ARTICLE · 01 JULY 2020

M&A Telegram Q2/2020

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

What worked despite Corona. Air Liquide benefits from the pandemic, selling the manufacturer of disinfectants Schülke & Mayr to EQT for around EUR 900 million.

GermanyCorporate/Commercial Law

Michael Ulmer

What worked despite Corona. Air Liquide benefits from the pandemic, selling the manufacturer of disinfectants Schülke & Mayr to EQT for around EUR 900 million. In the process Air Liquide even managed to raise the originally expected price. VW is investing in China with billion-dollar deals. Cooperation with the Jianghuai Group will be intensified, stepping up the share in their joint venture from 50% to 75%. VW also agrees to acquire a 26% stake in battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech. Daimler and Volvo, on the other hand, decide to set up a joint venture to develop and sell fuel cells for trucks. Telefónica Deutschland is selling a portfolio of mobile phone masts to Telxius for around EUR 1.5 billion. Sumitomo Heavy Industries acquires the machine builder Leifeld Metal Spinning from Georg Kofler via a subsidiary. The sale to an interested Chinese party had failed two years ago due to concerns of the Federal Ministry of Economics. First State secures a 41.5% stake in

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M&A Telegram Q2/2020

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