Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Anne S. LaWer as a shareholder in the San Jose office. LaWer joins from GCA Law Partners in the Bay Area.
Macfarlanes has advised Quayle Munro, an independent firm that provides corporate finance advisory services to companies underpinned by data & analytics, content, software and services, on its acquisition by Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation and strategic consulting.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised British entrepreneur and businessman, Jamie Waller, and his investment vehicle, on an investment into the car retail business of webuycarstoday.co.uk.
Jamie’s investment vehicle acquired a 45 per cent stake and he will join the business as a non-executive Chairman. The investment will enable the business to further develop its software solutions and enhance its vehicle buying capabilities.
Squire Patton Boggs has acted for the senior executive team and employee shareholders of QM Advisory Limited, the parent company of Quayle Munro Limited (Quayle Munro), in the sale of 100% of the issued share capital of Quayle Munro to a subsidiary of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI). The transaction is conditional on FCA approval.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised a consortium of lenders comprising DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG), Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V.(FMO), as well as KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as facility agent, on the €167m financing of the Vientos Los Hércules onshore wind farm project in the southern Argentine province of Santa Cruz.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised independent insurance intermediary Global Risk Partners Ltd (“GRP”) on its acquisition of the Crewe-based County Group. GRP’s second major acquisition of 2018, the deal has received regulatory approval and the consideration is undisclosed.
In September 2017, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) helped Shenzhen Great Walle Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Great Walle”) win its dispute with Liu Jianqiu (the “plaintiff”) and the third party Shenzhen Century Plaza Hotel Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: SZ00033, “Century Plaza”) over the validity of legality and legal consequences of Great Walle’s takeover action (the “Case”).
On 5 January, SCPG Commercial Real Estate Co., Ltd. (“SCPG”) announced that SCPG, China Vanke Co., Ltd (“Vanke”) and Triwater Asset Management Holdings Limited (“Triwater”), through their respective wholly-owned subsidiaries, have reached an agreement with CapitaLand Mall Asia Limited (“CMA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Limited (“CapitaLand”), to jointly acquire 100% equity and take over corresponding loans of 20 shopping malls at the price of RMB 8.365 billion.
King & Wood Mallesons advised Thing On Enterprise Limited (Thing On, Stock Code 2292) as its Hong Kong counsel on its global offering and initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The IPO comprised an issue of a total of 180 million shares being priced at HK$1.24 per share, raising gross proceeds of approximately HK$223 million (before the exercise of the over-allotment option).
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Inflexion Private Equity on its buyout of Alston Elliot, the data-driven live sports broadcast graphics solutions provider. The capital investment will allow Alston Elliot to continue its expansion into new markets, and Inflexion will leverage its in-house digital expertise to help Alston Elliot build out valuable new innovations for its customers.
Taylor Wessing partner James Goold, who led on the transaction with support from senior associate Suzy Penney and associate Jerome Kennedy said: