Taylor Wessing advises Regent on its acquisition of ContiTech’s business unit Original Equipment Solutions (OESL)

Taylor Wessing advises Regent on its acquisition of ContiTech’s business unit Original Equipment Solutions (“OESL Business Unit”). The transaction remains subject to antitrust and foreign trade approvals. The sale is part of the ContiTech group sector’s strategy to focus on industrial customers. With this step, Continental continues the course outlined at its Capital Market Day in June 2025.

OESL employs more than 16,000 people world-wide and generated sales of around EUR 1.9 billion in the fiscal year 2024. The business area develops and produces hose lines and bearing elements for combustion engines and electric vehicles.

Regent was advised by a Taylor Wessing team headed by Sven Schweneke and co-headed by Dr. Hendrik Boss and Dr. Elisabeth Schalk.

Dr. Oliver Bertram, Taylor Wessing´s Managing Partner in Germany and Global Co-Chair comments: “Our highly efficient M&A practice increasingly stands for large international M&A deals, especially in our focus sectors such as automotive. I congratulate the whole team on this outstanding success!”

Advisors Regent:

Taylor Wessing Germany:
Sven Schweneke, Partner (Lead Partner, Private Equity and M&A, Munich), Dr. Hendrik Boss, Partner (Co-Lead Partner, Restructuring, Munich), Dr. Elisabeth Schalk (Co-Lead Partner, M&A, Munich), Marc Andre Gimmy (Partner, Employment, Pensions & Mobility, Munich), Dr. Stefan Horn, LL.B. (Partner, Anti-trust, Hamburg), Dr. Michael Brüggemann (Partner, Foreign Direct Investment, Duesseldorf), Dr. Michael Kieffer (Partner, Commercial & Distribution, Munich), Dr. Gisbert Hohagen (Partner, Patents Technology & Life Sciences, Munich), Dr. Tim Schwarz (Partner, Technologie, Medien & Telecommunication, Munich), Rudi Hasenberg (Partner, Tax, Frankfurt), Dr. Marcel Leines (Partner, Corporate / W&I Insurance, Duesseldorf), Dr. Tim Eickmanns (Partner, Employment, Pensions & Mobility, Duesseldorf), Niklas Melzer (Senior Associate, Antitrust, Competition and Merger Control, Hamburg), Sophie Burmeister (Senior Associate Employment, Pensions & Mobility, Frankfurt), Dr. Christian Dietz (Senior Associate, M&A, Munich), Constantin Borowiak (Associate, Restructuring, Munich), Julius Weishaupt (Associate, M&A, Munich), Johannes Tapken (Associate, M&A, Munich), Malke Zimmermann (Associate, Foreign Direct Investment, Duesseldorf), Anna Englert (Associate, Commercial Agreements & Distribution Munich), Phillip Heske (Associate, Technologie, Medien & Telecommunication, Munich), Dr. Jacob Carl (Associate, Patents Technology & Life Sciences, Munich)

Foreign Counsels:

Taylor Wessing France
Nicolas de Witt (Partner, M&A), Sebastien Pottemain (Counsel, M&A), Claudia Jonath (Partner, Employment), Christophe Flaicher (Partner, Tax), Claire Dufils (Associate, Employment), Nicolas Darde (Associate, Tax), Loic Douguet, Amira Abaoub, Charles Aziere (all Associate, M&A).

Taylor Wessing Netherlands
Elmar Dijkstra (Partner, M&A), Marnix Geraerts (Partner, M&A), Daniël Soons, Rosanne van Peppen, Job Berns, Lisa-Laura Teunissen, Freek Lonzième (all Associate, M&A)

Taylor Wessing Austria
Mag. Martin Eckel, LL.M (Partner, Antitrust), Mag. Verena Stagl (Counsel, Foreign Direct Investment), Sebastian Hofer (Associate, Foreign Direct Investment).

Taylor Wessing China
Kai Kim (Partner M&A, Foreign Direct Investment), Kyle Tong, Shelley Wong, Julian Sun (all Associate, M&A)

SBA Stone Forest CPA China
Lynn Lv (Partner, Tax)

Taylor Wessing France
Evelyn Friedel (Partner, Antitrust), Axel Ferly (Counsel, Antitrust)

Taylor Wessing Poland
Ewelina Stobiecka (Partner, Dispute Resolution), Dr. Adrian Bielecki (Counsel, Competition, EU and Trade), Patrycja Sokolowska (Associate, Employment, Pensions)

Taylor Wessing Slovakia
Juraj Frindrich and Silvia Janigova (Partner, both M&A), Mgr. Tomas Grell LL.M. (Senior Associate, Employment, Pensions & Mobility, Foreign Direct Investment)

Taylor Wessing Hungary
Torsten Braner (Partner, Foreign Direct Investment), Petra Knall, Adel Kovacs, Fruzsina Konya (all Senior Associate, Corporate, M&A and Capital Markets)

Foley & Lardner LLP USA
Christopher C. Cain (Partner, Private Equity), Amy A. Ciepluch, Leigh C. Riley, Samantha M. Adams (all Partners, all Labor & Employment, Employee Benefits), Alan D. Rutenberg (Partner, Antitrust, Competition), Gage M. Maurer, Brooke Bahlinger Caruso, Caroline Dunkle Royce (all Associate, Employment & Pensions), Rachel Horewitz, Austin L. Poynter, Andrew J. Del Real, Danielle E. Osburn (all Associate, Private Equity & Transactions), James G. Austin, Matthew Kass, Katharine G. Young (all Associate, Commercial)

Gide Loyrette Nouel Belgium
Ségolène Pelsy, (Partner, Antitrust and Competition), Mélanie Gouraud (Associate, Antitrust and Competition)

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Japan
Norihito Sato (Partner, M&A, Foreign Direct Investment), Kyohei Kudo (Associate, Corporate, M&A, Foreign Direct Investment)

Karanovic & Partners Serbia
Miloš Jakovljević (Partner, M&A), Bojan Vučković (Partner, Antitrust, Competition), Sava Drača (Associate, M&A), Jovana Đorđević (Associate, Antitrust, Competition)

Felsberg Advogados Brazil
João Carlos Anderson Corrêa de Mendonça (Partner, Corporate, M&A), Joana Corrêa, Bernardo Vieira, Lucas von Wieser Ruggeri (all Associate, Corporate, M&A)

Cascione Advogados Brazil
Brunno Morette (Partner, Foreign Direct Investment)

ECIJA Mexico
Ricardo Chacón (Partner, Corporate, M&A), Carolina Ribeiro Santos, Carmen Ciurana (all Senior Associate, Corporate, M&A)

Gen Temizer Turkey
Bulut Girgin (Partner, Competition), Mustafa Polat (Associate, Competition)

DR & AJU LLC South Korea
Yaera Jeon, Sung-Hoon IM, Hyun Chul NOH (all Partner, M&A, Anti-trust), Jungeun Grace Park (Associate, M&A).

Stratulat Albulescu Attorneys at Law Romania
Ana Kusak, (Partner, Foreign Direct Investment), Dr. Luiza Ionescu (Counsel, Foreign Direct Investment).

Notary
Dr. Florian Hartl LL.M.
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