Noerr has accompanied Italian DiaSorin on the German-law aspects of the acquisition of the international micro-titre based ELISA immunodiagnostic business portfolio from Siemens Healthineers and affiliated companies (Siemens Healthineers). The publicly listed medical diagnostics specialist was advised by a team headed by Hamburg partners Björn Paulsen and Dr Stephan Schulz.

Ardian, the independent private investment company, has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with UniCredit for the acquisition of a EUR300 million portfolio of limited partnership interests in European infrastructure private equity funds. Closing of the transaction is expected in Q3 2017 subject to the approval and rules of the

I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager, has signed an agreement, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, to acquire a 100 per cent interest in Hutchison Global Communications Investment Holding Limited (HGC) from Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH) for approximately HKD14.5 billion. The transaction is