Taylor Wessing advises Saint-Gobain on the transfer of its dry mortar and facade business to Franken Maxit Group

Taylor Wessing, led by Munich-based partner Dr Peter Hellich, provided comprehensive legal advice to Düsseldorf-based Saint-Gobain Weber GmbH on a complex carve-out involving the sale and transfer of its dry mortar and facade business at eight production sites throughout Germany to its joint venture company Franken Maxit Mauermörtel GmbH & Co. KG, operated with Johann Bergmann GmbH & Co. KG.

With the transfer of the dry mortar and facade division, Franken Maxit Group will become one of the largest dry mortar manufacturers in Germany and Europe. The company, which has previously been active mainly in southern and eastern Germany, will in future employ over 1,200 people at 17 locations in Germany and the Czech Republic, around 400 of whom will come from Saint-Gobain Weber GmbH.

With this transaction, Saint-Gobain intends to focus its range of construction chemicals on technical applications and speciality products for building protection, tile and flooring systems, and infrastructure.

Saint-Gobain Weber GmbH is a subsidiary of the French Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, which generated sales of EUR 46.6 billion in 2024 and is represented in 80 countries with more than 161,000 employees. As a global leader in sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain develops, manufactures and distributes innovative materials and solutions for the construction sector and industrial markets – with the aim of achieving "net zero emissions" by 2050.

Legal advisor to Saint-Gobain

Taylor Wessing Germany:

Dr Peter Hellich (lead), Fritz Krings, Johannes Philipp Tapken, Henrik Grawe, Eric-Sebastian Velten, LL.M., Inken Brandt, LL.M., all Corporate/M&A, Munich; Stephan Manuel Nagel, LL.M. (Düsseldorf), Mareen Coenen, LL.B. (Düsseldorf), Niklas Melzer (Hamburg), all Regulatory; Dr Daniel Graske (Hamburg), Hannes Tutt (Frankfurt), both Real Estate; Dr Michael Kieffer, Anna Englert, both Commercial, Munich; Dr Klara Pototzky, Annika Rahn, both Pensions & Employment, Munich; Rudi Hasenberg, Julian C. Ludwig, Manuel Franzmeier, all Tax, Frankfurt; Dr Christian Frank, Dr Tim Jonathan Schwarz, Dr Julia Freifrau von Imhoff, all Technology, Media & Telecoms, Munich; Dr Carsten Müller, LL.M., Disputes & Investigations, Düsseldorf; Dr Jörg Henkel, Environmental, Planning & Regulatory, Düsseldorf.

In-house Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

Matthias Zenner (Head of Legal) and Antje Seegatz (Senior Legal Counsel).

Legal Advisor Johann Bergmann GmbH & Co. KG

F.E.L.S Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, Bayreuth

Dr Matthias Fleischmann, Oliver Schuster (both partners and lead lawyers, both commercial law)