Charles Russell acted for recruitment company Select Appointments on its recent £1.15bn takeover by Dutch employment group Vedior. The deal is the firm’s biggest and will create the world’s third-largest employment group. Corporate partner Simon Gilbert led the deal. Mayer Brown & Platt, led by corporate partners Rich Cole and Mark Uhrynuk, advised on US aspects. Vedior was advised by corporate partners Cindy Cook and Ian Powell from Allen & Overy. (See back page.)
Bird & Bird acted for global networks solutions provider, Madge.connect, on its £9.4m acquisition of Token Ring, makers of hardware and software to connect networks, from network IT manufacturer Olicom. Corporate partner Neil Blundell led the team. IT partner Ole Horsfelbt from Danish law firm Bech-Bruun & Trolle Advokatfirma advised Olicom.
