine Delandre, from the Banking & Finance and Projects (Finance & Infrastructure) practice groups.
Squire Patton Boggs has advised Leeds City Region Revolving Investment Fund (RIF) in providing loans to the developer behind the Axiom regional shopping centre, which will be located directly off Junction 32 of the M62 motorway in the centre of Yorkshire, England’s largest county.
Ashurst advised pan-European private equity firm Agilitas on the buyout of Hydro International Limited, a leading global provider of advanced products, services and technology for the treatment of wastewater and the control of stormwater, for municipal, industrial and construction customers.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of Partners Group) on the acquisition of specialist software provider, OneStep Solutions (OneStep).
With offices in Huntingdon and Hadleigh, OneStep provides cloud-based application software and related services to support the complete debt recovery process. Its products are used by local authorities and commercial agencies in over 1,000 installations, supporting all aspects of recovery and case management for office, call centre and field agent teams.
Jeantet counselled the Hoist Group, a specialist in media solutions (hardware and services), for two cross operations conducted with the mutualist group MNH (Mutuelle Nationale des Hospitaliers), including the transfer of activities devoted to the health of Hoist Group France and acquisition of the Comelec hotel activity and Netlogon from MNH.
This is a new stage for the Hoist Group, enabling it to recentre its activities in France on its target market in the hotel industry.
DLA Piper has advised a consortium of five leading international banks led by Deutsche Bank AG as mandated lead arrangers in connection with a US$ 175 million secured term loan facility to three Barbados borrowers, which indirectly own Excel Centre, a grade-A office tower with a total space of over 41,000 square meters located in Beijing’s Financial Street.
European law firm Fieldfisher has secured Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) approval for Avaya, the American multinational technology company that specializes in business communications.
On February 5th, Avaya obtained the approval of its Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) by the German Data Protection Authority of the Hesse region, following the formal submission of its BCR to the DPA on 20th March 2017. Avaya obtained this approval in less than a year from the date of submission, effectively making it one of the fastest BCR approvals obtained by Fieldfisher.
International law firm Gowling WLG has advised client Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital) on the acquisition of M J Wilson Group Limited (MJ Wilson), the leading independent UK distributor of process instrumentation and control products.
The transaction was led by Corporate, Finance and Tax partner Ian Piggin, Jade MacDonald and Stephen Bowman with support from a cross-firm team including Fabiano Iesini (corporate), Anna Colley (property), Michael Murphy (tax) and Matt Owen (banking).
Herbert Smith Freehills advised longstanding client InterGen on the development and project financing of its 300 megawatt Spalding open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) development project in Lincolnshire, England.