Hogan Lovells has advised institutional clients of La Salle Investment Management (LIM) on the acquisition of, and a £50m capital investment in, The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE)’s main site at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.

Hogan Lovells US LLP has advised on the sale of Danvers Bancorp, Inc. (Danvers), a Massachusetts-based holding company with approximately $2.6 billion in assets, to People’s United Financial, Inc. (People’s), the holding company for People’s United Bank.

Clifford Chance represented the bondholders of Elektrim S.A. (EUR 500 m eurobonds) in Poland in a prominent dispute before the commercial, bankruptcy and arbitration courts. The case was closely related to the end of the dispute concerning ownership of shares in Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, between Elektrim, Vivendi and Deutsche Telekom.

Simmons & Simmons has advised Refresco Group B.V. on the acquisition of the entire share capital of Spumador S.p.A.,the largest producer of private label carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and mineral water in Italy, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to complete in the next few months.

A team from leading UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has acted for Leeds based Callcredit Information Group on its acquisition of data provider The Trading Floor.

Today, Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE), a global healthcare products supplier, announced that it would acquire nearly all of the assets of Paddock Laboratories, Inc. for $540 million in cash. Pending regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close at the end of the fourth quarter. Morgan Lewis represented Perrigo on the transaction.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Progressive Logistics Services LLC in its recapitalization by an affiliate of private equity investment firm H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C.

Shearman & Sterling represented WebMD Health Corp. in connection with its Rule 144A offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.50% Convertible Notes due 2018 (including $50 million aggregate principal amount of notes pursuant to the exercise in full of the initial purchaser’s over-allotment option). WebMD (Nasdaq: WBMD) is the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers, and health plans through its public and private online portals, mobile platforms and health-focused publications. In connection with the offering, WebMD repurchased 1,920,490 shares of its common stock at a price of $52.07 per share and intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

Fenwick & West LLP represented Qik, Inc., a provider of mobile video software and services that enable individuals to capture, instantly share and preserve great moments on video, in its recently announced acquisition by Skype, a communications platform provider based in Luxembourg. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in January 2011, were not disclosed.