Schulte represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, and UBS Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger, in connection with a $420-million U.S. dollar-denominated term loan, a €200-million euro-denominated term loan and a $20-million revolving credit facility for affiliates of ION Investment Group in their acquisition of a controlling stake in Dealogic from affiliates of The Carlyle Group and certain other owners. Dealogic is a global provider of data and analytics for capital markets.

BRUSSELS – Dechert LLP has advised the selling shareholders of the Newpharma Group, the largest online pharmacy in Belgium, in connection with the sale of its shareholding to a consortium that includes Korys (the Colruyt family investment company which has €4 billion under management), the Colruyt Group (owner of the largest supermarket chain in Belgium) and Newpharma Group’s current management. The transaction closed on December 18, 2017.

Led by Frankfurt partner Jochen Seitz Hogan Lovells has advised Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank (technical lead), RBC Capital Markets and Banco Santander on the subscription and placement of three corporate bonds of Volkswagen Bank GmbH with an overall volume of EUR 2 billion. Seitz together with his team advised on the subscription agreement and the securities prospectus.

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the H.C. Starck Group in connection with the sale of its division Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders (STC) division to the Swedish company Höganäs AB. STC is a leading global manufacturer of surface technology, ceramic and additive manufacturing powders for a wide variety of end-market applications. It operates two production facilities in Germany. The purchaser, Höganäs AB, is a world leader in the market for metal powders. The H.C.

The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE on the sale of all shares in Comvel GmbH, which operates the travel website weg.de, to lastminute.com Group.

LONDON—Covington represented Autifony Therapeutics Limited in connection with an option and asset purchase agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), with respect to Autifony's Kv3.1/3.2 positive modulator platform.

Davis Polk is advising Jeneration Holdings Limited in connection with its acquisition of AXA Wealth Management (HK) Limited from AXA China Region Limited. Pursuant to the terms of the share sale agreement, Jeneration has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of AWM for an aggregate consideration of HK$2.2 billion in cash. The proposed transaction is subject to customary conditions precedent, including the receipt of regulatory approvals.

Shanghai – December 22, 2017 – Cooley advised the special committee of the board of directors of Crown Bioscience International, a global drug discovery and development services, company on its merger agreement with JSR Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The merger is expected to close before the end of second quarter of 2018.

Baker McKenzie's Prague and Warsaw offices advised PKN Orlen, the largest Polish petrol retailer and oil refiner, in relation to its bid to acquire the remaining shares of Unipetrol a.s., the Czech Republic’s largest petrochemical and refining group.

The Baker McKenzie team advising Orlen was led by Prague-based partners Alexandr Cesar and Libor Basl, as well as by Tomasz Krzyzowski and Krzysztof Haladyj, partners from the Warsaw office.

Baker McKenzie has acted as legal adviser to the Belorussian private equity fund manager Zubr Capital in relation to investment in the Belorussian business of the Russian IT company Softline.

Partner Simon Morgan and associate Maxim Temchuk advised on the project. Baker McKenzie assisted the client on all stages of the transaction, including deal structuring, developing a mechanism to protect the investor's interests, and signing.