. DLA Piper advised UK-based property investment company Active Asset Investment Management on its £180m acquisition of UK-based hotel operator Menzies Hotels Group alongside investment house R20. DLA London corporate partner Sean Scanlon ( pictured) led the team. Kirkland & Ellis advised R20. Eversheds Nottingham-based corporate partner Crispin Bridges Webb advised the sellers’ UK investment company Nikko Principal Investments.
. Ashurst energy partner Jan Sanders advised distribution group Diploma in relation to Diploma Holdings’ acquisition of £6m worth of shares in environmental monitoring equipment company CBISS. Turner Parkinson acted for the seller.
