Nordic Capital Fund VIII acquires the majority of Greenfood Group, a leading supplier in the attractive market for healthy foods (fruits, vegetables and salads) in the Nordic region.

Mills & Reeve have advised Cambridge Innovation Capital on their £1.5 million investment in Jukedeck.

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) led the current investment round in Jukedeck, a University of Cambridge spin-out, raising up to £2 million with CIC investing £1.5 million of this. The money will be used for working capital and key hires required to help scale up the business, following the launch of their first product .

DLA Piper has advised Graphite Capital, a leading mid-market private equity specialist, on the provision of development capital to Aero Technics, a civil aircraft maintenance business focusing on cabin services, to acquire Airbase Interiors, which specialises in the repair and dry cleaning of aircraft seats.

Macquarie and InfraVia acquire stake of Cajamar, Azvi and Sando

A consortium formed by the Australian investment fund Macquairie and the French InfraVia has acquired 39% of the Málaga metro, after buying the shares of Cajamar (18.86%), Azvi (12%) and Sando (8.57%), through the Sevillian subsidiary Cointer. The transaction cost €108 million, which means the Málaga metro is now worth €274 million.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised China Minsheng Jiaye Investment Co., Ltd. (China Minsheng Jiaye) on its HKD1.25 billion investment into SRE Group Limited (SRE).

The transaction involved subscription for new shares in SRE by China Minsheng Jiaye and five other independent investors. This represented an aggregate of approximately 72.45% of SRE’s enlarged issued capital, raising HKD1.49 billion in total.

Linklaters has advised its long standing client Steinhoff, the household retailer, on its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

With a market capitalisation of €18.6bn, it is the largest prime standard listing in Germany this year, as well as the country’s largest listing since 2000.

Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, announced today that its founding partners and largest shareholders, Dr. Marcel Erni, Alfred Gantner and Urs Wietlisbach, have entered into a derivative transaction concerning up to 4.1% each of Partners Group's total share capital over the next five years.

On 26 November 2015, Oddo et Cie  (an independent Franco-German financial services group) announced its intention to make a voluntary and conditional counterbid in cash for the outstanding shares issued by BHF Kleinwort Benson Group SA/NV (a European financial entity mainly active in private banking and asset management, in addition to financial markets and financing of businesses).

We advised Goodbody Stockbrokers and Credit Suisse as bookrunners and agents on the placing of approximately 47 million shares in Cairn Homes plc, raising total gross proceeds of approximately €52.1 million. The placing was conducted by way of accelerated bookbuild.

The Vitol Group and Sargeant Marine today announced that Vitol will be acquiring a 50 percent interest in Sargeant Marine. On completion, it is anticipated that the new, combined business will trade circa 1.3 million metric tons of asphalt per annum, with hubs in Florida, London and Singapore, and operate a fleet of thirteen specialist vessels.

The Vitol Group is the world’s largest independent energy trader. Its trading portfolio includes crude oil, oil products, LPG, LNG, natural gas, coal, electricity,