A team at Bevan Brittan led by Richard Hiscoke, has advised on the sale of the business of Buckinghamshire's rural broadband provider, Aylesbury Vale Broadband (AVB), to Gigaclear, the leading provider of full fibre broadband in rural locations. The deal will enable Gigaclear to serve the seven villages connected through AVB, as well as expand its existing ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network further across Aylesbury Vale.
Ashurst is advising Centerview Partners UK LLP in relation to the £3.9 billion recommended cash and share offer for UBM plc by Informa PLC.
Ashurst advised UniCredit Bank AG (Unicredit) as Mandated Lead Arranger and Documentation Agent for a consortium of banks on the €350m facilities agreement for with Koenig & Bauer AG. The financing is Koenig & Bauer's debut in the syndicated credit market.
Palo Alto – February 1, 2018 – Cooley advised Clearlake Capital on its recent acquisitions of leading software solutions companies Perforce Software and ProVation Medical. Cooley partner Mehdi Khodadad led the teams advising Clearlake on the transactions.
Travers Smith LLP has advised TAKKT AG on its acquisition of Equip4Work Ltd, a leading British online retailer for office furniture.
Equip4Work, which was founded in 2004, is based in Dumfries, Scotland, and specialises in the sale of office furniture such as desks, chairs and cabinets under its primary sales brand OfficeFurnitureOnline.
The company, which also sells warehouse and business equipment under the Equip4Work brand, generated £40 million in sales last year.
Latham & Watkins advised CVC Capital Partners ("CVC") on CVC Fund VI's acquisition of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s international women's health assets. The transaction was agreed in Q3 2017 and closed on 1 February 2018.
Schulte represented Marlin Equity Partners in its acquisition of Bazaarvoice Inc., a provider of consumer-generated content, advertising and personalization solutions. Helping brands and retailers find and reach consumers, each month in the Bazaarvoice network more than one-half billion consumers view and share authentic consumer-generated content across 5,000 brand and retail websites. Under the terms of the agreement, Marlin acquired each share of outstanding common stock of Bazaarvoice in exchange for $5.50 in cash for a total value of approximately $521 million.
Global law firm Ropes & Gray has advised the founders of Thomas International, a leading international provider of psychometric assessment solutions, on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Palamon Capital Partners, a pan-European growth investor. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, acting as sole international counsel, in the offering of US$300 million 3.5% Notes due 2023 by Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. is the largest tire manufacturer in Korea with global operations. Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and J.P. Morgan Securities plc were joint bookrunners for the offering.
Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters in the SEC-registered offering by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (“SMFG”) of $2.75 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior notes in three tranches due 2023 (floating rate), 2023 and 2028 (fixed rate). SMFG intends the senior notes to contribute to its total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) when TLAC requirements are introduced in Japan.