Freshfields has advised DHL Group. The DHL Group has announced a major modernisation of its corporate structure, with the listed parent company, formerly Deutsche Post AG,...
DHL Group Implements Modernised Corporate Structure
UPM and Sappi Form €1.42bn Graphic Paper Joint Venture
Freshfields has advised UPM-Kymmene Corporation. UPM-Kymmene Corporation and Sappi Limited have entered into definitive agreements to form a non-listed, independent 50/50 joint venture focused on graphic...
Vienna Insurance Group Launches €1.382 Billion Public Takeover Offer for NÜRNBERGER
Freshfields has advised Vienna Insurance Group AG (VIG) on the public takeover offer for NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG. Vienna Insurance Group AG (VIG) has announced the signing of...
BASF Sells Coatings Business Stake in €7.7 Billion Deal with Carlyle and QIA
Freshfields has advised BASF. Milbank and Latham & Watkins have advised Carlyle. BASF has entered into a binding agreement to sell its automotive OEM coatings, automotive...
AURELIUS Acquires International Smart Metering Business of Xylem Inc.
Freshfields has advised AURELIUS on the transaction. AURELIUS Private Equity Mid-Market Buyout has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Xylem Inc.’s water and heat metering...
Regent Acquires ContiTech’s Original Equipment Solutions Business Unit from Continental
Taylor Wessing has advised Regent. Freshfields has advised Continental and its group sector ContiTech. Regent has entered into an agreement to acquire the Original Equipment Solutions...
TRATON Implements Group-Wide R&D Reorganisation Covering Multiple Brands
Freshfields has advised TRATON SE on the establishment of a joint Group R&D organisation integrating R&D operations across its brands. TRATON SE has completed a significant...
VEDRA Pensions Acquires Pension Obligations from OWH SE in Liquidation
Freshfields has advised VEDRA Pensions GmbH. BDO Legal and Noerr have advised OWH SE i. L. VEDRA Pensions GmbH has assumed the pension obligations of OWH...
SMS Group Acquires Metso’s Agglomeration and Calcination Technologies Business
Freshfields has advised SMS group. SMS group has acquired the agglomeration and calcination technologies business from Metso, a listed Finnish technology company. The deal underscores SMS...
Allianz, BlackRock and T&D Holdings’ Acquisition of Viridium
Freshfields advised Cinven on the sale of Viridium Group. Sullivan & Cromwell advised Viridium Group. Hogan Lovells advised Hannover Ruck. A&O Shearman has advised the lenders....
Asahi Group Foods’ Acquisition Of Leiber
Linklaters advised Asahi Group Foods; Freshfields advised the shareholders of Leiber. Asahi Group Foods, Ltd., a subsidiary of Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., acquired 100% of the...
Teleflex’s Acquisition Teleflex’s $791 Million Acquisition Of VI Business From BIOTRONIK GroupVascular Intervention Business of BIOTRONIK
Freshfields and Homburger advised BIOTRONIK on the deal. BIOTRONIK Group, a leading global medical technology company based in Berlin, Germany, has entered into an agreement to...