HELIOS Kliniken GmbH and HELIOS Kreiskrankenhaus Gotha/Ohrdruf GmbH concluded an overall settlement before the Regional Court of Erfurt with the co-shareholders of HELIOS Kreiskrankenhaus Gotha/Ohrdruf GmbH. As part of this settlement, HELIOS Kliniken GmbH acquired 49% of the shares in the District Hospital from the co-shareholders, the District of Gotha and the City of Ohrdruf, resulting in HELIOS Kliniken GmbH being the sole shareholder.

Summit Partners and the shareholders of Signavio GmbH (“Signavio”) have entered into agreements on the investment of Summit Partners as minority shareholder in Signavio and consummated the agreements. Signavio was founded in 2009 and offers a web-based solution for modeling, analyzing, and optimizing business processes and decisions.

On  December 28th an agreement was signed between Volvo Car Corporation (”Volvo Cars”) and Sjätte AP-fonden, whereby Volvo Cars acquires 40 % of the ownership shares in Volvofinans Bank AB (“Volvofinans”), Sweden’s leading bank within the car financing business. As a consequence Volvofinans will be owned 50 % by Volvo Cars and 50 % by the Swedish Volvo trade through the company AB Volverkinvest. The deal will complete after necessary approvals have been obtained by the relevant authorities.

August & Debouzy advised La Caisse des Dépôts in connection with its investment in three wind farms developed by La Compagnie du Vent (Engie).

La Caisse des Dépôts invests in equity in three onshore wind farms developed by La Compagnie du Vent. Such long-term investment will allow La Compagnie du Vent to ensure the financing of other development operations and to increase its onshore wind farm potential.

Mills & Reeve have advised Mercia Technologies, on its investment of up to £2million into nDreams, an existing portfolio company and rising star within Mercia Fund Management’s hybrid SEIS/EIS funds.

King & Wood Mallesons advised Salvepar (Tikehau group) on the acquisition of a stake in Neoness. Salvepar has invested €25 million in equity and convertible bonds alongside the two founders who remain in control of the company.

Founded in 2007 by Céline Wisselink and Marie-Anne Teissier, Neoness is one of the main low-cost fitness players in France. The group operates about twenty gyms predominantly in Paris and its surrounding areas.

King & Wood Mallesons advised Latour Capital on the structuring of its second fund “Latour Capital II”.

Latour Capital achieved the final close of Latour Capital II at its hard cap of €300 million on the date of its first close. Latour Capital II received commitments from about 25 investors and was strongly supported by existing investors. With this fundraising, Latour Capital significantly increased the international profile of its investors with funds coming from the United States, Switzerland, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Germany.

King & Wood Mallesons advised Equistone Partners Europe on its investment in the Sicame Group, alongside the founding families, who retain a significant stake.

Having supported the Sicame Group as a minority shareholder since 2009, Equistone is taking control of the group alongside the Lachaud and Brahimi families, some of the historical shareholders, the management and Crédit du Nord. The investment is subject to the prior authorisation of the competition authorities.

Osborne Clarke has advised Invenox on the closing of its Series A financing round. The Munich-based company, a spin-off start up from TU München, has developed a battery storage system with high energy-density for greater reach and high operational life.

Hogan Lovells London-based corporate team has advised Goldman Sachs and Numis Securities in connection with Skyscanner's £128 million fundraising. The new investors include Baillie Gifford, Khazanah Nasional Berhadnd (the investment arm of the Malaysian government), Yahoo! Japan, Artemis and Vitruvian Partners.

The funds will be used by Skyscanner to accelerate the growth of the company through its search engine, which is already used by 50 million users each month, to gain a greater share of the £333 billion online travel booking sector.