Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Patrick Gaynor advised UK telecoms network operator Thus Group on its £51m acquisition of business communication provider Your Communications. Slaughter and May corporate finance partner Peter Brien acted for Your Communications.
Field Fisher Waterhouse has advised European transport group Arriva on the £129m disposal of its rental division, Arriva Vehicle Rental. Corporate partner Nigel Taylor led the team that advised on the firm’s first purely corporate deal for Arriva. Dickinson Dees company and commercial partner Nigel Bellis advised the acquirer, Northgate.
