National law firm Shoosmiths has advised SIG plc, a leading European supplier of specialist building products, on the sale of VJ Technology (VJT).

VJT, a distributor of technical fixings, fasteners and consumables to the infrastructure, commercial and wider construction industry, was sold for £29.7 million to Primary Capital, a UK private equity investment firm. The sale is in line with SIG's medium-term divestment strategy of disposing of smaller, non-core businesses in order to refocus the group's portfolio and strengthen its balance sheet.

Mayer Brown advised has Webhelp SAS on the acquisition of all shares of the Sellbytel Group.

The Webhelp Group is a portfolio company of the leading American investment company, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P (KKR). The seller is the global operating agency group, BBDO, which is based in New York. The transaction is still subject to the approval of antitrust authorities, and the parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Fabryka PZO sp. z o.o, a subsidiary of Soho Development S.A., on the sale of a property comprising over 10,000 m 2, which was part of the former Polish Optical Industries factory located at Grochowska street in Warsaw.

The transaction was led by Partner Radomil Charzynski, who was supported by Associates Kamil Majewski and Michal Niecko.

Clifford Chance advised Greystone on the establishment of its real estate funds program and the structuring and fund raise of its $750 million inaugural real estate debt fund, the Greystone Senior Debt Opportunity Fund.

Michael Sabin, a partner in the Firm's Funds & Investment Management group, led on the transaction and was assisted by associates Thien Folkemer, Sophie Hasse and Keith Forbes. Counsel Ashwini Habbu and associate Andrew Nelson worked on regulatory matters. Partner David Moldenhauer and associate Rebecca Pereira assisted with the US tax issues

Hogan Lovells represented Greystar Real Estate Partners (Greystar) in its recently announced entry into a merger agreement for the acquisition of EdR, one of the nation's largest developers, owners and managers of high-quality collegiate housing communities, by a newly-formed, perpetual-life fund, Greystar Student Housing Growth and Income Fund, LP, which is an affiliate of Greystar. The all-cash deal is valued at US$4.6 billion and is expected to close in the second half of 2018.

The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP advised Invesco Real Estate, the global real estate investment manager, on the sale to Vestas Investment Management, represented by BNP Paribas REIM, of a logistic center in northern Poland, with an area of approximately 160 thousand sq. m., which is the one of the largest and technically advanced logistics centers in Europe.

Greenberg Traurig provided Invesco Real Estate with a comprehensive legal advice with respect to the sale of the property and the negotiation of all transaction documents.