GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ advises C.H. Guenther & Son on the acquisition of Wback

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May 6th, 2020

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ advised food manufacturer C.H. Guenther & Son, Texas, USA on German merger control regarding the acquisition of industrial bakery Wback, Bönen, Germany. Wback produces soft rolls especially for burgers in plants in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company's main customers include Burger King.

The soft roll specialist founded by Peter Wendeln in the district of Unna in 2003 was acquired in 2013 by the Frankfurt holding company Halder, which now sold Wback to C.H. Guenther & Son.

C.H. Guenther & Son (CHG) was founded in 1851 by the German emigrant Carl Hilmar Guenther. The company, which has about 3,500 employees, has production facilities in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Belgium. Last spring, the investment company Pritzker Private Capital Partners (PPC Partners) acquired the family business.

Advising lawyers

Kirkland & Ellis (Munich):
Dr Benjamin Leyendecker, Dr Thomas Krawitz (both partner corporate/M&A), Dr Oded Schein (partner tax law), Sarah Jordan, Thomas Wilson (both partner competition, London), Benjamin Clinger, Adam Wexner (both partner M&A/Private Equity, Chicago), Michelle Kilkenny, Katie Bolanowski (both partner Debt Finance, Chicago), AlexandraFarmer (partner environmental law, Washington), Greta-Josefin Harnisch (associate corporate/M&A), Dr Samuel Frommelt (associate corporate/M&A), Daniel Hiemer (associate tax law), Dr Katharina Hohmann (associate financing), Carolyn Aiken (associate debt finance, Chicago), Aaron Newell (associate environmental law, Washington)

GLADE MICHEL WIRTZ (Düsseldorf):
Dr Markus Wirtz, Dr Silke Möller (both partner), Dr Marc Heltemes (associate) – all competition

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