Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel S.A. signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Equipment Finance and Receivable Finance businesses in France and Germany from General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) on December 3, 2015. On June 15, 2016, the deal was approved from European Commission. The transaction is subject to approval of regulatory and anti-trust authorities. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Barclays Capital Inc. acted as financial advisors to General Electric. Adam Bogdanor, Finella Hartono, Neal Todd, Gary Richards, James Hamon and Mimi Curran of Berwin Leighton Paisner, LLP and De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and Gleiss Lutz acted as the legal advisors to Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel S.A. Frances Murphy, Michael Corbett, Nicholas Pacheco, Louise Campbell, Anant Prakash, Shawn Carrington, Richard Batstone, Mike Lane, Emma Game, Sarah Osprey, John Nevin, Oliver Moir, Rob Sumroy, Duncan Blaikie, Emma Haywood, Claire Jeffs, Rosy Cheetham, Charles Cameron and Katie Lewis of Slaughter and May acted as the legal advisors to General Electric Company. Kate Romain of Bredin Prat & Associes, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance France acted as the legal advisors and Wolfgang Meyer-Sparenberg and Maximilian Schiessl of Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB acted as the legal advisors to General Electric Company. Francois Henrot and Georges Amatouryof Rothschild acted as financial advisors for Crédit Mutuel. Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel S.A. completed the acquisition of acquire Equipment Finance and Receivable Finance businesses in France and Germany from General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) on July 20, 2016.