Thommessen has assisted Jacobs Douwe Egberts in connection with the takeover of Coop's coffee roastery in Oslo.
The Dutch Jacobs Douwe Egberts group, which merged with the Norwegian coffee producer Firele two and a half years ago, has now also acquired Coop's business.
The transaction was approved by the competition authorities this summer.
Jacobs Douwe Egberts has been assisted by a team led by Hans Olav Lindal and Karl O. Wallevik.
Irwin Mitchell’s Birmingham Office Advises On Deal
Birmingham-based manufacturer of vehicle registration plates, Hills Numberplates, has received almost £10million of investment from Finance Birmingham, Birmingham City Council, NatWest Corporate and Commercial Finance and RBS Invoice Finance.
Hills Numberplates will use the funding to support its continued growth following the company’s recent acquisition of Faab Fabricauto, France’s leading number plate manufacturer, as well as to create at least 20 new jobs in the next five years.
Slaughter and May is advising LMS Capital plc on a proposed change to its investment policy and a return of capital of up to £6 million to shareholders through a tender offer and repurchase of up to 7.72% of the company’s issued share capital. The tender offer will be at a 5 per cent. discount to the company’s net asset value per share as at 30 June 2016.
Brothers Manuel and Dominic Heyden developed the internet portal Nextmarkets, an e-learning platform, which aims to explain the stock market to its users, using the expertise of 20 German and English stock exchange coaches.
The Startup Nextmarkets was founded in 2014 together with the Fintech incubator Finlab. After two years of development, the site was launched in early 2016. The Cologne-based company now has 15 employees.
On July 21, 2016, the listed Frankfurt-based company, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, successfully initiated the next generation of DBAG buyout funds with the closing of DBAG Fund VII.
With capital commitments of EUR 1 B, DBAG Fund VII significantly exceeds the volume of its predecessor, DBAG Fund VI, which closed in 2012 with commitments of EUR 700 M.
DBAG Fund VII consists of two constituents: a primary fund with a fund size of EUR 800 M and a "top-up fund" for larger transactions with a fund size of EUR 200 M.
King & Wood Mallesons has advised QIC, on behalf of a consortium comprising the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and other QIC-managed clients, including the Future Fund, on its $800m investment into the Powering Australian Renewables Fund.
The $3 billion Powering Australian Renewables Fund is a strategic partnership created by AGL to invest in approximately 1,000 MW of large-scale renewable energy assets and projects. The QIC-led consortium will become equity partners with AGL, with AGL providing $200m in cornerstone equity.
Shoosmiths has advised independent private equity firm, Spring Ventures, on a £20m investment into Kent-based IGF Invoice Finance, which has been acquired from the Greater London Enterprise (GLE).
The equity commitment from Spring Ventures expands IGF's asset based lending facilities for UK SME's.
Clifford Chance has advised Acino International AG, Zurich, Switzerland, and Acino Pharma AG on the sale of Acino's transdermal patch and implant businesses to Luye Pharma Group Ltd., China. The divestment includes Acino's transdermal manufacturing operations as well as distribution and R&D capabilities. Closing is expected to occur in the second half of 2016.
We have advised Crowdsurfer, the data intelligence service for crowd finance, on its further funding round which, since started, now sits at £1.2 million.
Crowdsurfer, headquartered in Cambridge, is building the world’s trusted, data intelligence service for the global crowd finance market. Serving fundraisers, investors and those tracking this fast growing industry, Crowdsurfer makes it easier for those seeking to participate in or serve the market with the intelligence they need to be successful.
The world’s leading online fashion platform in emerging markets, Global Fashion Group SA (GFG), has concluded a financing round worth €330 million. During the process, Noerr advised its longstanding client Rocket Internet SE, which is the anchor shareholder of GFG.