Mason Hayes & Curran acted for the shareholders of Blueface Limited, an Irish unified communications service provider in a merger with Star2Star, a major US hybrid cloud communications company.
The firm advised on all tax aspects of the joint venture structure.
We advised North Cork Co-operative Creameries on its merger with Feale Bridge & Headley’s Bridge Co-operative Dairy Society. The merger is subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Davis Polk advised Dufry AG (Dufry) and its subsidiary, Hudson Ltd., in connection with the $748.9 million initial public offering of 39,417,765 Class A common shares of Hudson Ltd. The Class A common shares were sold by Dufry International AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dufry. Dufry International AG granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 5,912,664 Class A common shares of Hudson Ltd. to cover over-allotments, if any. The Class A common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HUD.”
Greenberg Traurig Germany advised GUSTAV RRZ N-3 GmbH & Co. KG, a joint venture of several investors, on the sale of the Rhein-Ruhr Zentrum (RRZ) in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. The property was sold by way of a combined share and asset deal. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
The RRZ comprises approximately 75,000 square meters of retail space and houses around 200 retail units as well as a large food court, a CinemaxX cinema, a bowling and entertainment center, a casino and the indoor playground "Euro Eddy's Kinderwelt".
Orrick advised leading German food group PHW on their investment in Israeli food tech startup Super Meat, which develops artificial meat products.
PHW Group sees the investment as the beginning of a strategic partnership with a focus on research and development, as well as strategic positioning within the European market.
Shearman & Sterling advised a consortium of banks led by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and Bayerische Landesbank on a financing transaction for Hirschvogel Automotive Group. The credit facility has a volume of €400 million.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Crédit Agricole CIB on €830 million in new funding for French SMEs and ISEs through a synthetic securitisation under the European Investment Plan (Juncker Plan).
The international law firm Bryan Cave LLP today announced that Richard Finneran has joined the firm as a partner in the White Collar Defense and Investigations Group. His practice concentrates on white collar criminal matters, corporate internal investigations, corporate compliance, and civil trial and appellate litigation. Finneran will be resident in the St. Louis office.
(CHICAGO) Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that the firm is expanding its presence in Texas with seven new partners based in Dallas. The move deepens Katten's award-winning practice that handles sophisticated corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and transactional capabilities for its clients in numerous industries across the country and overseas.
Morgan Lewis today continued expanding its market-leading tax practice, welcoming a broad-based three-partner tax team—Joshua Richardson, Adam Beckerink, and Michael Liu—that will assist US and global clients operating in the aftermath of historic changes in US tax laws and brings significant experience in multistate and local tax planning.
At Morgan Lewis all three partners reunite with the tax leader of their former firm, Tom Linguanti, who joined Morgan Lewis last year in Chicago, along with partner Jenny Austin.