Alterna Capital sells 40 percent of Graphit Kropfmühl to AMG Mining

Frank­furt a. M./ Kropf­mühl — The Frank­furt, Munich and Brussels offices of the inter­na­tio­nal law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP have advi­sed Alterna Capi­tal Part­ners (“Alterna”) on the sale of its indi­rect 40% share­hol­ding in Graphit Kropf­mühl GmbH to the co-share­hol­­der AMG Mining GmbH, a subsi­diary of AMG Criti­cal Mate­ri­als N.V..

Graphit Kropf­mühl GmbH is active in the mining, extra­c­tion, refi­ning, refi­ning, marke­ting and distri­bu­tion of natu­ral graphite. The company opera­tes its own mine at its head­quar­ters in Kropf­mühl and holds majo­rity inte­rests in graphite mines in Sri Lanka. The tran­sac­tion was comple­ted on March 12, 2025. 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been provi­ding legal advice to Alterna on various issues in connec­tion with the indi­rect invest­ment in Graphit Kropf­mühl GmbH since 2017.

Advi­sor Alterna Capi­tal: Weil

The Weil team was led by Frank­furt part­ner Dr. Chris­tian Tapp­ei­ner (photo) and compri­sed part­ners Britta Grauke (Frank­furt), Tobias Geer­ling (Munich) and Niklas Maydell (Brussels), coun­sel Dr. Kars­ten Krumm, Gero Pogrzeba (both Frank­furt) and Stef­fen Giolda (Munich) as well as asso­cia­tes Dennis Simon, Alex­an­der Roth­stein, Dr. Vero­nika Koch, Corne­lia Kirch­­bach-Lecht, Alex­an­der Reich (all Frank­furt) and Eva Bart­helm­ann (Munich).

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