Materials

Partners in our multi-disciplinary materials sector group are drawn from across the globe and provide legal advice which is enhanced by our focus on the agri-business, forestry, paper & pulp, container & packaging, industrial chemicals and metals industries.

By sharing experience and know-how between industries and regions, we ensure that we are alive to the current and future issues our clients may face.

Examples of our work include advising on:

substantial M&A mandates (domestic and cross-border)
anti-trust issues arising on M&A matters and on business activities generally
project financing of new sites and facilities
capital markets transactions
environmental and compliance issues
emissions trading.

Client experience

KUKA Aktiengesellschaft, Augsburg, Germany, on the public takeover offer made by MECCA International (BVI) Limited, a subsidiary of Midea Group Co., Ltd., for all shares in KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
Cinven on sale of Germany-based CeramTec GmbH, a world-leading manufacturer of high-performance ceramics, to an investor consortium led by BC Partners and including Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Chinalco Capital Holdings Limited on the issue of USD$500 million 4.25% guaranteed bonds due 2022, unconditionally and irrevocable guaranteed by Aluminum Corporation of China