Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Johnson Matthey on the sale of its UK automotive battery systems business, a subsidiary that specializes in high-voltage automotive grade battery systems for electric and hybrid vehicles, to Cummins Inc.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised EQT VII portfolio company Piab, a Sweden-based vacuum pump developer, on the acquisition of FEBA AUTOMATION & Modulare Systeme GmbH (FEBA Automation).
Kirkland & Ellis advises Alteri Investors on the acquisition of CBR Fashion Group from Swedish financial investor EQT. The purchase agreement has been signed subject to customary closing conditions. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Alteri Investors is a specialist investor in the European retail sector. It was launched in November 2014, with investments from funds managed by affiliates of the leading alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management, LLC.
Dechert LLP assisted Orange Business Services in its acquisition of Enovacom, a leading healthcare software company, on behalf of subsidiary Orange Healthcare. This acquisition is a key element of Orange Healthcare’s strategy to be a main partner in the digital transformation of healthcare institutions and players in France and abroad.
Baker McKenzie advised Winkler+Dünnebier GmbH, a division of Barry-Wehmiller, on its acquisition of BICMA Hygiene Technologie GmbH.
The transaction closed on January 31, 2018. Winkler+Dünnebier will continue the BICMA business based in Mayen, Germany. Baker McKenzie advised Winkler+Dünnebier on all legal aspects of the transaction.
Baker McKenzie advised Winkler+Dünnebier GmbH, a division of Barry-Wehmiller, on its acquisition of BICMA Hygiene Technologie GmbH.
The transaction closed on January 31, 2018. Winkler+Dünnebier will continue the BICMA business based in Mayen, Germany. Baker McKenzie advised Winkler+Dünnebier on all legal aspects of the transaction.
De Brauw has advised Bain Capital Private Equity on its intended acquisition of all shares in Bugaboo.
Client name
Bain Capital Private Equity.
Other parties involved
Bugaboo, Founding shareholders.
Nature of transaction
We advised the Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto on the sale to GFG Alliance of its Dunkirk plant, Europe's largest aluminum smelter with an annual capacity of 280,000 tons, 570 employees and an annual turnover of approximately €500 million.
The purchaser is the Gupta Family Group (GFG Alliance) managed by the Anglo-Indian billionaire Sanjeev Gupta.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Thomson Reuters Founders Share Company on the sale of Thomson Reuters Corporation on a majority stake in its financial and risk business (“F&R Business”).
A team led by capital market law expert Dr. Mirko Sickinger, LL. M., Partner at the Cologne office of the law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised De Raj Group AG on its Vienna Stock Exchange listing. The Vienna Stock Exchange admitted the shares of De Raj Group AG to official trading on February 2, 2018 with the first trading day set for February 8, 2018.