Willkie advises 3i Group plc on its sale of Weener Plastics

EQS-Media / 25.07.2024 / 11:57 CET/CEST

Willkie advises 3i Group plc on its sale of Weener Plastics

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP advised 3i Group plc ("3i") on its sale of its investment in Weener Plastics ("Weener"), for an enterprise value of EUR 838 million to Silgan Holdings Inc ("Silgan").

Headquartered in Ede, The Netherlands, Weener employs more than 4,000 people and has 23 facilities in 15 countries worldwide. The company is a full-service global supplier of innovative plastic packaging solutions, with a strong focus on the functionalities of dispensing, containing and closing. Weener designs, develops and manufactures added-value caps, closures, roll-ons, jars and bottles for the personal care, food, home care and healthcare industries.

The transaction is expected to complete in Q4 2024 and is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

Willkie advised on all aspects of the transaction.

Transaction Advisors

The Willkie team was led by partners Georg Linde (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt) and Dr. Axel Wahl (Corporate/M&A, Munich), and included partners Dr. Jasmin Dettmar (Finance, Frankfurt), Dr. Patrick Meiisel, Dr. Bettina Bokeloh (Tax, both Frankfurt), Dr. Richard Roeder (Compliance, Munich) and Philip Girardet (Antitrust & Competition, London), counsel Sebastian Brenner (Corporate/M&A), Martin Waśkowski (Labor & Employment Law) and Johannes Schmidt (Litigation, all Frankfurt) and associates Dr. Christina Papadimitriou-Kowalczyk, Leota Walter, Nicolas Kersten, Jonas Volk, (Corporate/M&A), Aurel Hille (Antitrust & Competition), Martin Reichert (Finance), Marcel Seemaier (Tax), Christian Herzig Roldán (Corporate/Capital Markets), Dr. Maximilian Schlutz (Compliance, all Frankfurt), Dr. Maximilian Schatz, (Corporate/M&A), Laurin Havlik (Compliance, all Munich) and Friederike Hammwöhner (Antitrust & Competition, Brussels).

Further Consultants

KNPZ Rechtsanwälte (Hamburg, Germany): Dr. Kai-Uwe Plath (Partner), Dr. Enno ter Hazeborg (Senior Associate)
Houthoff (Amsterdam/Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Kyoko Tollenaar, Bram Caudri (both Partner), Ivar Brouwer (Senior Associate)

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Munich / Frankfurt am Main, July 24, 2024

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