Literacy Capital plc (“Literacy”) and the management shareholders of Tyrefix, the UK’s top supplier of plant tyre maintenance and replacement services, have received advice from Hogan Lovells about Tyrefix’s sale to Citira AB, a Nordic tyre management company supported by Norvestor.

The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited has received advice from Mayer Brown on the completion of a £213 million bulk purchase annuity transaction (“BPA”) with the Oxford Instruments Pension Scheme Trustee.

In a final deal to sell its portfolio business AgBiTech, which focuses on biological pest control solutions, to BASF Agricultural Solutions, Akin counseled Paine Schwartz Partners, the biggest private equity firm devoted to sustainable food chain investing.

For $290 million in cash, ASGN, a top supplier of professional solutions and IT services, agreed to buy Quinnox, a developer of cutting-edge digital technology and application solutions.

Eurazeo Infrastructure Partners (EIP) has received advice from Norton Rose Fulbright about an investment in Terralayr AG, a battery storage company. Together with the current investors, EIP will give Terralayr up to EUR 192 million in growth capital so that it can continue to expand its battery storage system portfolio throughout the DACH region.

In a case brought by a radio broadcaster who claimed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT program had defamed him by making up accusations and a fictitious lawsuit against him, Gibson Dunn successfully represented OpenAI.

With great pleasure, Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (CSG Law) welcomes Counsel Sarah Heba-Escobar to the Litigation Group.

Leading intellectual property and technology attorney Nidya Kalangie joined HHP Law Firm (HHP)* as a Partner on January 12, 2026, strengthening the firm’s expertise in this field.

Guiping Lu joins K&L Gates’ Hong Kong office as a capital markets partner. Lu, who was a partner at K&L Gates from 2019 to 2021, has returned to the firm from Mayer Brown’s Hong Kong office with attorney April Liu.

Peter Brabant has joined K&L Gates as a partner in the practice area of litigation and dispute resolution. He leaves Charles Russell Speechlys to join the company’s Sydney office.