Latham & Watkins has advised Fedrigoni Group, a leading manufacturer of specialty papers for luxury packaging and other creative applications, self-adhesives materials, and RFID and connected solutions, on the acquisition of a majority stake in POLI-TAPE Group, an international manufacturer of high-quality materials for graphic applications, including textile, signage, digital printing, and specialties. POLI-TAPE Group’s majority shareholder is the Möhren family along with the Bitburger Group as minority shareholder. The Möhren family will retain a significant share to ensure a smooth transition, during which the POLI-TAPE Management team led by Mark Wehrmann will continue to serve its long-standing customers and partners globally.

The Latham team was led by Frankfurt/Munich partner Sebastian Pauls and Munich associate Corinna Freudenmacher, with Milan partner Giorgia Lugli, Munich associate Maximilian Kuchernig and Milan associates Luca Maranetto and Milena Raffaldi. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Hamburg partner Verena Seevers; on FDI matters by Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto and Brussels partner Luca Crocco; on finance matters by Munich partner Christian Jahn, with associate Johanna Woerle; on regulatory matters by Frankfurt counsel Joachim Grittmann; on IP matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Müller, with associate Daniela Jaeger; on data privacy matters by Frankfurt counsel Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, with associate Clemens Ganz; on real estate matters by Frankfurt counsel Sven Nickel, with associate Marie-Christine Welp; and on employment matters by Munich associates Kristina Hufnagel and Christian Strauß.