The Firm is representing Riverwood Capital LLC (“Riverwood”) and Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”) in connection with their proposed acquisition of C.P.S. Comunicaciones S.A. (“Metrotel”) for $190 million from Sociedad Comercial del Plata S.A. and TDC Holdings S.A. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Metrotel provides telecommunications services in Argentina and operates one of the largest fiber optic networks in the City of Buenos Aires and surrounding area.

THQ Nordic AB (publ) has through its wholly owned subsidiary SALEM einhundertste Holding GmbH (Austria) acquired 100 percent of the share capital in Koch Media GmbH, including the games publisher Deep Silver with the AAA-intellectual property rights such as Saints Row, Dead Island and exclusive licence for Metro.
 
Koch Media is a leading, independent producer and marketer of digital entertainment products in Europe and North America with studios in Germany, the UK and the US and offices in several Central and Northern European cities.
 

DLA Piper represented Sole Source Capital, an investment firm focused on the industrial, materials and energy sectors, in its acquisition of a majority interest in Premier Flow Control, LLC, a leading oilfield service provider in the Permian Basin.

Premier Flow Control offers a number of services, including flowback and well testing, nitrogen services, and equipment rental.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised MICRODYN-NADIR, the water treatment business unit of global filtration leader MANN+HUMMEL on the acquisition of OLTREMARE, a leading European manufacturer of spiral-wound membrane elements. OLTREMARE, based in Fano, Italy, is known for both the production of custom and private-label spiral products and the distribution of reverse osmosis, ion exchange.

DLA Piper represented Sole Source Capital, an investment firm focused on the industrial, materials and energy sectors, in its acquisition of a majority interest in Premier Flow Control, LLC, a leading oilfield service provider in the Permian Basin.

Premier Flow Control offers a number of services, including flowback and well testing, nitrogen services, and equipment rental.

Ashurst is advising Arla Foods on its proposed acquisition of Yeo Valley Dairies Limited, a subsidiary of Yeo Valley Group Limited. The transaction, which announced on 8 February, will give Arla the rights to use the Yeo Valley brand in milk, butter, spreads and cheese under an intellectual property licence. The Yeo Valley yogurt, ice cream, cream and desserts business will continue to be run independently by the Yeo Valley Group.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised American Express Global Business Travel (‘American Express GBT’), a leading global travel management company, on its acquisition of Hogg Robinson Group PLC (‘HRG’), a global B2B services company specialising in travel management. The acquisition is conditional on the receipt of antitrust and other regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2018.
 

National law firm Mills & Reeve have advised Cambridge based Prior Scientific Instruments on its acquisition of the Queensgate Nano business from Electron Technology.

Prior Scientific is a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision positioning devices, optical systems, automation solutions, and components with offices in Cambridge, the US, Germany, Japan and China.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised MICRODYN-NADIR, the water treatment business unit of global filtration leader MANN+HUMMEL on the acquisition of OLTREMARE, a leading European manufacturer of spiral-wound membrane elements. OLTREMARE, based in Fano, Italy, is known for both the production of custom and private-label spiral products and the distribution of reverse osmosis, ion exchange.

The Firm is representing Riverwood Capital LLC (“Riverwood”) and Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone”) in connection with their proposed acquisition of C.P.S. Comunicaciones S.A. (“Metrotel”) for $190 million from Sociedad Comercial del Plata S.A. and TDC Holdings S.A. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Metrotel provides telecommunications services in Argentina and operates one of the largest fiber optic networks in the City of Buenos Aires and surrounding area.