Simmons & Simmons JWS has advised NSI Ventures and Aviva Ventures on a US$5m Series A investment into Biofourmis Pte. Ltd., a health-tech company based in Singapore.

Biofourmis has developed a sophisticated health analytics platform which utilises artificial intelligence in analysing data to predict a medical patient’s health. If the patient’s health is deteriorating, the platform alerts medical professionals to intervene before a critical event.

Gilbert + Tobin have advised Beach Energy Limited (Beach Energy) on the successful completion and financial close of its $1.585 billion acquisition of Lattice Energy Limited (Lattice Energy) from Origin Energy Limited. Lattice Energy holds interests in conventional upstream oil and gas assets across Australia and New Zealand, including in the Otway, BassGas, Halladale Speculant and Black Watch, Kupe, Waitsia, Beharra Springs and Cooper Basin gas projects.

Completion and financial close of the transaction occurred on 31 January 2018.

Baker McKenzie has acted for privately-owned Australian probiotic market leader Life-Space Group owners having entered into a binding agreement for the sale of 100% of its shares to China-based BY-HEALTH Group (BY-HEALTH).

The transaction is subject to customary shareholder and regulatory approvals and implies an enterprise value for Life-Space Group of up to AUD $690 million.

Slaughter and May has advised Stelux Holdings International Limited (Stelux) in relation to the strategic disposal of its optical retail, optical wholesale and related healthcare businesses in Hong Kong, Macau, the PRC, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to Mr. Chumphol Kanjanapas (also known as Joseph C.C. Wong).  Joseph C.C. Wong is Stelux’ Chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder.  The base consideration for the disposal is HK$400 million.

Baker McKenzie, alongside the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, has advised the Schmolz + Bickenbach group in the context of its acquisition of assets from the French speciality steel producer, Ascometal.

With a team led by Dr. Thorsten Kuthe, Partner at the firm's Cologne office, Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised Accentro Real Estate AG on issuing a EUR 100 million corporate bond. Accentro intends to use the net proceeds from the issue primarily to finance the acquisition of new real estate assets in Germany.
 
ODDO BHF SCA issued the bond with a term of three years as part of a private placement. It is Accentro's largest debt financing measure on the capital market to date.
 

Slaughter and May is advising Palamon Capital Partners on its acquisition of a majority stake in Thomas International, a leading international provider of psychometric assessment solutions, with a focus on the small and medium-sized enterprise market with 81 offices in 58 countries.

Palamon Capital Partners is a private equity partnership focussed on providing equity for European growth services companies.

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Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised German investment firm Odewald KMU, which specializes in medium-sized businesses, on the sale of its stake in 7days group, a provider of workwear for the healthcare sector, to private equity firm Silverfleet Capital. A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Par Johansson worked extensively on this transaction on behalf of Odewald KMU. Marc Staperfeld and Ulrich Dolken, founders of 7days group, will remain with the company by way of share buyback.
 

Proskauer represented DN Capital on closing its fourth venture capital fund, DN Capital – Global Venture Capital IV LP, with €200 million in commitments.

The fund is dedicated to investing in seed-stage and series A-level startups in Europe, with an emphasis on Germany and the UK as well as selective investments in France and the Nordics. Remaining investments will be in the U.S., primarily in Silicon Valley.

Baker McKenzie has advised Eurazeo Croissance in the framework of series B fundraising for ContentSquare, led by the American investment fund Canaan, seeking primary and secondary funding from certain existing shareholders.