Global law firm DLA Piper has advised investment holding company Coast2Coast Capital Pty Ltd on its purchase of Australian home furnishings wholesaler Susskind and Danziger Pty Ltd.

Coast2Coast Cpaital, based in South Africa, was founded in 2007 by value investors Gary Shayne and Cris Dillon, and today has international offices in Poland and Australia.

Australian home furnishings wholesaler Susskind and Danziger operates Albi, a leading supplier to kitchenware and homewares industries in Australia and New Zealand.

Vinge advises Certego AB on its acquisition of Låstjänst Alarm i Gävle AB (Låstjänst Alarm). Låstjänst Alarm offers security solutions within e.g. door opening systems, alarm systems, key manufacturing and access control with ca. 45 employees and offices in Gävle, Sandviken and Bollnäs. The share purchase agreement was signed and the transaction completed on 1 July 2016.
 

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Cellnex Italia S.r.l., part of the Spanish group Cellnex Telecom, a European leader in telecoms and wireless communications infrastructure, on its acquisition of CommsCon Italia S.r.l., an Italian company that specializes in the design and implementation of 'small cells' technology solutions.

The White & Case team in Milan which advised on the transaction was led by partner Ferigo Foscari, local partner Leonardo Graffi, associate Andrea Pretti and lawyer Luca Valerio Silviani.

Slaughter and May is advising First Reserve on PetroFirst Infrastructure 2 Limited’s acquisition of 80% of the shares in PV Keez Pte Ltd from EMAS Offshore Production Services (Vietnam) Pte Ltd and Ezra Holdings Limited. The acquisition was announced on 1 July 2016.

Our corporate team has advised AIM listed specialist recruitment and outsourcing solutions provider Servoca on its acquisition of Classic Education Limited.

The acquisition is to be funded from existing cash resources and debt facilities and the initial consideration is £1.2 million.

In addition, Servoca, which has an office in Leeds, will pay deferred consideration of up to £1.9 million, subject to Classic Education meeting certain profit targets for the two years following acquisition.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised News Corporation and News Corp UK & Ireland on a recommended cash offer for talkSPORT owner Wireless Group plc for £220.3 million.

Wireless is a media group operating in the UK and Ireland primarily focused on radio broadcasting. The business has valuable media brands that include talkSPORT, the leading sports radio network in the UK, and a wider portfolio of media assets with a significant presence and audience engagement, both digitally and internationally.

Norton Rose Fulbright represented Dentsply Sirona in its agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of privately-held MIS Implants Technologies Ltd. for $375 million in cash.

An Israeli-based dental implant systems manufacturer, MIS has annual sales of approximately $80 million. MIS is a leader in the value segment of the market, selling its products through a wide distribution network that includes a direct sales force and reaches over 65 countries.

Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Danone on its negotiations with the shareholders of Michel et Augustin to allow Danone to acquire a minority interest in Michel et Augustin, alongside Artémis and Michel et Augustin’s founders.

Launched in 2004, Michel et Augustin is a French company that designs and markets an innovative, premium range of biscuits, dairy products, fresh desserts and beverages. In 2015, sales totalled around €40 million (around a 35% rise from 2014).

Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Partner at the Hamburg office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised Apriori Beteiligungen GmbH on taking out a minority holding in SIUT GmbH. This is Apriori’s first investment in a start-up company. The proceeds will serve to expand SIUT Lichtfaserbeton and market new products.
 
Apriori Beteiligungen GmbH is an investment company financed by eight Hamburg-based merchants. In its investments, the company focuses on medium-sized companies in northern Germany with revenues of up to EUR 20 million per year.

Gedeon Richter Plc (EURONEXT: RICHTER), a leading multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, agreed to acquire Finox Holding AG. Finox Holding is a privately held Swiss biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of infertility.

Bär & Karrer is acting as legal counsel to Gedeon Richter. The team includes Ralph Malacrida, Micha Schilling, Célia Jimenez and Florian Roth (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber and Cyrill Diefenbacher (Tax), Markus Wang and Jonas Bornhauser (IP), as well as Mani Reinert (Competition).