DWF has advised Equiniti, a leading business services outsourcing provider, on its acquisition of Pancredit Systems Limited, the innovative and fast-growing lending software business which supports banks, intermediaries and price comparison sites with loan administration and origination services.

The acquisition strengthens Equiniti's offering to the UK's leading financial services and public sector organisations and provides Pancredit with the scale, support and stability of becoming an Equiniti Group company.

Jones Day advised Essilor International SA in its $1.7 billion buyout of a 51 percent interest in Transitions Optical group from joint venture partner PPG Industries. Essilor now owns 100 percent of Transitions.

Ashurst has advised the Canadian group WSP Global, one of the world's leading professional services firms listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of Technip TPS SAS, a French subsidiary of Technip SA.

The acquisition of TPS, a company specializing in building and infrastructure engineering, which remains subject to customary conditions precedent, should be completed on first quarter 2014. Upon completion of the acquisition, Eric Falleur, president of TPS, will continue to head the operations of this subsidiary in France.

NTT Com Security AG, listed on the Munich Stock Exchange, has acquired BDG GmbH & Co KG, a German service provider for IT and IT security.

NTT Com Security AG, based in Ismaning (near Munich, Germany), specialises in international IT security and risk management and is a subsidiary of NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), one of the world's largest telecommunications companies.

King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin has advised NTT Com Security AG on this transaction.

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Olswang has acted as lead advisor to CareerBuilder, the global leader in human capital solutions, in relation to its cross-jurisdictional acquisition of the English, U.S. and Australian companies which form the Broadbean Group from subsidiaries of Daily Mail and General Trust plc.

Dentons advised Spire Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in business services, information services, education, media and communications sector investments, in its acquisition of Accuship.com, LLC, Iron Data Solution’s Transportation Spend Management Division (Iron Data TSM). Iron Data TSM will continue to maintain its leadership management team in partnership with Spire Capital.

Hill Dickinson has acted for Fishawack Group as the medical communications specialist expanded its operations in America.

Knutsford-based Fishawack Group has already established a strong presence in the US market following an earlier acquisition led by Hill Dickinson’s Corporate team.

At the end of January, the Little, Brown Book Group, part of Hachette UK, purchased Constable & Robinson.  Founded in 1795, Constable & Robinson has an outstanding reputation as a publisher of psychology and self-help and the well-respected How to and Right Way titles.  This 100% shareholding purchase will see Constable & Robinson remain intact as a distinct division within the Little, Brown Book Group.

Hogan Lovells has advised leading global specialty pharmaceutical company Actavis plc ("Actavis") on its acquisition of Silom Medical Company Limited ("Silom Medical") for approximately US$100 million in cash.

Silom Medical is a privately held generic pharmaceutical company focused on developing and marketing therapies in Thailand. The acquisition of Silom Medical allows Dublin-headquartered Actavis to enhance its presence in the fast-growing Thai pharmaceutical market and create a foundation for Actavis' continued expansion across the Southeast Asian region.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Cavendish Fluor Partnership, a joint venture between Cavendish Nuclear and Fluor Corporation, on its successful bid to acquire Magnox Limited and Research Sites Restoration Limited ("RSRL"), the Site Licence Companies for 12 nuclear sites in the UK.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ("NDA") announced on 31 March 2014 that Cavendish Fluor Partnership had been named as the preferred bidder.