Willkie advises 3i Group plc on the exit of Weener Plastics

Frank­furt a. Main — Will­kie Farr & Gallag­her LLP has advi­sed 3i Group plc (“3i”) on the acqui­si­tion of its stake in Weener Plas­tics (“Weener”) for an enter­prise value of EUR 838 million in Silgan Holdings Inc (“Silgan”).
Weener, head­quar­te­red in Ede, the Nether­lands, employs more than 4,000 people and has 23 produc­tion faci­li­ties in 15 count­ries worldwide.
The company is a global manu­fac­tu­rer of inno­va­tive plas­tic pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons with a strong focus on dosing, pack­a­ging and capping.
Weener designs, deve­lops and produ­ces high and multi-value closures, caps, roll-ons, jars and bott­les for the perso­nal care, food, home care and health­care industries.
The acqui­si­tion is still subject to regu­la­tory appr­ovals and is expec­ted to be comple­ted in Q4 2024. Advi­sors to 3i Group plc: Will­kie Farr & Gallag­her LLP 
The Will­kie team was led by part­ners Georg Linde (Corporate/M&A, Frank­furt) and Dr. Axel Wahl (Corporate/M&A, Munich) and included part­ners Dr. Jasmin Dett­mar (Finance), Dr. Patrick Meiisel, Dr. Bettina Bokeloh (Tax, all Frank­furt), Dr. Richard Roeder The Will­kie team was led by part­ners Georg Linde (Corporate/M&A, Frank­furt) and Dr. Axel Wahl (Corporate/M&A, Munich) and compri­sed part­ners Dr. Jasmin Dett­mar (Finance), Dr. Patrick Meiisel, Dr. Bettina Bokeloh (Tax, all Frank­furt), Dr. Richard Roeder (compli­ance, Munich) and Philip Girar­det (anti­trust and compe­ti­tion law, London), coun­sel Sebas­tian Bren­ner (corporate/M&A), Martin Waśkow­ski (employ­ment law) and Johan­nes Schmidt (liti­ga­tion, all Frank­furt) as well as asso­cia­tes Dr. Chris­tina Papa­­di­­mi­­triou-Kowal­c­­zyk, Leota Walter, Nico­las Kers­ten, Jonas Volk, (Corporate/M&A) Aurel Hille (Anti­trust and Compe­ti­tion Law), Martin Reichert (Finance), Marcel Seemaier (Tax), Chris­tian Herzig Roldán (Corporate/Capital Markets), Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Schlutz (Compli­ance, all Frank­furt), Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Schatz, (Corporate/M&A), Laurin Havlik (Compli­ance, all Munich) and Frie­de­rike Hamm­wöh­ner (Anti­trust and Compe­ti­tion Law, Brussels).
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