Herbert Smith corporate partner Stephen Hancock and Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry corporate partner Jakob Hoehn advised Associated British Foods on its £171m acquisition of the food and beverage business of Novatis, advised by Shearman & Sterling M&A partner Bonnie Greaves.

Linklaters corporate partner Jeremy Parr advised UK-based retail company Dixons Group on its £285m acquisition of a further 71.37% in the Italy-based UniEuro. This deal takes Dixons’ stake in UniEuro to 95.71%. Armando Ambrosio of NCTM Studio Legale advised UniEuro.