AFG Holding, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher (France), has acquired a controlling stake in Access Microfinance Holding (AccessHolding) and indirectly its African subsidiaries, advised by Dentons (Germany). In particular, Dentons’ team comprised lead partner
Global law firm DLA Piper has shared its comprehensive report on the global technology sector, based on feedback from 1,200 industry executives, investors, and government and regulatory officials across North America, Latin America, Middle East, Europe,
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has formalized its new leadership structure to further enhance client service, promote cross-regional collaboration and deliver increased efficiency. The updated model places the leaders who are responsible for regional
Freshfields announced its decision to reform its brand identity. The firm, which is one of the oldest in the world given its origins dating back to 1743, had changed its name to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2000,
Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Keith Froud and Lino Mendiola (both pictured, left and right) as the firm’s new co-chief executives, who will take office in the second quarter of 2025. Keith Froud has been
With its ruling of 28 August 2024, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturned a decision by the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) of 31 May 2022 in which the latter had found that a non-compete covenant agreed by STIHL with
Baker McKenzie advised Oldenburgische Landesbank Aktiengesellschaft (OLB) in its capacity as sole mandated lead arranger and lender on the financing of the acquisition of adlicious Group by the Dutch investor FIELDS Group. Nordic Trustee acted
The Management Board of Deutsche Bahn AG signed an agreement for the sale of its logistics subsidiary DB Schenker to the Danish transport and logistics group DSV for an enterprise value of EUR 14.3 billion. Including
Paul Hastings team in Frankfurt advised European private equity investor Bregal Unternehmerkapital on the acquisition of Communardo from, inter alia, Prom12 Capital Fund I, advised by Loyens Loeff Swiss team. The Paul Hastings team was
German online fitness operator Gymondo, since 2020 in the portfolio of private equity fund Oakley Capital, enters the Italian and Spanish markets with the acquisition of Buddyfit, company founded in 2020 by Giovanni Ciferri, Stefano Manzoni and