Webasto Roof & Components SE, a global automotive supplier based in Stockdorf near Munich, has indirectly acquired all the shares in Carlex Glass Luxembourg S.A. by purchasing all the shares in ACR II Glass Holding B.V. Carlex Glass manufactures standard and advanced glass products for vehicles. The acquisition will enable Webasto to drive forward technologies such as smart glass roofs and windscreens. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities.
An international CMS team headed by Cologne-based partner Klauss Jäger advised Webasto on all legal aspects of the transaction. The legal advice on this cross-border deal involved a number of different jurisdictions and included the preparation and negotiation of the share purchase agreement, along with various ancillary agreements, and support for antitrust proceedings as well as legal due diligence.
CMS Germany
Klaus Jäger, Lead Partner, Cologne
Matthias Engelen, Counsel, Cologne, both Corporate/M&A
Dr Dirk Smielick, Principal Counsel, Cologne
Dr Thomas Hirse, Partner, Düsseldorf, both Intellectual Property
Dr Sebastian Cording, Partner, Hamburg
Dr Julian Lutzebäck, Associate, Hamburg, both TMC
Philipp Rohdenburg, Senior Associate, Cologne, Commercial
Dr Björn Herbers, Partner, Brussels
Kai Neuhaus, Partner, Brussels
Moritz Pottek, Senior Associate, Brussels, all Competition & EU
CMS Luxembourg
Gérard Maitrejean, Partner, Luxembourg
Miruna Poenaru, Senior Associate, Luxembourg
Angélique Equether, Managing Associate, Luxembourg
Cédric Dvoratchek, Managing Associate, Luxembourg, all Corporate/M&A
Vivian Walry, Partner, Luxembourg
Charlotte Demeuldre, Senior Associate, Luxembourg
Rossana Tsenova, Managing Associate, Luxembourg, all Financing
Antoine Reillier, Senior Counsel, Luxembourg
Hugo Arellano, Senior Counsel, Luxembourg
Leslie Ledrich, Managing Associate, Luxembourg
Pierre-Emmanuel Roux, Managing Associate, all Employment
CMS Netherlands
Erik Vorst, Partner, Amsterdam, Corporate/M&A
CMS Hungary
Szabolcs Szendrő, Partner, Budapest, Competition & EU
CMS Austria
Dieter Zandler, Partner, Vienna
Vanessa Horaceck, Associate, Vienna, both Competition & EU
USA – Miller & Martin
Joe DeLisle
Michael Marshall
USA – Faegre Drinker
Jeff Eichen
