Eyeonid Group AB (publ), listed on NGM Nordic MTF, providing proactive identity theft protection services on the Internet, has on 30 January 2018 entered into a financing agreement of up to SEK 100 million.

The transaction is made by issue of convertible notes with free detachable warrants to the investor, European Select Growth Opportunities Fund, and to existing shareholders. The financing will secure the company’s continued international expansion.

The amount raised is one of the largest AIM secondary fundraising in the last 12 months and doubles the Company's market capitalisation.

The Energy team has recently completed a deal advising Mirabaud Securities Limited and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on the AIM secondary fundraising by Diversified Gas & Oil plc, raising US$ 189 million. This will be used to fund acquisitions of oil and gas assets in the Appalachian basin in North America.  

Fieldfisher has advised Lacoste on the acquisition from Pentland Group of the Lacoste footwear distribution businesses in four countries and the creation of a joint venture for the worldwide manufacture of Lacoste footwear.

Fieldfisher has advised French sportswear label Lacoste on the acquisition from Pentland Group of the Lacoste footwear distribution businesses in France, Germany, Canada and the US and the creation of a joint venture for the worldwide manufacture of Lacoste footwear. 

Fieldfisher has advised Lacoste on the acquisition from Pentland Group of the Lacoste footwear distribution businesses in four countries and the creation of a joint venture for the worldwide manufacture of Lacoste footwear.

Fieldfisher has advised French sportswear label Lacoste on the acquisition from Pentland Group of the Lacoste footwear distribution businesses in France, Germany, Canada and the US and the creation of a joint venture for the worldwide manufacture of Lacoste footwear. 

International law firm Hogan Lovells is representing AXA, a worldwide leader in insurance and asset management, in the acquisition of employee health and benefits company Maestro Health for $155 million.

Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and is expected to take place before the end of first quarter of 2018.

Sheffield-based Westfield Health has acquired health cash plan provider Bolton & District Hospital Saturday Council (BDHSC).

BDHSC, trading as UK Healthcare, is a not-for-profit health provider with a nationwide corporate and consumer customer base and an annual turnover of £4m.

Established in 1877, BDHSC has a nationwide corporate and consumer customer base, and currently has a strong presence in the North West in particular.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Chinese Lei Shing Hong Group, the world’s largest dealer for Mercedes Benz cars, on the takeover of Autohaus Sternagel GmbH and Autohaus Sternagel Ludwigsfelde GmbH. The takeover includes three operational properties by its German subsidiaries. A total of four locations is affected by the takeover: two car dealers in Potsdam, one car dealer in Nauen and one service location in Ludigsfelde. The execution of the acquisition is still subject to the approval by the German Federal Cartel Office.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising 1116 SEN radio station owner Pacific Star Network Limited on its merger with Crocmedia.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team assisted in the negotiation of the term sheet, drafted all agreements giving effect to the arrangement, conducted full legal due diligence of Crocmedia and is currently drafting relevant market notices and announcements.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Legal & General on contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton to deliver the City’s first ever Build to Rent (BTR) development. This latest acquisition represents the seventh UK city to which it will bring its new rental offer.

Inflexion Private Equity Partners acquires Calco Group, a leading Dutch provider of outsourced IT recruitment and training services to large blue-chip corporates, specifically focused on the provision of junior professionals mainly to the finance and insurance sectors with customers including the main banks and the top insurance companies in the Netherlands. Calco Group, founded in 2004, has developed a MasterClass programme where new joiners are intensively trained over two months, tailored to customer specifications, and then placed at customer sites under contract.