On October 21, 2015, Pfister Arco Holding AG, one of the largest furniture retailers in Switzerland, announced the acquisition of Möbel Hubacher AG, a traditional Swiss furniture dealer who runs the largest furniture store in Switzerland. The parties have not disclosed the purchase price.

Pfister was advised by Homburger in the transaction. The Homburger team was led by Georg Rauber (partner, IP|IT) and Daniel Hasler (partner, Corporate | M&A) and included Luca Dal Molin (associate, IP|IT) and Peter Müller (counsel, Tax).

31 July, 2015, with King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) legal support, Qingdao Hisense Electronic Equipment Co., Ltd. (Hisense) and its affiliated company in the USA signed a Share Purchase Agreement and a Trademark License Agreement with Sharp Corporation (Sharp) in relation to Sharp’s facility in Mexico. Under these two agreements, Hisense will acquire 100% of Sharp Electrónica México S.A. de C.V (Sharp Mexican Company), Sharp’s TV production facility in Mexico, with a consideration of US$23.7 million.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised the pan-European, mid-market investor Aurelius Group (“Aurelius”) on the cross-border acquisition of Colt Managed Cloud (“CMC”), the managed cloud business of Colt Group S.A. (“Colt”), by way of a carve-out from the IT services division of Colt Technology Services Group.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised SG Fleet on its A$200m acquisition of NLC, a specialist provider of salary packaging services and novated leases.

SG Fleet is one of Australia’s leading providers of vehicle leasing and fleet management services to corporate and government customers.

The transaction represents a further expansion of SG Fleet’s existing salary packaging and novated lease business and is a significant milestone since its initial public offering in early 2014.

Delphi has been legal advisor to Addtech Nordic AB in the acquisition of all shares in Powermec AB.

Powermec develops and markets customized solutions within power supplies, electrical motors and electro mechanical components, primarily to OEM customers. Powermec operates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and the Czech Republic.

Delphi team was led by Fredrik Mörner, senior associate, and mainly assisted by Rickard Isacson, senior associate. In addition, a number of lawyers from Delphi have been involved in the transaction.

Thommessen is acting for Avance Gas in connection with the voluntary exchange offer to acquire all the shares in Aurora LPG Holding ASA.

Aurora LPG is listed on Oslo Axess. The exchange offer values Aurora LPG to approximately NOK 1.7 billion. The combined group will be the owner and operator of the world's second largest VLGC fleet of 23 ships when all the newbuildings have been delivered under Aurora LPG newbuilding programme (expected by Q3 2016).

Thommessen has advised Aquila Capital in the acquisition of Småkraft AS. This is the largest transaction within Norwegian hydro power within the latest years.

Thommessen has advised Aquila Capital in the acquisition of Småkraft AS. This is the largest transaction within Norwegian hydro power within the latest years.

Småkraft, the Norwegian operator and developer of small-scale hydropower plants, is to be fully acquired by the German asset manager, Aquila Capital.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek has advised funds advised by Maj Invest Equity, Denmark, on the acquisition of D.A.M. Neue Deutsche Angelgeräte Manufaktur Int. GmbH, Georgsmünd (D.A.M.).

D.A.M. is a German-based supplier of sport fishing tackle. The 140 year-old company is one of the oldest established suppliers of sport fishing tackle in the world and represents an extremely strong brand in German-speaking markets and in Eastern Europe. Together with D.A.M. Maj Invest has acquired Svendsen Sport A/S, also a leading supplier of sport fishing tackle.

The corporate team from the Manchester office of national law-firm, Shoosmiths has advised private medical insurance broker Chase Templeton on its 16th strategic acquisition this year, the largest to-date for the company.

This latest acquisition in a string of deals sees Chase Templeton acquiring private medical insurance consultancy, Consilium Employee Benefits. The acquisition is bringing in over £14,000,000 of additional annual premium income (API), taking the overall total of API acquired by Chase Templeton during 2015 to £35m.

South Yorkshire based Nicholas Associates Group has acquired XL Graduate Placement, a Newcastle based company providing temporary and permanent graduate recruitment services for an undisclosed sum.
 
The purchase is the first in a number of planned acquisitions for the Group that sees XL Graduate Placement join the Stafforce, Apprentice Employment Agency and other Nicholas Associates brands.