Willkie advised HK Food in the transaction.
HK Food GmbH, a subsidiary of Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, reached an agreement to sell German seafood brand Nordsee Holding GmbH to Kharis Capital via KC North Sea, an investment vehicle managed by Kharis.
PRIVATE equity experts at national law firm Shoosmiths have advised world leading GeoPrediction software and consulting services business, Ikon Science Limited (Ikon Science), on its sale to Boston-based Private Equity company, Great Hill Partners (GHP).
A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack advised funds advised by PREMIUM Equity Partners, Frankfurt/Main, on the sale of all shares in weka group to Dutch Outdoor Life Group (OLG). weka, headquartered in Neubrandenburg, employs some 140 people and generates sales in excess of EUR 30 million. The group works in two concept worlds: The garden world segment includes garden houses, terrace roofing, children’s play equipment, swimming pools, and carports. The wellness sector is served with high-quality saunas and infrared heat cabins. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CENX, a service assurance and network analytics firm.
CENX is headquartered in New Jersey and operates a major research and development facility in downtown Ottawa. Ericsson has held a minority stake in CENX since 2012.
Gowling WLG was Canadian counsel to CENX with respect to this transaction with a team that included Lorraine Mastersmith, Elisa Scali and Sarah Crowe.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised A15, a leading tech investment fund, on its sale of a 76 percent stake in its United Arab Emirates-based fintech company TPAY Mobile FZ-LLC (TPAY) to Africa's leading private investment firm Helios Investment Partners.
The Town of Collingwood announced that it had sold its electrical utility Collus Powerstream to EPCOR Utilities Inc., following the successful completion of two share purchase transactions.
First, the Town purchased Alectra Utilities Corp.'s 50% stake in Collingwood PowerStream. Alectra was formerly called PowerStream and purchased 50% of the Collus shares from the Town in 2012.
Second, EPCOR purchased all of the Collus shares from the Town.
Morrison & Foerster is advising the sellers of EnerMech Group Limited, which include Lime Rock Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on the upstream oil and gas sector, and the EnerMech management team, in the sale of the company to global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG).
Slaughter and May is advising Greencore Group plc, a leading convenience food business incorporated in Ireland and premium-listed on the London Stock Exchange, on its class 1 approval process relating to the proposed sale of its entire US business to an affiliate of Hearthside Food Solutions LLC for US$1,075 million.
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Corporate: Richard Smith (partner), Victoria MacDuff (partner), Ed Steward (associate), Katie Whiteman (associate); Pensions: Dan Schaffer (partner) Akshay Chauhan (associate).
The Leeds Corporate team of Freeths have advised the shareholders of the The Car Buying Group (TCBG) (a fast-growing independent consumer car buying company, which sells over 10,000 cars nationwide on behalf of car owners) on its sale to Aston Barclay.
A cross-sector multi-disciplinary team at international legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, Endless LLP, on its sale of Affinity Workforce Solutions, a provider of education, health and social care staffing to CRG.
A UK leader in the healthcare and social care staffing market, the acquisition sees CRG shareholders Ian Munro, Tristan Ramus and Jamie Webb leading the next step of Affinity’s transformation and growth plans commenced under the ownership of Endless.