Paulaner acquires OeTTINGER facility in Gotha with GvW
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised the Paulaner Brewery Group on the acquisition of the OeTTINGER brewery facility in Gotha. If the Federal Cartel Office approves this transaction, Thuringia's largest brewery facility with around 170 jobs is to be transferred to the Paulaner Brauerei Group at the end of the year.
GvW advised the Paulaner Brewery Group under the leadership of Munich partner Dr Christian Zerr with a team consisting of Felix Wolf, Laurens Klinkert (both M&A), Dr Sajanee Arzner (Commercial and Real Estate), Dr Wolfram Desch (Restructuring), Dr Michael Engel (Tax), Dr Philipp Wiesenecker, Denise Waelde (both Labor Law), Christian Kusulis, Alexander Rösch (both IP/Antitrust), Dr Axel von Walter, Isabel Raab, Michael Fischer (all IT and Data Protection), Dr Bettina Schmitt-Rady and Katharina Lanio (both Real Estate).
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