Multi-national BDO Team advises INTOCAST Group on the acquisition of European production facilities
Multi-national BDO Team advises INTOCAST Group on the acquisition of European production facilities
The facilities were sold by formerly Austrian RHI Group (facilities in Italy and Spain) and Brazilian Magnesita Refratários S.A. (Oberhausen). The divestment of the entire Dolomite and Magnesita business within the European Economic Area had been requested by the EU Commission as a precondition for its approval to the combination of RHI AG and Magnesita Refratários S.A..
The BDO Legal team advised comprehensively on the acquisition of the dolomite plants Marone and Lugones: Due Diligence, contract negotiation, merger control). As far as the acquisition of the magnesita plant in Oberhausen is concerned, BDO Legal rendered legal advice only on merger control aspects whereas INTOCAST otherwise relied on a team of Munich boutique Rayermann Dittmeier led by Dr. Marcus Rayermann.
Local law advice was rendered by BDO Legal in Italy and Spain, with the German team coordinating the overall efforts. Issues of Austrian law were dealt with by Dr. Max Becker (BECKER GÜNTHER POLSTER REGNER Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna).
Besides legal topics, based on a long-standing relationship BDO advised INTOCAST also on aspects of Corporate Finance and Tax.
Dr. Martin Schulte, leading BDO Partner, emphasizes: „In this transaction BDO once again was able to offer not only multi-disciplinary but also multi-national service as a one-stop-shop. This is seamless service at its best! Especially the mid-tier and increasingly also larger corporates appreciate this BDO offering of a complete and customer-focused approach in M&A.”
Advisors BDO:
BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft:
Jan Odewald (Corporate Finance/Düsseldorf), Christian Winkler (Audit and Assurance/Düsseldorf), with support from BDO further colleagues in Germany, Italy and Spain as to issues of Corporate Finance and Tax.
BDO Legal Germany:
Dr. Martin Schulte (lead, Corporate/Cologne), Xaver Hausner (Corporate/Cologne), Horst Henschen (Competiton/Frankfurt)
Legal Italy:
Giuseppe Carteni (Corporate/Milano), Marcello Moreo (Corporate/ Milano), Francesco Chiari (Public Law/ Milano), Massimo Mocchetti (Employment/ Milano)
Legal Spain:
Adolfo Soria (Corporate/Barcelona), Miguel Pelayo (Corporate/Barcelona), Mariano Nunez-Samper (Corporate/Barcelona), u.a.