Hengeler Mueller advises Metalsa on sale of structural components for passenger cars division

Metalsa SA de CV („Metalsa“), headquartered in Mexico and part of Grupo Proeza, has entered into an agreement to sell its worldwide structural components for passenger cars division with sites in Germany, the US, Mexico, South Africa and China, to Martinrea, Canada. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

Hengeler Mueller advises Metalsa on the transaction. The team includes partners Joachim Rosengarten (Frankfurt), Martin Tasma (Berlin) (both M&A), Martin Klein (Tax), Hendrik Bockenheimer (Employment) (both Frankfurt), Markus Röhrig (Antitrust, Brussels) and Jan Bonhage (Public Law, Berlin), counsel Sonnhild Draack (Employment, Frankfurt) and Andrea Schlaffge, Astrid Harmsen (both IP, Düsseldorf) as well as associates Marika Öry, Steffen Wörner (both Frankfurt), Moritz Müller-Leibenger, Fabian Berdin (both Berlin) (all M&A), Sebastian Adam (Tax, Frankfurt), Alla Drößler, Norman Koschmieder (both Düsseldorf), Tom Pleiner, Henning Voß (both Berlin) (all Public Law) and Anja Balitzki (Antitrust, Düsseldorf).

Hengeler Mueller had already advised Metalsa in 2016 on the sale of the Automotive Hinges business.