Rücker dairy sells with HEUKING to MEGGLE Holding SE

Stutt­gart — HEUKING has provi­ded compre­hen­sive legal advice to the long-estab­­lished dairy Rücker on the plan­ned take­over by MEGGLE Holding SE. The tran­sac­tion was led by HEUKING lawy­ers Dr. Rainer Hersch­lein and Dr. Emanuel Teichmann. 

The long-estab­­lished company Rücker, with sites in Aurich and Wismar, is one of the leading private dairies in nort­hern Germany and has stood for exper­tise in milk and cheese proces­sing for over 130 years. In the 2024 finan­cial year, the company achie­ved a turno­ver of around 500 million euros and employed around 615 people. 

MEGGLE Holding SE, another family-owned company with a long tradi­tion, is taking over the Rücker compa­nies. MEGGLE has been pursuing a consis­tent growth stra­tegy for years and is streng­thening the stra­te­gi­cally important cheese product segment in parti­cu­lar with this take­over. MEGGLE had alre­ady taken an important step in this area in 2021 with today’s MEGGLE Cheese GmbH. 

The tran­sac­tion will provide Rücker with a long-term part­ner who shares its corpo­rate values and wants to conti­nue on its growth path. Rücker empha­si­zes that the tran­sac­tion will secure the future of the company, its loca­ti­ons and employees, while at the same time further streng­thening invest­ments in inno­va­tion and quality. 

The tran­sac­tion is subject to appr­oval by the rele­vant anti­trust authorities.

Consul­tant Rücker GmbH: HEUKING

Dr. Rainer Hersch­lein, LL.M. (Ford­ham Univer­sity), Dr. Emanuel Teich­mann (both lead, both corpo­rate law / M&A, private equity), both Stuttgart;
Fabian G. Gaffron (tax law), Hamburg, Dr. Frede­rik Wiemer (anti­trust law), Hamburg; Chris­toph Hexel (employ­ment law), Düssel­dorf; Dr. Chris­tian Stras­ser (liti­ga­tion & arbi­tra­tion), Munich; Bene­dikt Raisch (corpo­rate law / M&A), Stutt­gart; Michael Kreis­ler, LL.M. (invest­ment control), Berlin; Carina Bart (employ­ment law), Stutt­gart; Bettina Nehe­i­der (public law), Munich 

Advi­sor MEGGLE: Gleiss Lutz 

The follo­wing Gleiss Lutz team led by Dr. Rainer Loges (part­ner) and Franz-Ferdi­nand Guggen­mos (both corporate/M&A, both Munich) advi­sed MEGGLE Holding SE:

Peter Stef­fen Carl (Part­ner), Dr. Adrian Schulz, Dr. Valen­tin Zemm­rich, Ansgar Grosch (all Corporate/M&A, all Munich), Dr. Johan­nes Niewerth (Part­ner, Hamburg), Lesley Milde, Jonas Tafel (all Real Estate),
Dr. Johann Wagner (Part­ner), Dr. Markus Günther (both Tax, all Hamburg), Dr. Matthias Werner (Part­ner), Dr. Jose­fine Börner, Magda­lena Rauch (all IP/Tech, all Munich), Dr. Doris-Maria Schus­ter (Part­ner,
Hamburg), Dr. Jonas Hofer (Stutt­gart), Dr. Julian Glau (all employ­ment law, Hamburg), Dr. Chris­tian Hamann (part­ner, Berlin), Dr. Manuel Klar (both data protec­tion law), Dr. Iris Bene­­dikt-Bucken­­leib (coun­sel, anti­trust law, both Munich), Dr. Jacob von Andreae (part­ner), Matthias Hahn (both public law/foreign trade law, both Düssel­dorf), Dr. Thomas Kulzer (coun­sel, banking & finance, Frankfurt).