Today, Eurand N.V. and Axcan Holdings, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Axcan will acquire all outstanding shares of Eurand for $12.00 per share in cash, or approximately $583 million. Eurand is a global specialty pharmaceutical company and Axcan is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders.

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Goodwin Procter advised client JMI Equity, a growth equity firm that invests in leading software, internet, business services and healthcare IT companies, in the closing of JMI Equity Fund VII, L.P., an $875 million fund.

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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in a registered follow-on offering of 4,896,748 shares of common stock of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss”), which includes the shares that were issued and sold pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised by the underwriters, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $124 million.

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Hogan Lovells has advised DouglasBay Capital plc and management sellers on the sale of Laxey Logistics Limited which owns the TDG Group for £196.5m on a cash and debt free basis as at 30 June 2010.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft and ING Bank N.V. in connection with the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in GHD GesundHeits GmbH Deutschland by the Swedish-British private equity firm IK Investment Partners (formerly known as Industri Kapital) from Barclays Private Equity.

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence to the medical, nursing, allied health and pharmacy industries, on its definitive agreement to acquire Pharmacy OneSource, Inc., a leading healthcare Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider.

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Shearman & Sterling is representing Danone in its pending acquisition of YoCream International, Inc., the leading producer of frozen yogurt in the United States. The aggregate purchase price for all of YoCream is US$103 million, which is subject to adjustment. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions and is expected to be completed by the end of 2010.

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DLA Piper advised Leroy Merlin, one of the largest European DIY retail networks, on the acquisition of Bricolage Ukraine LLC, a Ukrainian company owning a trade center in Kyiv, located at ul. Polyarnaya 17-A, where the first Leroy Merlin DIY store in Ukraine has opened.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Istrabenz d.d., a financial holding company based in Slovenia, on its €382 million sale of Ljubljana based Droga Kolinska d.d., a Southeastern European food and beverage company, to Atlantic Grupa, a Croatian food and healthcare company.

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Clifford Chance has today announced its intention to extend further its business in the dynamic Turkish market and across South Eastern Europe with the opening of an office in Istanbul.  The office will operate in cooperation with Yegin Legal Consultancy (YLC), Clifford Chance’s well-respected associate Turkish law firm, headed by Mete Yegin.  London-based Finance partner, Simon Williams will lead the Firm’s practice in Turkey.

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