Yesterday, our client, NYSE Euronext announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to acquire Metabit, a leading Tokyo-based provider of high performance market access products throughout Japan and Asia. We were pleased to be the exclusive strategic and financial advisor to NYSE Euronext on a transaction that helps advance their strategy in Asia and adds technical capability to their service. For more information, the NYSE Euronext Press Release can be viewed here.
Some of our other recent cross-border transactions in this same arena include: advising Subserveo (Vancouver, Canada) on its sale to DST Systems, Inc; advising Qatar Insurance Services (Doha, Qatar) on its acquisition of RI3K (London, United Kingdom); advising Brussels-based SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) on its acquisition of the Ambit Messaging Hub business from SunGard; advising SMARTS Group (Sydney, Australia) on its sale to NASDAQ OMX; and advising Deutsche Börse on its sale of its majority interest in Avox (Wrexham, United Kingdom) to DTCC.