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Stuttgart, 29.11.2024 – Société LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul), a French producer of convenience food, has acquired European Convenience Food GmbH, a company with high-quality frozen food products for the German foodservice sector with a strategic focus on vegetarian products. Following the transaction, the management of the ECF Group will remain a minority shareholder.A CMS team led by partner Dr Barbara Wössner advised Société LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul) on the legal aspects of the due diligence and the negotiation of the purchase agreement. This transaction marks the entry of Société LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul) into the German market. CMS was instructed for the first time and worked closely with Altios, France, on the transaction for Société LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul). LDC (Lambert Dodard Chancereul), which is listed on the Paris stock exchange, generated a turnover of 6.2 billion euros in the 2023/24 financial year. The company's brands include Loué, Le Gaulois, Maître CoQ, Doux, Marie, Traditions d'Asie, Drosed and Nature et Respect. CMS Germany Dr Barbara Wössner, Lead Partner Dr Kai Wallisch, Partner Isabell Peglow, Senior As­so­ci­ate Mil­itsa Decheva Petrova, Senior As­so­ci­ate  Al­ex­an­der Seitz, Associate (all Corporate/M&A) Dr André Lippert, Partner, Public Dr Andreas Heim, Partner Dr Saskia Köppen, Senior Associate Martin Maurer, Senior Associate (all Commercial) Dr Boris Alles, Partner Jonas Hötzel, Senior Associate Lisa Hermann, Associate (all Employment) Dr Marc Seibold, Partner Anne Waßmuth, Counsel Carla Kaeber, Associate (all Finance) Dr Martin Mohr, Partner, Tax Dr Michael Kraus, Partner Martin Kilgus, Counsel Henry Vetter, Associate (all TMC) Dr Rolf Hempel, Partner Martin Cholewa, Counsel Elisa Götz, Associate (all Antitrust, Competition & Trade) Dr Stefan Voß, Part­ner  Hen­rike Heusmann, Associate (both Real Estate) Thomas Fröhlich, Counsel Lisa Dietrich, Senior Associate (both IP) Birgit Wagner, Legal Manager Lisa Mattmann, Senior Legal Specialist (both Smart Operations)Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

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