Akin Gump is advising USM Holdings, a leader in the Russian-speaking Internet market, and its subsidiaries, in the proposed sale of its stake in Mail.Ru Group...
USM Holdings’ Proposed Sale of $740 Million Stake in Mail.ru Group to MegaFon
Vortex’s acquisition of a £470 Million UK solar PV portfolio
Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised European renewables platform Vortex, which is managed by the private equity arm of EFG Hermes, on its acquisition of...
Lonza’s $5.5 Billion acquisition of Capsugel
Simpson Thacher has advised Capsugel S.A. (“Capsugel”), a portfolio company of KKR, in connection with the acquisition of Capsugel by Lonza Group AG (“Lonza”) (VTX: LONN.VX)...
Shanghai Shenda Forms Joint Venture with IAC in Automotive Soft Trim and Acoustics Supply Business
Dechert LLP served as international counsel to Shanghai Shenda Co., Ltd. (“Shenda”) based in Shanghai, China in connection with Shenda’s agreement to form a global joint...
KKR’s acquisition of Calvin Capital
Simpson Thacher has advised KKR in connection with its acquisition of Calvin Capital from Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Investments. The transaction is...
Syntellix AG and Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen’s takeover battle with Carsten Maschmeyer
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises Syntellix AG and Prof. Dr. Utz Claassen on takeover battle with Carsten Maschmeyer while streamlining the shareholder structure The legal disputes...
Tullow Oil plc’s US$900m sale of stake in Lake Albert development project to Total
Ashurst is advising Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) on a substantial farm-down of its assets in Uganda to Total E&P Uganda B.V. Under the terms of the...
Apax Funds’ acquisition of a Controlling Stake in Unilabs
Simpson Thacher is representing Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”) in connection with the offer by funds advised by Apax for a controlling stake in Unilabs owned by...
Apax Partners LLP and Guardian Media Group plc’s block trade sale of of 66,000,000 ordinary shares in Ascential plc
Simpson Thacher represented Apax Partners LLP and Guardian Media Group plc on the block trade sale by Guardian Media Group plc and certain entities indirectly wholly...
Blackstone’s $1 Billion Acquisition of Acetow
Simpson Thacher is representing private equity funds managed by Blackstone in connection with their acquisition of Acetow from Solvay for an enterprise value of around €1...
Bright Horizons’ Follow-On Offering 2 Million Shares of Common Stock
Simpson Thacher represented Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”) as underwriter in connection with a registered public offering of 2,000,000 shares of common stock of Bright Horizons Family...
KKR’s Tender Offer for Shares of GfK SE
Simpson Thacher is representing Acceleratio Capital N.V., a holding company controlled by funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., in connection with its anticipated...