The Corporate team at Charles Russell Speechlys has advised longstanding client, the Civica Group, a market leader in business-critical software, digital solutions and managed services for the public sector and regulated markets, on its latest acquisition of specialist e-recruitment software provider Trac Systems Limited and its subsidiary Zedcore Systems Limited.

Schulte advised global investment firm Marlin Equity Partners and its portfolio company Tangoe, in the acquisition of MOBI Wireless Management, LLC, a leading provider of cloud-based managed mobility services software solutions (“MMS”). MOBI will be merged with Tangoe, expanding Tangoe’s ability to provide powerful MMS solutions and allowing MOBI clients access to global technology expense management (“TEM”) capabilities. This transaction will create the largest and most advanced TEM and MMS platform accessible to enterprises today.

Clifford Chance's Prague office has advised Swiss Life Select International Holding AG on the acquisition of Fincentrum, one of the top three independent financial advisory consultants in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

The acquisition of Fincentrum makes Swiss Life the leader in the independent financial advisory business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. The Fincentrum group was established in 2000 and has over 2,500 independent financial advisors in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Eversheds Sutherland advises Ingevity Corporation on first major UK acquisition

A cross-border Eversheds Sutherland team has advised Ingevity Corporation on its €590m acquisition of Warrington-based Perstorp UK Limited, the caprolactone division of the wider Perstop Group.

The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval and expected to close Spring 2019, is NYSE-listed Ingevity’s first major UK acquisition. It will increase the company’s range of products and geographic reach, while offering the potential for significant business growth.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) is advising KAR Auction Services, Inc. (KAR), a global automotive remarketing and technology services company, on the acquisition of the Belgium-based CarsOnTheWeb group (COTW).

COTW provides online auction services in the wholesale second-hand vehicle sector, connecting OEMs, fleet owners, wholesalers and dealers through its web platform.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Growth Capital Partners (GCP) on a secondary buyout of Indigo Telecom Group. 

Indigo is a leading provider of multi-vendor managed and project infrastructure services to a global customer base of major network operators, equipment vendors and large enterprise customers.

An international Osborne Clarke team advised GCP across the four main jurisdictions Indigo operates in – the UK, France, the Netherlands and Singapore.