Düssel­dorf — ARQIS advi­sed BME Group on the acqui­si­tion of Mahler Group — a leading buil­ding mate­ri­als and tile distri­bu­tor in Bava­ria. The share sale is still subject to appr­oval by the rele­vant anti­trust autho­ri­ties and is expec­ted to be comple­ted in the course of 2021.

BME is one of the leading buil­ding mate­ri­als trading compa­nies in Europe and is active in Germany in the sale of buil­ding mate­ri­als under the brands Bauking (gene­ral buil­ding mate­ri­als trading) and Paul­sen Gruppe, Dete­ring, Berg­mann & Franz (all sani­tary, heating and instal­la­tion trading). With the acqui­si­tion of the Mahler Group, Bauking will expand its presence to southern Germany.

The Mahler Group compri­ses the brands Bauwa­ren Mahler, Mahler Baye­ri­sche Bauwa­ren, Mahler Flie­sen & Glas­bau and Hillari Flie­sen­cen­ter. The group has a network of five bran­ches and employs a total of 273 people.

The ARQIS focus group Tran­sac­tions around Dr. Jörn-Chris­­tian Schulze advi­sed BME for the second time. When Dete­ring was acqui­red in the summer of 2020, it was the first time the team worked for the then newly formed BME Group. Previously, ARQIS had alre­ady comple­ted the acqui­si­ti­ons of the Paul­sen Group and the Berg­mann & Franz Group for the former parent company CRH plc. accompanied

Advi­sor BME: ARQIS (Düssel­dorf)

Dr. Jörn-Chris­­tian Schulze (Lead; Corporate/M&A), Dr. Ulrich Lien­hard (Real Estate), Marcus Noth­hel­fer (Commer­cial & IP/IT; Munich), Tobias Neufeld (Pensi­ons & Data Protec­tion); Coun­sel: Thomas Chwa­lek (Corporate/M&A), Sina Janke (Compli­ance; Munich); Asso­cia­tes: Kamil Flak, Dr. Nima Hanifi-Atash­­gah (both Corporate/M&A), Jenni­fer Huschauer (Real Estate), Nora Meyer-Stra­t­­mann, Rolf Tichy (both Commer­cial & IP/IT; both Munich), Martin Wein­gärt­ner (Pensi­ons & Labor), Eva Kraszkie­wicz, Juliane Lewen (both Data Privacy), Walde­mar Rembold (Risk); Legal Specia­list: Gloria Bitt­­ner-Schü­t­­zen­­dorf (Commer­cial)
Niit­väli (Frank­furt): Evelyn Niit­väli (Anti­trust)

About ARQIS

ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firm opera­ting inter­na­tio­nally. The firm was foun­ded in 2006 in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo. Around 55 lawy­ers and legal specia­lists advise dome­stic and foreign compa­nies at the highest level on German and Japa­nese busi­ness law. With the focus groups Tran­sac­tions, HR.Law, Japan, Data.Law and Risk, the firm is geared towards provi­ding holi­stic advice to its clients.