Ashurst advised pan-European private equity firm Agilitas on the buyout of Hydro International Limited, a leading global provider of advanced products, services and technology for the treatment of wastewater and the control of stormwater, for municipal, industrial and construction customers.
Charles Russell Speechlys has advised the Civica Group (an investee company of Partners Group) on the acquisition of specialist software provider, OneStep Solutions (OneStep).
With offices in Huntingdon and Hadleigh, OneStep provides cloud-based application software and related services to support the complete debt recovery process. Its products are used by local authorities and commercial agencies in over 1,000 installations, supporting all aspects of recovery and case management for office, call centre and field agent teams.
International law firm Gowling WLG has advised client Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP (Cairngorm Capital) on the acquisition of M J Wilson Group Limited (MJ Wilson), the leading independent UK distributor of process instrumentation and control products.
The transaction was led by Corporate, Finance and Tax partner Ian Piggin, Jade MacDonald and Stephen Bowman with support from a cross-firm team including Fabiano Iesini (corporate), Anna Colley (property), Michael Murphy (tax) and Matt Owen (banking).
Macfarlanes has advised private equity firm Epiris on its acquisition of the UK arm of Time Inc from American media company Meredith Corporation.
Time Inc UK is one of the country’s largest publishers, responsible for over 50 diverse media titles including Wallpaper, Country Life, Horse & Hound and Decanter. Its US parent company was acquired by Meredith Corporation last year and the new owner has been clear about its plans to divest from Time Inc’s UK business.
DLA Piper acted for Infineon Technologies on the acquisition of the Copenhagen-based tech-company Merus Audio, which is specializing within the development of integrated audio amplifier solutions.
DLA Piper has advised China Communication Technology Co. Ltd. (China Communication) on the acquisition of G. Telecoms Inc. (G. Telecoms), a major telecommunications carrier in the Philippines. With this transaction, China Communications aims to expand its footprint into other countries in the South East Asia region.
Baker McKenzie has assisted Japanese client, Bunka Shutter Co., Ltd. (Bunka Shutter), which produces and sells various types of rolling shutters, house and building construction materials, on its acquisition of ArcPac Garage Doors Pty Ltd (ArcPac Garage Doors) in Australia.
ArcPac Garage Doors is involved in the manufacture, distribution and sale of garage doors for the domestic and export markets. The company operates throughout Australia, and is administered by its head office in Darra, Queensland.
Norman Wasse and Michael Cziesla led a 15-lawyer McDermott corporate, antitrust, labor, public law and real estate team from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich that advised TVS-Asianics Supply Chain Solutions, which provides logistics services in the Asian market, Ltd.on the acquisition of Pan Asia Logistics, offering logistics services between Germany and Asia.
Cross-border team represents Europe’s leader in multi-brand vehicle servicing and parts on sale of minority stake in German automotive services provider.
In a bid to drive further growth in its German automotive services provider A.T.U (Auto-Teile-Unger) and offer A.T.U customers a continually enhanced experience, Mobivia, the European leader in multi-brand vehicle servicing and parts, has joined forces with world leading tire manufacturer Michelin, which has acquired a 20% minority stake in A.T.U for a total amount of €60 million.
Skadden is representing Phoenix Group Holdings in its proposed £2.93 billion acquisition of Standard Life Assurance and strategic partnership with Standard Life Aberdeen plc.