Successful cross-border transactions with China

The number of Chinese company take­overs in Germany has reached a new high. Inves­tors from China and Hong Kong bought a total of 58 German compa­nies in 2016 between Janu­ary and the end of Octo­ber — 19 more than in 2015 as a whole (source: Ernst & Young). Chinese inves­tors spent a remar­kable 11.6 billion euros on company acqui­si­ti­ons in Germany in 2016, a good 20 times as much as in 2015. The biggest deal was the acqui­si­tion of Augs­­­burg-based indus­trial robot manu­fac­tu­rer Kuka for 4.6 billion euros. Many Chinese inves­tors conti­nue to look around Germany.