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Acquisitions
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DuetsBlog
Is the Taste as Sweet?
–James Mahoney, Razor’s Edge Communications An upscale little bistro/bakery with two Boston-area locations serves terrific pastries and lunches. The ambiance is delightful, the service is good; and the waitstaff nicely…
China Law Insight
KWM advises Kingenta Ecologial Engineering on the acquisition of COMPO Consumer
By King & Wood
By King & Wood Mallesons King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Chinese Kingenta Ecological Engineering Co., Ltd. (Kingenta) on its acquisition of COMPO Consumer from financial investor Triton. Following…
China Law Insight
金杜助力金正大收购世界知名肥料企业德国康朴园艺
By King & Wood
作者：金杜律师事务所 2016年4月7日，金杜律师事务所专业法律团队为金正大生态工程集团股份有限公司（简称“金正大”）提供服务，助其成功收购原属于金融投资者Triton旗下的德国康朴公司园艺业务。 这项交易是继去年Triton出售康朴Expert业务之后的又一个康朴业务部门售出项目。康朴园艺主要经营业务为制造及销售肥料、杀虫剂和盆栽土壤领域，其在欧洲诸多国家业绩出色，尤其是在德国和法国。该交易在中国的注册仍在进行中，预计将于2016年第三季度初完成。 金正大是中国植物肥料和水溶产品制造商的领导企业，主要业务包括开发、制造和销售化学肥料。金正大的员工超过8000人，2015年实现销售收入177亿元人民币，净利润达11.2亿元人民币。其核心业务主要集中于包括复合肥、缓控释肥、水溶肥及其它新型肥料在内的特殊化肥产品。金正大于深圳证券交易所上市，总部位于山东省临沂市。2016年初，金正大收购荷兰Ekompany Agro BV公司。 总部位于德国明斯特，康朴园艺是欧洲园艺盆栽土壤、肥料及植保产品的市场领导者。公司员工超过600人，业务横跨欧洲15个不同地区，销售额超过2.5亿欧元。自2011年3月开始，康朴公司成为金融投资者Triton的投资组合公司之一。 该交易由金杜北京办公室合伙人徐萍律师，法兰福克办公室合伙人Christian Cornett和法律顾问Sandra Link共同主导，同时，北京、德国、巴黎和卢森堡的金杜跨境法律服务团队与欧洲及中国团队紧密合作。 徐萍律师表示：“很高兴有机会协助金正大集团完成其海外收购项目。随着中国企业‘走出去’投资的明显增势，金杜中国公司并购团队携手其他区域团队为越来越多的客户提供‘一站式’的法律服务。在这个过程中，我们的客户也明显地体会到我们植根中国连接全球的优势和国际一流的执业水平。” Christian Cornett表示： “本次跨境交易再次证明了金杜全球团队的合作能力，彰显了我们在中国境外投资领域的业务实力。我们非常高兴能够帮助金正大将自己的商业足迹拓展到欧洲。”
Hunton Retail Law Resource
This Week In: Retail Mergers
By Amanda L. Wait, Andrew W. Eklund
The trend of consumer products brand acquisitions that we identified in Looking Ahead: Retail Antitrust Enforcement in 2016 continued this week with announcements of three separate acquisitions.
Global Workplace Insider
Successor Rights: When you buy a business, does the union come with it?
A purchaser looking to buy an existing business usually considers factors such as the potential target company’s market share, product or service offerings, goodwill, and overall profitability. But one factor…
Global Workplace Insider
What are the employment implications of the transfer of a business in the US?
By Arthur F. Silbergeld, Jennifer Awrey
When a buyer acquires the assets of another company, both the buyer and the seller must focus on federal and state laws in the United States which impact on employees…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Navigating the Purchase Agreement when Buying a New Business in the USVI
By Tom Bolt
Buying an existing business offers an opportunity to experience the thrill of business ownership without a lot of the headache and frustration that comes along with starting a…
Banking, Finance and Securities
ESAs consult on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases of qualifying holdings
The three European Supervisory Authorities have jointly published a consultation paper on draft guidelines on the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increases of qualifying holdings in the financial sector. The…
Re:Marks on Trademark and Copyright
DLA PIPER REPRESENTS MIXAMO IN ACQUISITION BY ADOBE SYSTEMS
By DLA Piper
By Josh Epstein DLA Piper represented Mixamo, Inc., a 3D computer graphics technology company, in its sale to Adobe Systems Incorporated, an American multinational computer software company. The acquisition will…
Alcohol Law Advisor
Buying and Selling a Craft Brewery
By Marc Sorini
Few craft brew entrepreneurs contemplate selling their business when they first get started. Unlike, for example, the typical entrepreneur in the software industry, the craft brewers we know were inspired…