De Brauw has advised Bain Capital Private Equity on its intended acquisition of all shares in Bugaboo.
Client name
Bain Capital Private Equity.
Other parties involved
Bugaboo, Founding shareholders.
Nature of transaction
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Bremen-based ZEABORN Group (“ZEABORN”) on its acquisition of E.R. Schiffahrt, from its parent E.R. Group, which is owned by Mr Erck Rickmers.
E.R. Schiffahrt is a dedicated ship management company with offices in Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the Philippines. Ship broker Harper Petersen, a subsidiary of E.R. Group, was also acquired by ZEABORN as part of this transaction.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW“) has advised Bremen-based ZEABORN Group (“ZEABORN”) on its acquisition of E.R. Schiffahrt, from its parent E.R. Group, which is owned by Mr Erck Rickmers.
E.R. Schiffahrt is a dedicated ship management company with offices in Hamburg, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cyprus and the Philippines. Ship broker a, a subsidiary of E.R. Group, was also acquired by ZEABORN as part of this transaction.
A cross-border team from global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising US-based medtech giant Varian Medical Systems, Inc. on its proposed AU$1.58 billion acquisition of all of the issued share capital of ASX-listed life sciences company Sirtex Medical Limited, currently the largest takeover deal announced in Australia for 2018.
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Telford-based outsourced waste management services provider, Reconomy, has hit the acquisitions trail again and announced the purchase of Waste Check Limited.
Waste Check is based in Bromsgrove and was established in 2008 by Mark and Karl Jenkins. It offers a complete range of waste management services to commercial, domestic, industrial, demolition and construction companies, with a large presence in the private hospital and care centre sectors.
International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised Inflexion Private Equity on its backing of the management buyout of leading Dutch IT outsourcing training business Calco Group BV.
The cross-border deal brought together the private equity teams from Taylor Wessing UK and Taylor Wessing Netherlands. The firm’s UK team was led by partner James Goold with senior counsel Matt Harrison and associate Catherine Williams, while the Dutch team was led by partners Edwin de Rooij, Evert-Jan Osnabrugge and Elmar Dijkstra with associate Willem Thijssen.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised insurance intermediary group Global Risk Partners Ltd (“GRP”) on its acquisition of a majority stake in Camberford Law Plc (“Camberford Law”), the Bromley-based specialist MGA. The deal has received regulatory approval and the consideration is undisclosed.
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised insurance intermediary group Global Risk Partners Ltd (“GRP”) on its acquisition of a majority stake in Camberford Law Plc (“Camberford Law”), the Bromley-based specialist MGA. The deal has received regulatory approval and the consideration is undisclosed.
Taylor Wessing has advised Inflexion Private Equity on its backing of the management buyout of leading Dutch IT outsourcing training business Calco Group BV.
The cross-border deal brought together the private equity teams from Taylor Wessing UK and Taylor Wessing Netherlands. The firm’s UK team was led by partner James Goold with senior counsel Matt Harrison and associate Catherine Williams, while the Dutch team was led by partners Edwin de Rooij, Evert-Jan Osnabrugge and Elmar Dijkstra with associate Willem Thijssen.
James Goold said: