FA: Financial Advisor LA: Legal Advisor
GERMANY TOP 10 M&A DEALS
July 2015 - June 2016
DATE DEAL VALUE
USD
(MILLIONS)TARGET
COMPANYDEAL
DOMINANT
INDUSTRYBIDDER BIDDER
ADVISORSSELLER SELLER
ADVISORS28/07/2015 5 126 Elster GroupIndustrial
products and
servicesHoneywell Inter-
nationalLA: Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; O'Melveny & MyersMelrose FA: J.P. Morgan; Rothschild
LA: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett29/09/2015 5 000Natural American
Spirit (ex-US
business)Consumer Japan Tobacco LA:^ Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer; PwC legalReynolds Ame-
rican,FA: Citi; J.P. Morgan; Lazard
LA: Jones Day18/05/2016 4 261 KUKA (86.5% stake)Industrial
automation Midea GroupFA: CITIC Securities Co; Mor-
gan Stanley
LA: Freshfields Bruckhaus De-
ringer; Herbert Smith Freehills;
JiaYuan Law OfficesKUKAFA: Berenberg Bank; Deutsche
Bank; Goldman Sachs
LA: Clifford Chance03/08/2015 3 844Autobahn Tank &
Rast HoldingConsumer:
RetailAllianz Capital
Partners; Abu
Dhabi Investment
Authority; Meag
Munich Ergo
Asset Manage-
ment; Borealis
Infrastructure
ManagementFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch; Morgan Stanley
LA: Torys; White & CaseTerra Firma
Capital Partners;
RREEF Infrastruc-
tureFA: Deutsche Bank; J.P. Morgan
LA: Linklaters25/04/2016 3 420Rexam (Metal beve-
rage can manufactu-
ring assets in US,
Europe and Brazil);
Ball Corporation
(Metal beverage can
manufacturing as-
sets in US, Europe
and Brazil)Manufacturing Ardagh GroupFA: Citi
LA: Perez-Llorca; Shearman
& Sterling; Stocche Forbes
AdvogadosRexam; Ball
CorporationFA: Goldman Sachs; Greenhill
& Co
LA: Davis Polk & Wardwell;
Freshfields Bruckhaus Derin-
ger; Homburger; Schoenherr
Rechtsanwaelte; Skadden Arps
Slate Meagher & Flom; WKB
Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr06/08/2015 3 208 Coca-Cola Er-
frischungsgetraenkeConsumer Coca-Cola Enter-
prisesFA: Credit Suisse; Lazard
LA: Ashurst; Baker & Hostetler;
Cahill Gordon & Reindel; De
Brauw Blackstone Westbroek;
Gernandt & Danielsson;
Hengeler Mueller; Perez-Llorca;
Slaughter and May; Sullivan &
Cromwell ; White & CaseCoca-Cola
Erfrischungsge-
traenkeFA: Deloitte; Deutsche Bank;
Rothschild
LA: Allen & Overy; Cleary
Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton;
Clifford Chance; Deloitte
Legal; Garrigues; NautaDutilh;
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &
Flom; Uria Menendez17/06/2016 3 200 ChemetallChemicals and
materials BASFFA: Citi
LA: Morgan Lewis & BockiusAlbemarle Corpo-
rationFA: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch
LA: Shearman & Sterling04/11/2015 2 800General Electric
Company (European
fleet services
business)TransportationArval Service
LeaseLA: Loyens & Loeff; Walder
Wyss; White & CaseGeneral Electric
CompanyFA: JPMorgan
LA: BonelliErede; Weil Gotshal
& Manges16/07/2015 2 673GETR Getriebe- und
Zahnradfabrik Her-
mann Hagenmeyer
& CieAutomotiveMagna Interna-
tionalLA: Hengeler Mueller; Osler,
Hoskin & HarcourtGETR Getriebe-
und Zahnradfa-
brik Hermann
Hagenmeyer
& CieFA: KPMG; Perella Weinberg
Partners LP
LA: Gleiss Lutz16/10/2015 2 082VNG – Verbundnetz
Gas Aktienge-
sellschaft (74.2%
stake)UtilitiesEnBW Energie
Baden-Wuert-
tembergFA: Barclays; Deutsche Bank
LA: WilmerHaleEWE Aktienge-
sellschaft LA:^ DLA Piper