Allen & Overy advised Marlin Equity Partners (Marlin) on the acquisition for an undisclosed amount of Talkwalker, a leading social media analytics group based in Luxembourg (with offices in New York City, San Francisco and Frankfurt).

Talkwalker provides monitoring and listening tools helping customers to find trends and critical insights derived from social data and media. Marlin shall further invest in Talkwalker with a view to grow and further scale up the activities of Talkwalker in other countries (including in Asia). 

The A&O team

DLA Piper has advised Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun International Limited and its subsidiaries (Fosun), on the acquisition of a majority stake in French luxury couture house Jeanne Lanvin SAS (Lanvin). Founded in 1889, Lanvin is France’s oldest fashion house in continuous operation.

WARSAW - March 2, 2018 - Greenberg Traurig is representing Abris Capital Partners, a leading CEE private equity fund, in the acquisition of Velvet CARE sp. z o.o., one of the largest manufacturers of hygiene products in Poland.

As a result of the transaction, VLET Holdings s. a r. l., an Abris Capital Partners entity, signed an agreement with Avallon MBO II B.V. regarding the acquisition of a majority stake in Velvet CARE Sp. z o. o. The closing of the transaction will be subject to, inter alia, obtaining certain standard regulatory approvals.

Greenberg Traurig represented Innova Capital, a leading CEE private equity fund, in the acquistion of Profim sp. z o.o., one of the leading office seating manufacturers in Europe by the Flokk Group, controlled by Triton Partners, a leading Scandinavian private equity fund.

Orrick has advised leading Chinese furniture producer KUKA Home (Jason Furniture (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.) on the acquisition of luxury furniture producer Rolf Benz from German furniture manufacturer Hüls Group.

A leader in China’s home furnishing industry, KUKA Home specializes in the research, development, production and marketing of household products for the living rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms of families around the world. KUKA household products are exported to over 100 countries and regions worldwide, inter alia through over 3,000 brand monopolized shops.

Kirkland & Ellis is representing GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, as part of a consortium acquiring a 55% a stake in the real estate assets of French multinational hotel group AccorHotels. Under the agreement, signed on February 27, 2018, the consortium will buy a majority stake in AccorInvest, a world leader in hotel real estate with a current portfolio of 891 hotels in 27 countries, for approximately €4.4 billion. AccorInvest will continue to be operated by AccorHotels under very-long-term contracts.

Dentons has advised Tenaga Nasional Berhad ("TNB"), one of the largest utility players in Asia, with a market capitalisation of RM89.2 billion (c. £16.5bn) as at 26 February 2018, on its acquisition of an 80 per cent shareholding in two UK renewable companies, GVO Wind Limited and Bluemerang Capital Limited. The acquisition, which has an enterprise value of approximately £171 million, is the Malaysian energy provider's first foray into onshore wind in the UK.

DLA Piper represented LOGISTEC Corporation (TSX: LGT.A and LGT.B) in its strategic acquisition of Gulf Stream Marine. This transaction will allow LOGISTEC to establish a stronghold in the Gulf region, strengthen its position in a high-growth market in the United States, provide access to an experienced talent pool, facilitate knowledge transfer between the two organizations and generate immediate positive benefits to shareholders.

Baker McKenzie acts for client Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, on its entry into a definitive agreement under which it is proposed that MSD (through a subsidiary) will acquire Viralytics Limited (Viralytics) by way of a scheme of arrangement for AUD 1.75 per share (representing a total value of approximately AUD 502 million).

Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised funds advised by Triton on the acquisition of BFC Group, a leading global specialist and technology leader in metal clamping profiles for the automotive industry. A team led by Cologne-based partner Dr. Par Johansson comprehensively supported Triton in this transaction.