Ropes & Gray advised Bain Capital Private Equity in connection with the previously announced sale of Carver Korea Co., Ltd., a leading skincare business, to Unilever for €2.27 billion. The deal is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Founded in 1999, Carver has become the fastest-growing skincare business in South Korea, through sales of its brand AHC. AHC’s portfolio is focused on two high-demand consumer spaces: age management, and hydration and nourishment. The transaction was announced on September 25, 2017.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised Hellman & Friedman LLC (‘H&F’) on the recommended all-cash takeover offer by Evergood 5 AS, a newly formed company controlled by funds managed and advised by H&F, for Nets A/S (‘Nets’), a leading provider of digital payment services and related technology solutions across the Nordic region. This offer was announced on 25 September 2017.
 

DLA Piper has advised the shareholders of NodeOne Group AB in relation to the sale of all shares in the company to Digitalist Group PLC, which is listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki.

NodeOne Group AB is the parent company of Wunderkraut Sweden AB, which is a leading digital and web development company with clients such as Spotify, Viking Line, Nordea and Telia. Following the transaction, Wunderkraut Sweden AB will become Digitalist Sweden, strengthening Digitalist Group’s offering within web design and development.

The shareholders in IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH have sold their shares to Endress+Hauser GmbH+Co. KG. The details of the sale were not disclosed.

A team from CMS Germany headed by lead partner Dr Regine Hagen-Eck advised the sellers, the Köhler family, on all legal aspects of the transaction.

Dentons has advised Marshall Motor Holdings plc (Marshall), the AIM-listed motor dealer group with 104 franchises covering 24 brands in the UK, on the strategic disposal of its leasing business, Marshall Leasing Limited, for £42.5 million to N.I.I.B. Group Limited (which trades as Northridge Finance), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Ireland (UK) plc. The transaction is conditional on N.I.I.B. Group Limited receiving approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

The Charles Russell Speechlys team are pleased to have advised the founder and other shareholders of Worksmart Technology Limited on the sale of the company to Arrow Business Communications Limited.

Worksmart Technology is an award-winning provider of cloud-based telephony and video conferencing services together with audio visual design solutions and telephony applications.

Shakespeare Martineau has advised on the successful disposal of Armitage Pet Care to Rutland Partners.

Orrick advised Swedish private equity firm EQT on the sale of its shares in Germany’s BackWerk Group to Switzerland’s Valora Group. The transaction remains subject to approval from the competition authorities.

EQT is a leading alternative investment firm with approximately €37 billion in capital raised. The firm has portfolio companies in Europe, Asia and the U.S., with total sales of more than €19 billion and 110,000 employees.

Private equity investor FountainVest acquired Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG. The Stuttgart-based joint venture of Robert Bosch GmbH and MAHLE GmbH is being transferred in its entirety to the Chinese investor based in Hong Kong. The transaction is still subject to approval by the relevant supervisory authorities.

We advised the sellers in the sale of Maillefer International Oy to Davis-Standard, LLC.

Maillefer is the global leader in wire, cable, pipe and tube production technologies. Maillefer has more than 240 employees worldwide and a network of independent sales agents in nearly every country. The company has manufacturing and service facilities in Finland, Switzerland, China, Russia, India and Egypt.