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Kika/Leiner property assets in Austria acquired by the Signa Group

31st October 2018
The SIGNA Group has submitted a purchase offer for the furniture chain kika/Leiner to the Steinhoff Group. This bid includes both the operational commercial business, with its some 5,500 employees, as well as the approximately 70 real estate locations in Austria and CEE, and means an Austrian solution for the company. Steinhoff has accepted the […]
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Migros Ticaret A.S. merges with Kipa Ticaret A.S.

31st October 2018
Migros Ticaret A.Ş. ("Migros"), which has previously acquired shares of Kipa Ticaret A.Ş. ("Kipa") from Tesco Overseas Investments Limited on 1 March 2017, has now merged Kipa under Migros as of 31 August 2018, upon approval of the Capital Markets Board on 19 July 2018. Paksoy is pleased to announce that Sera Somay (Partner), Ökkeş […]
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IFC grants credit to Agrotec

31st October 2018
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an entity of the World Bank, granted a loan of USD 25 million to Agrotec SA, to help support the Paraguayan agricultural services company. Agrotec is one of Paraguay’s leading agronomy services and is a subsidiary of the Agrihold Group, which was established in 1969 and today operates at both […]
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PSP invests USD 140 million to Fondo Inmobiliario Colombia

31st October 2018
The Canadian Public Sector Pension (PSP) Investment Board finalised their $140 Million investment in the private equity entity Fondo Inmobiliario Colombia - a real estate company subsidiary to Bancolombia. PSP Investments is a government owned pension fund management firm and is the largest pension fund in Canada, present in over 100 countries. It invests in […]
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Alcuin invests in On The Go Tours

31st October 2018
Alcuin Capital Partners announced its investment in On The Go Tours. Established in 2000 with offices in London, Brisbane and Johannesburg, as well as a presence in New Zealand, Canada and the US, On The Go Tours is a global escorted tour operator in the experiential travel market offering over 1,000 tours across 65 destinations. […]
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Lunaphore Closes CHF5.3M

31st October 2018
Lunaphore Technologies, a Switzerland-based medtech firm is developing innovative next-generation devices for cancer tissue diagnostics; they recently closed a CHF 5.3M Series B funding in August 2018, which will enable the CE marking of their products, and support Lunaphore’s product launch in the future. According to Start-up Ticker, Lunaphore’s CEO, Ata Tuna Ciftlik, said: “Following […]
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Litigation Explained: Wrongful Deaths in Prison

31st October 2018
Suicide is the second common cause of death in jails and prisons. The suicide rate, number of suicides per 100,000 inmates, is substantially higher among prisoners compared to general population, with the rate in jails far exceeding the prison rates. Anasseril E. Daniel shares: “As the mandatory medical and mental health treatment have become common […]
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Fish Where the Fish Are: Do Law Firms Need to Market Themselves Differently?

31st October 2018
Law firms are having to work much harder to stand out – not only in the eyes of consumers, but also when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. After years of stagnation, acquisitions and mergers are back on the cards, as firms look to expand their portfolio of service. Consumers are shopping for legal […]
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Lutech acquires ICTeam

31st October 2018
A new step for Lutech Group that they successfully completed the acquisition of the majority of the share capital of CST Tech Srl, a company operating in services and IT solutions for the financial services market since 1990. The group thus increases the its staff, made up of over 1600 people working on 12 companies. […]
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To Sign or Not to Sign: Pre and Post Nuptials for HNWIs

31st October 2018
Every person facing divorce has something in common.  A journey.  A journey chosen by them or chosen for them.  Stuart K. Skok, Owner and Principal of Stuart Skok Law LLC, a matrimonial and family law firm in Maryland, shares: “People think that they have little control over the divorce process. This is not true.  Everything […]
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