Headquartered in Schiphol, The Netherlands, AOC serves customers globally with specialty products for the automotive, marine, corrosion, construction, and infrastructure segments. The Company has production facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Under CVC Funds’ ownership, AOC realized significant growth, evolving from a strong regional player to a global composites leader through the strategic combination with The Alpha Corporation in 2018.
This transaction builds on Clifford Chance’s market leading expertise in the private equity industry. The cross-border Clifford Chance team was led out of Amsterdam by Jan-Hendrik Horsmeier and further consisted of Katja BusuladĹľić, Merel Vermolen, Femke Buijs,  Nancy Stoke, Frans Muller, Jurre Jurriens, Floris van de Bult, IJsbrand de Jong, Arie Torres, Michiel Sunderman and Stern Flik in Amsterdam and Neil Barlow and Eric Schaffer in New York, as well as many others in various jurisdictions.