Speeding is one of the most common traffic offenses in the United States and is often seen as a minor infraction. However, the consequences of receiving a speeding ticket can extend far beyond annoyance and a financial penalty. Depending on the severity of the offense, the location, and the driver’s record, the repercussions can be significantly more severe. It is a scenario that has the potential to severely impact your personal, financial, and legal standing. Faced with a charge of this nature, it would be wise to use the services of someone like a Tarrant County DWI lawyer to help achieve t ..read more

Kirkland & Ellis advised The Sterling Group, an operationally focused, industrial middle market private equity firm, on the closing of Sterling Group Partners VI, LP. Fund VI exceeded its target of $2.75 billion and was significantly oversubscribed at its hard cap of $3.5 billion. The Sterling Group’s previous fund closed in June 2020 with $2.0 billion of limited partner commitments. The majority of Fund VI’s capital was committed by returning investors, in addition to several new investors that expand the firm’s Limited Partner base in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia ..read more

Kirkland & Ellis advised Vestar Capital Partners, a leading U.S. middle-market private equity firm, on the closing of a $1.2 billion single-asset continuation vehicle for its stake in Circana, a leading global advisor on the complexity of consumer behavior. Blackstone Strategic Partners and HarbourVest Partners acted as lead investors in the transaction. The post Kirkland Advises Vestar Capital Partners on $1.2 Billion Continuation Vehicle for Circana appeared first on Legal Desire Media and Insights ..read more

Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Geely Sweden Industry Investment AB, a subsidiary of China based car manufacturer and mobility provider Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (‘Geely’) on the sale of its entire stake of Class B shares in AB Volvo (‘Volvo’) in an accelerated bookbuilding on 18 April 2024. The proceeds for Geely from the transaction amount to approximately USD 1.3 billion. After completion of the placement, Geely will remain Volvo’s second-largest shareholder by holding approximately 88.5m Class A shares. Freshfields regularly advises Geely on it ..read more

Baker McKenzie advised CureVac N.V. (Nasdaq: CVAC) (“CureVac“), a global biopharmaceutical company developing transformative medicines based on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), to enter into a co-development and licensing agreement with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (“MD Anderson“) to develop novel mRNA-based cancer vaccines. The collaboration creates strong synergies between CureVac’s unique end-to-end capabilities for cancer antigen discovery, mRNA design, and manufacturing, and MD Anderson’s expertise in cancer antigen discovery and validation, translational drug devel ..read more

Dentons has advised mBank on credit facilities in the total amount of PLN 65.7 million (equivalent to €15.7 million) extended to JV partners Afcon Renewable Energy and EuroEnergy for the financing of the photovoltaic park in the Boguszyn precinct of southwestern Poland. The park consists of more than 36 thousand modules, 70 inverters and four transformer stations. It is projected to generate approximately 22 GWh of clean energy per year, enough to meet the demand of close to 11,300 homes and save the equivalent of approximately 14.800 tons of CO2 annually. Partner Piotr Nerwiński, Co-Head ..read more

Digital Bonds Ltd (the “Issuer”) issued an English law governed zero coupon digital bond, denominated in USDC, directly on the Ethereum public blockchain. The bond was fully backed by US Treasury Bills, which were purchased using the proceeds of issuance and held subject to an English law governed security deed with Ankura Trust Company, LLC as Security Agent, for the benefit of the bondholders. The transaction was arranged by PV01 Capital Markets Ltd. (“PV01”), a licenced start-up incorporated in Bermuda, with the assistance of the Hogan Lovells’ team, consisting of Head of Financial Institu ..read more

Led by Frankfurt partner Dr Christoph Naumann, global law firm Hogan Lovells advised the shareholders of Johannes Martens Spedition on the sale of their shares in the company to an acquisition company of Auctus Capital Partners and a subsequent 25 per cent re-investment. Johannes Martens GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 1945 by the shareholders’ grandfather Johannes Martens and is a forwarding company specialising in the transport of mineral oils and gases. Its customers range from global oil companies to manufacturers of technical gases and medium-sized industrial companies. With over 200 em ..read more

As part of the transaction, BC Partners’ advised funds will reinvest in Aenova alongside Kühne Holding AG and continue to support the company as a minority shareholder. Aenova Group, headquartered in Starnberg near Munich, Germany, is a leading global contract manufacturer and development service provider for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. With approximately 4,000 employees in 14 manufacturing sites worldwide, the company is a one-stop service provider for the development, manufacturing, and packaging of drug products for pharma companies around the globe. The post Kirkland Advise ..read more

Latham & Watkins has advised IVS Partecipazioni, the majority shareholder of IVS Group, on the signed agreement by E-Coffee Solutions, a company controlled by Luigi Lavazza and IVS Partecipazioni, for the voluntary cash tender offer for all the shares of IVS Group. The tender offer is aimed at delisting IVS Group. The offer price is set at €7.15 per share. As a result of the deal IVS Partecipazioni will maintain control of IVS Group. The parties have also signed shareholder agreements and option contracts that will allow Lavazza to acquire the entire share capital of IVS Group starting fro ..read more