The Fieldfisher Energy – Oil and Gas team has recently acted as English legal advisers for client JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production ("KMG EP") in respect of US$1.95 billion tender offer launched by the company on 8 December 2017 for its GDRs and shares, valued at US$5.6bn. The team also advised on its proposed delisting from the Official List of the London Stock Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange.

Bird & Bird's Corporate team in Helsinki, led by partner Maria Carlsson and assisted by associates Iina-Mari Supperi and Laura Kallinen, has advised the sellers of Visual Components on the sale of the company to German-Chinese robotics giant, KUKA. Corum Group acted as financial advisors to the sellers in close cooperation with the Bird & Bird team.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) acted for Greg O’Neill and related parties on the sale of an 80% stake in the privately-owned La Trobe Financial Group to New York-based Blackstone.

La Trobe Financial manages investment mandates in excess of A$13 billion, including a retail Credit Fund of almost $2 billion and over $1 billion of public RMBS bonds issued. The Melbourne-based firm has over 200 staff with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Gowling WLG's Corporate, Finance and Tax team has advised the existing shareholders of long-standing client Forest Holidays on a further management buy-out, led by Phoenix Equity Partners and supported by existing lead investor and Gowling WLG client Lloyds Development Capital.

Hill Dickinson has advised Styles & Wood Group plc, the integrated property services and project delivery provider, on the recommended cash offer by Central Square Holdings Limited. The offer comprises 465 pence in cash per ordinary share, valuing the diluted share capital of Styles & Wood at £42.5 million.

The acquisition is to be implemented by way of scheme of arrangement with final completion is expected to occur in March 2018.

Kirkland & Ellis advised Nordic Packaging and Container (Finland) Holdings Oy (‘NPAC Holdings’), a company controlled by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC on the €365 million sale of its Powerflute semi-chemical fluting business to Mondi Group. The transaction, which was announced on December 22, 2017, remains subject to competition clearance and customary closing conditions and is expected to complete during the first half of 2018. Them full press release is available here.

Hamburg – The Grenzebach Group has sold Ventech Systems GmbH to Goodyear and LJU Automatisierungstechnik GmbH to Conductix-Wampfler GmbH. CMS advised the Grenzebach Group on both transactions via two teams headed by M&A specialists Dr Hilke Herchen and Dr Jacob Siebert.

Hamburg – The Grenzebach Group has sold Ventech Systems GmbH to Goodyear and LJU Automatisierungstechnik GmbH to Conductix-Wampfler GmbH. CMS advised the Grenzebach Group on both transactions via two teams headed by M&A specialists Dr Hilke Herchen and Dr Jacob Siebert.

Osborne Clarke has advised ProSiebenSat.1 on its sale of all shares in Comvel GmbH to lastminute.com Group.

Osborne Clarke advised on all matters regarding the business model as well as IP/IT law and ecommerce related aspects.

Comvel operates the travel website weg.de, one of Germany’s best-known online travel sites and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1 Group since January 2014.

Dechert LLP is acting as lead global counsel on the potential sale of Albea S.A. to PAI Partners by an affiliate of Sun European Partners (the European advisor to Florida-based private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners). The deal is reportedly valued at US$1.5 billion. 

Albea S.A. manufactures plastic packaging products for the beauty and personal care market. PAI Partners is a Paris-based private equity firm.