Hengeler Mueller advised Fashion ID on this operation. Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG, part of Düsseldorf based Peek & Cloppenburg group, intends to operate an online luxury platform under the brand name Stylebop. For this purpose, Fashion ID signed contracts for the acquisition of trademarks and domains from Stylebop GmbH, which had filed for […]
Hengeler Mueller advised KKR and LEONINE on acquisition of Wiedemann & Berg TV. The KKR backed independent media company LEONINE is acquiring Wiedemann & Berg TV (W&B TV) from the producers Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg and from Endemol Shine Germany. Part of the W&B TV business (the Berlin based business) will be carved out […]
Baker McKenzie advised the Indian group Mahindra in the context of its acquisition of all the shares in Peugeot Motocycles. The objective is to develop Peugeot Motocycles on key European markets and to expand into new regions, including certain Asian countries. PSA was represented internally by Viorica Vahnovan, Senior M&A Lawyer from the Group’s legal […]
Ashurst is advising Lazard & Co., Limited in relation to the £505 million cash offer for Consort Medical plc by Recipharm Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Recipharm AB. Recipharm AB is a company incorporated in Sweden, whose shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The Recipharm group is a leading contract development and manufacturing […]
Slaughter and May, working as a team with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, advised Royal Dutch Shell plc on the issue of a triple-tranche US$4 billion bond under its US shelf programme. The issue consists of US$1,250,000,000 2.000% Guaranteed Notes due 2024, US$1,500,000,000 2.375% Guaranteed Notes due 2029 and US$1,250,000,000 […]
Milbank LLP advised SAZKA Group in connection with its high yield bond offering of €300 million 4.125% senior notes due 2024. . SAZKA Group used the proceeds of the bonds, together with cash on balance sheet, to repay and cancel certain existing debt incurred in connection with its acquisition of 7.25% of the outstanding shares […]
Goodwin advised Ares Management on the deal Ares Management completed the structuring and establishment of Ares European Real Estate Fund V SCSp. The Fund targets investments in residential, office, industrial and mixed-use assets, predominantly located in the largest and most liquid European markets including Germany, France, the U.K. and Spain. The investor base consists of […]
Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Abcam on its acquisition of Expedeon AG’s proteomics and immunology business. The transaction values the business to be acquired at €120 million, is subject to approval by Expedeon AG’s shareholders and is expected to close in early 2020. The acquisition includes leading protein conjugation technologies and brands including Lightning-Link® and […]
Hogan Lovells has advised Bbanks on the placement of the world’s first Blue Social Bond of Deutsche Kreditbank Aktiengesellschaft. The banks involved were Bayerische Landesbank as arranger, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, NATIXIS and UniCredit Bank AG. The Blue Social Bond, which was oversubscribed four times, was issued […]
Osborne Clarke has advised Barcroft Studios on its 100% acquisition by Future plc for a total consideration of £23.5 million, to be satisfied in a combination of cash and Future shares. The deal will enable Barcroft Studios, which produces premium factual programming for streaming platforms, TV networks and social media companies, to accelerate the creation, […]
Ashurst is advising Amerisur Resources in relation to a recommended £242 million offer for the company by GeoPark Colombia S.A.S. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition, which is being structured as a statutory scheme of arrangement, each Amerisur shareholder will be entitled to receive 19.21 pence in cash for each Amerisur share. The transaction […]
Latham & Watkins has secured an important victory for Recope, in the ICC arbitration against CNPCI. Allen & Overy LLP represented CNPCI. The dispute related to a joint venture agreement entered into by the Parties in 2008 (the “JVA”) in connection with the US$1.5 billion upgrade of Costa Rica’s only oil refinery. The Parties set […]
