Clifford Chance advised Grohe Beteiligungs GmbH on the total takeover of Grohe AG by excluding the minority shareholders.

On 21 November 2017, the Annual General Meeting of Grohe AG decided to transfer the shares of the minority shareholders of Grohe AG to the main shareholder Grohe Beteiligungs GmbH. Grohe pays a cash compensation of EUR 63,48 for each share. With the exclusion of minority shareholders, Grohe Beteiligungs GmbH is now the exclusive owner of Grohe AG.

CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Oldenburg, acquired approx. 80% of the shares of Stardust Media And Communication S.A.S., Paris, from its founders and financial investors and secured the acquisition of the remaining approx. 20% of the shares by way of options.

With its brand “Cheerz”, primarily targeted at smartphone users, the company is very successful in France, Spain and Italy and is growing dynamically.

Jeantet advised CEWE comprehensively with the following team:

– Karl Hepp de Sevelinges (Partner, Lead M&A, Paris)

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of all shares in Reutlingen-based almato GmbH and accompanied the transaction.
 
Almato GmbH, founded in 2002, specializes in optimizing standard business processes and is one of the pioneers in the field of full and partial automation.
 
DATAGROUP SE, headquartered in Pliezhausen, is a leading German IT service company with more than 1,900 employees.
 

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised the German investment firm Aurelius Group on the acquisition of Abelan Board Industrial S.L from PHI Industrial. The deal represents Aurelius third acquisition in the European packaging sector since 2015 and will further strengthen the Group’s operations in this market.

German Cabrera, partner at KWM in Madrid, has led the advice to Aurelius Group. The legal team is completed with partner Joaquín Sales and associates María Redondo and Gonzalo Fernández.

International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Finastra on the acquisition of Olfa Soft SA and its cutting edge FX e-trading platform for banks and financial institutions.

The move enables Finastra to deliver a unique end-to-end real-time eFX trading solution for banks’ treasury departments, covering distribution, position-keeping, post-trade and payments.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International Tbk (‘Astra International’) on the acquisition of a US$150m stake in Indonesian technology platform GO-JEK Group (’GO-JEK’). The deal signed on 12 February 2018.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International Tbk (‘Astra International’) on the acquisition of a US$150m stake in Indonesian technology platform GO-JEK Group (’GO-JEK’). The deal signed on 12 February 2018.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised the German investment firm Aurelius Group on the acquisition of Abelan Board Industrial S.L from PHI Industrial. The deal represents Aurelius third acquisition in the European packaging sector since 2015 and will further strengthen the Group’s operations in this market.

German Cabrera, partner at KWM in Madrid, has led the advice to Aurelius Group. The legal team is completed with partner Joaquín Sales and associates María Redondo and Gonzalo Fernández.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek comprehensively advised DATAGROUP SE on the acquisition of all shares in Reutlingen-based almato GmbH and accompanied the transaction.
 
Almato GmbH, founded in 2002, specializes in optimizing standard business processes and is one of the pioneers in the field of full and partial automation.
 
DATAGROUP SE, headquartered in Pliezhausen, is a leading German IT service company with more than 1,900 employees.
 

CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Oldenburg, acquired approx. 80% of the shares of Stardust Media And Communication S.A.S., Paris, from its founders and financial investors and secured the acquisition of the remaining approx. 20% of the shares by way of options.

With its brand “Cheerz”, primarily targeted at smartphone users, the company is very successful in France, Spain and Italy and is growing dynamically.

Jeantet advised CEWE comprehensively with the following team:

– Karl Hepp de Sevelinges (Partner, Lead M&A, Paris)