Gide, alongside law firm Jean-Claude Coulon & Associés, advised Groupement Les Mousquetaires on the purchase of Bricorama's French and Spanish activities, as well as its Asian sourcing office. The transaction was completed on 4 January following the satisfaction of all conditions precedent.
Davis Polk advised the sole global coordinator, sole bookrunner and sole lead manager on a Regulation S only offering of $100 million 6.95% senior notes due 2022 (to be consolidated and form a single class with the $200 million 6.95% senior notes due 2022 issued on July 5, 2017 after the SAFE Completion Event with respect to both the original notes and the new notes has occurred) by Prime Bloom Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co., Ltd., guaranteed by Shandong Ruyi and Forever Winner International Development Limited.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB), a global consumer products company, on its agreement to sell its Global Consumer Battery Business to Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ENR), one of the world’s largest manufacturers of primary batteries and portable lighting products, for approximately $2 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The full press release is available here.
McDermott has advised owner Oliver Karrié on the sale of all his shares in KBS Infra GmbH and its subsidiaries (“KBS Group”) to Cramo AG (“Cramo”).
KBS is a full-service provider for logistics in the construction sector, operating across Germany. The group plans and operates logistical services, supplies rental and set-up of construction site equipment and supplies construction sites with inbound and outbound communication.
Baker McKenzie has advised Cartonplast on the acquisition of the French branch of Demes Palettenlogistik, a German company. Cartonplast is a leading player in the reconditioning of plastic layer pads (PLPs), which are indispensable for the transport of glass, metal or PET containers in the food industry. The Cartonplast model encourages the reuse of these materials and is built upon strong commitments in terms of respect for the environment.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has assistedASEC Cement SAE, an affiliate of Qalaa Holdings (CCAP.CA on the Egyptian Exchange), a leading energy and infrastructure company in Africa and the Middle East based in Cairo, Egypt) on the sale of its direct and indirect equity stake in ASEC Ciment SPA (an Algerian based company which is currently developing a cement plant in Algeria) to a private local investor.
Allen & Overy LLP has advised DZ BANK AG as arranger and documentation agent on a secured syndicated loan in the amount of EUR 170 million granted to Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main eG.
The financing was arranged by DZ BANK AG, along with Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A., Frankfurt am Main branch, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, NIBC Bank Deutschland AG, Norddeutsche Landesbank -Girozentrale- and UniCredit Bank AG.
The Allen & Overy team comprised counsel Dr. Mark Hallett and senior associate David J. Schmidt (both banking and finance, Frankfurt).
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Eiji Kobayashi, a corporate M&A and compliance/investigations lawyer, has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate practice in Tokyo, Japan. He joins from Norton Rose Fulbright where he was a partner and Head of Corporate, M&A and Securities for Japan. His corporate team totaling four other people is expected to join in the coming weeks.
International law firm Bird & Bird will welcome two partners, three senior counsel and a team of 15 lawyers to the firm’s Budapest office on 1 February, providing a significant and strategic boost to the firm's Hungarian offering.
MinterEllison has advised CommsChoice Group on its IPO and ASX listing, which raised $A7.5 million, on a market capitalisation on listing of $A26 million.
MinterEllison has advised CommsChoice Group Limited (ASX: CCG) on its acquisition of five complimentary information and communications technology (ICT) service providers, its initial public offering (IPO) and ASX listing.
The new publicly-listed ICT services player successfully raised $A7.5 million under the offer and a market capitalisation on listing of approximately $A26 million (based on the offer price).