IXAfrica Data Centre Limited is a leading developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in East Africa and our firm has advised them on the complex $50 million growth capital investment into the Company by Helios Investment Partners (acting on behalf of funds it advises), to accelerate the development of IXAfrica’s Nairobi campus. The Preiskel…
Preiskel & Co’s latest Technology M&A Global Practice Guide published by Chambers covering key market trends and legal developments is now available to view online: Technology M&A 2023 – UK | Global Practice Guides | Chambers and Partners
The first shareholder class action claim to be brought before the English courts, Sharp v Blank [2019] EWHC 3078 (Ch) has been dismissed from the High Court of Justice Chancery Division. The claim, which is on behalf of over 5,000 Lloyds shareholders, is against Lloyds and five former directors. It relates to Lloyds’ 2008 acquisition…
Comparaencasa is a holding company incorporated in England, which has its main subsidiary in Argentina, whose main objective is the comparison and sale of products on the Internet (through a site owned by the company), focused mainly on the insurance market and in the sale, marketing, advertising and brokerage of insurance policies. Preiskel & Co…
In January, the US neighborhood social network Nextdoor agreed to take over business of the British counterpart Streetlife, which has approximately 1.2 million registered users in the UK. Nextdoor, a start-up based in silicon Valley, has recently entered the UK market and raised about $210 million from investors, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezo’s venture capital…
Daniel Preiskel led the firm’s corporate team that successfully advised US iGEM on the acquisition of leading international data MVNO, Voiamo and its sub-brand GlobalGig as reported in Yahoo Finance at: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/igem-acquires-globalgig-voiamo-130500865.html Yahoo News reports that “Under the terms of the agreement, the acquisition includes the core assets of the Globalgig business, including the Mobile…
Preiskel & Co advises global private investment company CoBe Capital on the acquisition of Sandvik’s Mining Systems Operations Preiskel & Co (together with German firm Heuking) advised global private investment company CoBe Capital on various aspects of the acquisition of the divested Mining Systems operations of publicly listed company Sandvik. The agreement was announced…
