Taylor Wessing advises binder manufacturer Alberdingk Boley on acquisition of a manufacturing site in Leuna

Taylor Wessing advised Alberdingk Boley, a Krefeld-based manufacturer for aqueous binders, on the acquisition of Synthomer Leuna GmbH. With the purchase of thecompany, the manufacturing site Leuna in Saxony-Anhalt became property of Alberdingk Boley. Both companies agreed to remain silent about the purchase price.

Alberdingk Boley is a mid-sized company that manufactures water-based binders that bond, refine and protect surfaces. Water-based binders are considered environmentally friendly and are increasingly in demand on the world market.

With the acquisition of the new production site, Albergingk Boley has expanded its production capacity and secured its growth strategy for its polyurethane and acrylate dispersions for coating almost all substrates, such as wood, metal, plastics, mineral substrates, leather, textiles and much more. Synthomer Leuna GmbH previously belonged to Synthomer plc, an international company in the chemical industry.

Legal advisors Alberdingk Boley
Taylor Wessing: Lead Partner: Dr. Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais (Partner), Patrique Willems (Senior Associate), Daniel Mursa (Associate), all Corporate/M&A; Dr. Sascha Grosjean (Partner), Employment; Simon Weppner (Partner), Tax; Stephan Manuel Nagel (Partner), Frank Marek (Associate), both Competition, EU & Trade; Prof. Dr. Norbert Kämper (Partner), Dr. Jörg Henkel (Senior Associate), both Environmental Planning & Regulatory – all Düsseldorf

Law firm Büge & Tünnesen-Harmes: Dirk Büge, environmental and administrative law, Duisburg

Legal advisors Synthomer

Squire Patton Boggs: Dr. Volker Heidbüchel (Partner), Dr. Sepp Wohlfahrter (Associate), Laura Janke (Associate), all M&A, Berlin; Oliver Geiss (Partner), competition law, Brussels