The CMS International Private Equity team, together with our CMS teams in Slovenia, Serbia and other jurisdictions, advised Polish private equity fund Innova Capital on the acquisition of Slovenian Trimo Group, a leading European provider of complete solutions for building envelopes and steel façade systems. The sellers are nine banks, including Slovenia's largest bank Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB). The transaction is subject to merger control approvals and is scheduled to close in Q1 2016, once conditions precedent have been fulfilled.

Eversheds has advised Alcumus Holding Limited (“Alcumus”) on its £47 million acquisition of Santia Holdings Limited (“Santia”).

Alcumus is the market-leading provider of technology-enabled compliance, certification and verification risk management solutions. It is a specialist in its field and now has a wider, more diversified customer base.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising European private equity firm Cinven on its acquisition of Kurt Geiger, the leading footwear and accessories company and the largest retailer of luxury footwear in Europe, from Sycamore Partners.
The transaction is subject to customary approvals.

The Freshfields team is led by corporate partners Adrian Maguire and Victoria Sigeti.

A multijurisdictional Orrick team advised VINCI Airports, the VINCI Group’s airport subsidiary, in signing an agreement with investment fund Advent International to acquire Dominican airport company Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI, SA (Aerodom). Aerodom has a concession contract with the Dominican government and the Airport Commission to operate six out of the nine airports on the island – the most visited tourist destination in the Caribbean with more than 5.1 million tourist arrivals in 2014 – until March 2030.

IK Investment Partners, a European private equity group, has today announced the acquisition of TCM Group, one of Scandinavia’s leading kitchen manufacturers, from Axcel, a Nordic private equity firm. Under Axcel’s ownership, TCM Group has developed into one of Europe's most profitable kitchen producers.

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Alibaba) in relation to its proposed acquisition, through its subsidiary Alibaba Investment Limited, of the media business of SCMP Group Limited (SCMP), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, for a total consideration of approximately HK$2.06 billion. The proposed acquisition is subject to (among others) SCMP shareholders’ approval due to its constituting a very substantial disposal by SCMP under the Listing Rules.

Travers Smith LLP has acted for international animal health and biotechnology business Benchmark Holdings plc on the £227 million acquisition of INVE Aquaculture Holding, a leading specialist manufacturer of aquaculture and nutrition health products.  The firm has also advised on the associated equity fundraising, debt financing and employee incentives arrangements.

Davis Polk is advising Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. in connection with its proposal to Siliconware Precision Industries Co. to acquire all SPIL shares for NT$55 per common share. ASE owns 24.9% of the common shares of SPIL.

ASE is the world’s largest provider of independent semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test. SPIL has become one of the leading providers of comprehensive semiconductor assembly and test services.

DLA Piper has represented long-standing client Singapore Post ("SingPost") on an investment in Jagged Peak, the US e-commerce logistics platform. SingPost will acquire 71.1% for S$22.5 million, expanding the company's e-commerce platform into the United States.

Jagged Peak services more than 20 warehousing facilities across US, Canada and Europe, had recorded revenues to the tune of US$61.7 million last year. The acquisition is in line with company's ambition to build an end-to-end logistics network and online platform on a global scale.

Noerr has again advised Activum SG on a transaction in the German market. Through the holding company Formart Holding B.V., the European real estate fund manager Activum SG has acquired the share majority of the Leipzig-based residential project developer GRK-Holding GmbH.