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17 December 2020
Deals | EU | France | M&A
Gide advises the Austrian international technology leader Group Andritz, on the signing of an agreement for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Laroche group companies, i.e. LM Industries, Laroche SA and Miltec SA.
Laroche is based in Cours, France and is a leading supplier of fiber processing technologies.
Closing of the transaction, which is subject to approval by the Andritz Supervisory Board, is expected at the beginning of 2021.
Andritz is now able to offer the complete supply and value chain, from the raw material, to opening and blending, web forming, bonding, finishing, drying, and converting.
Gide's team comprises partner Jean-Gabriel Flandrois, senior associate Ghizlen Sari-Ali and associate Elisa Domingues on M&A / Corporate aspects; partner Jean-Nicolas Clément and senior associate Laure Dufour on environmental aspects; partner Jean-François Levraud and associate Capucine Pélissié on real estate aspects; partner Magali Buchert on tax aspects; partner David Jonin and senior associate Bénédicte Perrier-Walckenaer on employment law aspects; partner Franck Audran and associate Margaux Glinkowski on competition aspects; counsel Charles-Eric Delamare Deboutteville on insurance law aspects; and partner Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry and senior associate Adélaïde de Laguiche on intellectual property aspects.
Viajuris advises the sellers of the Laroche group.
