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Munich, Frank\u00adfurt a. Main - Upfield Group B.V.<\/strong> has acqui\u00adred Arivia S.A.<\/strong>, a leading and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally active manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of vegan cheese and owner of the VIOLIFE brand. Upfield Group B.V. was advi\u00adsed by the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges<\/strong> LLP. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant anti\u00adtrust autho\u00adri\u00adties and the usual closing condi\u00adti\u00adons. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price.<\/p>\n

The Upfield Group is the marga\u00adrine and spreads busi\u00adness spun off from the Dutch-British food group Unile\u00adver, which was acqui\u00adred by finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor<\/strong> KKR<\/strong> for EUR 6.83 billion at the end of 2017. The store includes tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal brands such as Rama, Becel, L\u00e4tta and Flora. The stra\u00adte\u00adgic acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Arivia allows Upfield to enter a new busi\u00adness segment.<\/p>\n

The Weil team for this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was led by Munich Corpo\u00adrate Part\u00adner Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt and included part\u00adners Tobias Geer\u00adling (Tax, Munich), Dr. Barbara Jagers\u00adber\u00adger (Corpo\u00adrate, Munich), Dr. Kamyar Abrar (Anti\u00adtrust, Frank\u00adfurt) and Britta Grauke (Liti\u00adga\u00adtion, Frank\u00adfurt) as well as asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Manuel-Peter Fringer, Alex\u00adan\u00adder Pfef\u00adfer\u00adler, Caro\u00adlin Ober\u00admaier, Ramona Fren\u00adzel, Marcel Ander\u00adsen (all Corpo\u00adrate, Munich), Dr. Ansgar Wimber, Julian Schwa\u00adne\u00adbeck, Thomas Weise, Aurel Hille, Kai Neumann (all Corpo\u00adrate, Frank\u00adfurt), Benja\u00admin Rapp, Dennis Reisich, Manuela Minsel (all Tax, Munich), Thomas Zimmer\u00admann, Dr. Alex\u00adan\u00adder Wandt (both Finance, Munich), Mareike Pfeif\u00adfer (Labor Law, Frank\u00adfurt) as well as Dr. Konstan\u00adtin Hoppe and Dr. Barbara Sand\u00adfuchs (both IP, Munich).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Munich, Frank\u00adfurt a. Main \u2014 Upfield Group B.V. has acqui\u00adred Arivia S.A., a leading and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally active manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer of vegan cheese and owner of the VIOLIFE brand. Upfield Group B.V. was advi\u00adsed by the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. 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