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CMS advises Plastic Omnium on establishment of Joint Venture with ElringKlinger

02/11/2020

Dusseldorf/Vienna - In order to drive forward the development of hydrogen mobility, the two automotive suppliers ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium will create a joint venture for the development and large-scale production of fuel cell stacks for CO2-neutral mobility. ElringKlinger will contribute its fuel cell business and expertise. Plastic Omnium will invest around EUR 100 million for accelerating innovation, expanding the commercial pipeline and increasing production capacities. ElringKlinger will hold a 60% and Plastic Omnium will hold a 40% interest in EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies, which is to be newly established. In addition, Plastic Omnium acquires ElringKlinger’s Austrian subsidiary (ElringKlinger Fuelcell Systems Austria), specialized in integrated hydrogen systems, for around EUR 15 million. The entire transaction is still subject to official approvals. 

An international CMS team led by partners Dr Dirk Jannott and Dr Alexander Rakosi as well as lead senior associate Artur Baron provided comprehensive legal and tax advice to Plastic Omnium on the complex transaction. 

The Plastic Omnium Group, based in France, is a company specialised in the automotive industry, focusing on more connected and sustainable mobility. According to its own information, Plastic Omnium operates 131 plants and employs around 31,000 people. 

The ElringKlinger Group, based in Dettingen (Baden-Württemberg), is an independent supplier to the automotive industry. According to the company's own figures, it employs around 10,000 people at 45 sites worldwide. 

CMS Germany 

Dr Dirk Jannott, Lead Partner
Artur Baron, Lead Senior Associate
Katharina Franitza, Counsel, all Corporate/M&A
Prof Dr Angelika Thies, Partner
Dr Andreas Gerten, Counsel
Finn Fechner, Associate, all Tax
Markus Deck, Partner
Dr Dirk Smielick, Counsel
Sven Krause, Senior Associate
Robert Steiniger, Associate, all Intellectual Property
Dr Tobias Bomsdorf, Partner
Dr Dominik Seehawer, Counsel
Dr Berrit Roth-Mingram, Senior Associate, all Commercial Law
Dr Gerlind Wisskirchen, Partner
Dr Anja Schöder, Counsel
Inka Müller-Seubert, Senior Associate, all Labor, Employment & Pensions
Christoff Henrik Soltau, Partner
Kai Neuhaus, Partner
Dr Denis Schlimpert, all Competition & EU
Philippe Heinzke, Counsel, IT/Data Protection
Birgit Wagner, Senior Legal Consultant
Dr Christian Scherer, Partner
Philipp Schönnenbeck, Partner
Dr Christoph Grenz, Counsel, 
Dr Yves Steingrüber, Associate, all Real Estate & Public

CMS Austria

Dr Alexander Rakosi, Lead Partner
Georg Gutfleisch, Senior Associate
Marco Selenic, Associate
Sanela Fürstenberg, all Corporate/M&A
Dr Dieter Zandler, Partner, Competition
Dr Sibylle Novak, Partner, Tax

CMS France

François Hellio, Partner, Tax

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