Feelgood Svenska AB has entered into an agreement to acquire Helsa Företagshälsovård Sverige AB. The transaction is scheduled to complete on 1 January 2019.

Feelgood is one of Sweden’s leading health companies, providing health services in about 200 locations across Sweden. Feelgood is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Baker McKenzie acts as legal advisor in the acquisition. Baker McKenzie's team mainly consist of Mattias Hedwall, Martin Folke and Maja Nilsson.

Private equity experts at UK law firm Shoosmiths have advised nGAGE, one of the country’s biggest privately owned recruitment groups, on its acquisition of Henlow Recruitment Group.

nGAGE has invested in Henlow, a QuantTech recruitment business which operates in the UK, Europe, USA and Middle East, to enable it to grow its presence in international markets.

nGAGE is backed by private equity company Graphite Capital.

Loyens & Loeff Luxembourg advised EQT Infrastructure III fund in the acquisition of French water and waste water management company SAUR Group from its current shareholders, including BNP Paribas and Groupe BPCE. BNP Paribas will invest as minority shareholder alongside EQT Infrastructure in SAUR.
This investment is EQT Infrastructure’s first investment in France. It represents a key milestone in EQT’s overall growth strategy and geographical expansion into the attractive French market.

Bournemouth based department store chain Beales has completed the acquisition of Palmer’s remaining two stores in Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, East Anglia.

Completed with the assistance of law firm Blake Morgan, the deal sees Beales take over Palmer’s leases, assets and name.

Helmy, Hamza & Partners (a member of Baker & McKenzie International) has advised Indorama Ventures on its acquisition of 74%  of the share capital of Medco Plast for Packing and Packaging Systems S.A.E. (Medco Plast) from Middle East Glass Manufacturing Co (MEG) and the Samaha family.  MEG will retain a 16% shareholding in Medco Plast, and the Samaha family will retain 10%.

Baker McKenzie has advised longstanding client, Unilever, on its c. €4.6 billion agreement to acquire the Health Food Drinks portfolio of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets. The Firm partnered with Indian law firm,  Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, to provide both Indian and English law advice comprising three elements:

an all-equity merger of Indian publicly listed entities, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)  and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited;