Linklaters advises bp on the sale of the Gelsenkirchen refinery to Klesch Group

Linklaters has advised bp on the sale of the Gelsenkirchen refinery to the Klesch Group. The Klesch Group is an independent European refinery operator based in London and Geneva. The subject of the transaction is the Gelsenkirchen refinery with its two processing sites and the Bottrop tank farm, as well as related businesses activities. In addition, the parties agreed to conclude product purchase agreements.

A Linklaters team led by Corporate / M&A partner Mario Pofahl und Managing Associate Dr. Maximilian Mann advised bp on the transaction.

The team also included Dr. Oliver Rosenberg (Partner, Tax, Dusseldorf), Dr. René Döring (Partner, Employment, Frankfurt), Dr. Michael Leicht (Partner, TMT, Frankfurt), Dr. Markus Appel (Partner, Corporate / M&A, Berlin), Tobias Rump (Counsel, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Control, Dusseldorf), Atif Bhatti (Counsel, IP, Frankfurt), Sebastian Meyn (Managing Associate, Corporate / M&A, Berlin), Barbara Rybka (Managing Associate, Real Estate, Munich), Yuxin Weirich (Managing Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Control, Dusseldorf), Laura Niedbala (Associate, Corporate / M&A, Hamburg), Dr. Theresa Noßke (Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment Control, Dusseldorf), Pascal Janssen Jägers (Associate, Tax, Frankfurt), Maximilian Kühn (Associate, Real Estate, Munich), Jenny Döllmann (Associate, IP, Frankfurt), Antonia Mertens(Associate, TMT, Frankfurt), Eleonora Curreri (Associate, TMT, Milan).