KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (KPMG Law) and KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (KPMG) advised Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG (Diehl Defence) on the acquisition of Dynamit Nobel GmbH (Dynamit Nobel) from the US specialty chemicals group Albemarle Corporation.
KPMG Law advised Diehl Defence with a cross-location team on the legal aspects and KPMG on the tax aspects of the acquisition of Dynamit Nobel. Diehl Defence GmbH & Co KG, based in Überlingen on Lake Constance, is the largest subsidiary of the Diehl Defence subgroup of the Diehl Group. Albemarle Corporation is a US specialty chemicals company based in Charlotte, North Carolina and producer of lithium and lithium compounds. Diehl Defence acquired Dynamit Nobel as part of a share purchase with all operating activities, employees and assets at the Troisdorf site, where DynITEC GmbH, a joint venture between the Diehl Defence subsidiary JUNGHANS Microtec GmbH and Rheinmetall AG, is also based.
KPMG Law:
Dr. Daniel Kaut (Partner), Nuremberg, Dr. Robert Müller (Senior Manager), Hamburg, both lead, Kilian Baum (Associate) and Alexander Barynskyy (Associate), both Nuremberg, Dr. Cordula Brügmann (Manager), Hamburg, Yuliyan Nikolov Georgiev (Associate), Cologne, Moritz Graf Stenbock-Fermor (Manager), Düsseldorf, Laura Klaukin (Manager), Hamburg, Maximilian Weiß (Associate), Nuremberg, all Corporate/M&A; Dr. Simon Meyer (Partner) Munich, Vera-Catharina Boes (Associate), Hanover, Dr. Florian Gonsior (Senior Manager), Düsseldorf, Dr. Sandro Köpper(Senior Associate), Hanover, all Environmental Law; Dr. Rainer Algermissen (Partner), Human Aghel (Manager), both Hamburg, both real estate law
KPMG:
Prof. Dr. Jens Berberich (Partner Tax), Dirk Lohrmann (Senior Manager International Transaction Tax), Christopher Kuhn (Assistant Manager Tax), all Frankfurt/Main
KPMG Law
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