Deals: M&A: 22/03/2007
- Olswang has advised mobile services company iTouch's global management team on its $100m (£51m) management buy-out of iTouch Holdings from Japanese entertainment company For-side.com. Corporate partners Mark Bertram and Stephen Hermer led the team at Olswang. Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Jason Daniel advised For-side.
March 21, 2007 at 09:20 PM
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- Olswang has advised mobile services company iTouch's global management team on its $100m (£51m) management buy-out of iTouch Holdings from Japanese entertainment company For-side.com. Corporate partners Mark Bertram and Stephen Hermer led the team at Olswang. Simmons & Simmons corporate partner Jason Daniel advised For-side.
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partners James Wood (London) and Matthew Herman (New York) led a team advising MACH, the clearing and settlement partner for mobile transactions, on its merger with CB Holdings. Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson Washington corporate partner Andrew Varney advised CB Holdings.
- DLA Piper corporate partner Jonathan Watkins and finance partner Simon Woolley have advised Castle Bidco on its £715m bid for property company Crest Nicholson. The consortium comprised HBOS and financier Sir Tom Hunter. Linklaters corporate partner Mark Stamp advised Crest Nicholson. Ashurst corporate head Adrian Clark and finance partner Mark Vickers acted for Castle Bidco's financial adviser, Rothschild.
- Harbottle & Lewis has advised Virgin Group on the sale of 90% of Virgin Books to The Random House Group. The deal sees Virgin retaining a 10% stake in the company. Fladgate Fielder advised Random House with corporate partner David Robinson and intellectual property partner Eddie Powell leading the team.
- Travers Smith has advised mobile phone content provider Monstermob Group on Spanish-based LaNetro Zed's £34m acquisition of a 52% stake in Monstermob. The team at Travers was led by corporate partners Spencer Summerfield and Richard Skelton. Linklaters advised LeNetro Zed with corporate partner Stephen Blackshaw leading.
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