Berlin, 22.07.2020
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB advised the sellers on the sale of Berliner Glas KGaA Herbert Kubatz GmbH & Co. to the Dutch technology group ASML under the lead management of Clemens Scholz-Remes. The sale is a 100% takeover of the Berliner Glas Group including all subsidiaries and all locations in Germany, Switzerland and China. The management of the Berliner Glas Group will remain as well as the contact persons for customers and suppliers.
Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, which are expected in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Advisors Berliner Glas KGaA Herbert Kubatz GmbH & Co
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
Clemens Scholz-Remes, Partner, M&A, Corporate Law, Berlin
Dr. Martin Nentwig, Partner, Corporate Law, Berlin
Sebastian Uhlig, Associated Partner, Banking & Capital Market Law, Berlin
Tilman Herbst, Associate, Corporate Law, Berlin
Dr. Frank Evers, Partner, M&A, Hamburg
Dr. Andrea Kirsch, Associated Partner, IT & IP, Berlin
Dr. Christoph Riese, Partner, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Berlin/Munich
Dr. Axel Dahms, Partner, Labour & Employment Law, Berlin
Marc Alexander Cundius, Associate, Real Estate Law, Berlin
Dr. Christian Bürger, Partner, Antitrust Law, Cologne
Miroslav Georgiev, Associate, Antitrust Law, Cologne
Daniel Fuchs, Partner, Commercial & Distribution Law, Berlin
About Berliner Glas KGaA Herbert Kubatz GmbH & Co
The Berliner Glas Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of key optical components, assemblies and systems as well as high-quality processed technical glass. At five locations in Germany, Switzerland and China, the company develops and manufactures products for optics, mechanics and electronics worldwide. With its more than 1,600 employees, the Glas Group offers its customers, among others in medicine, the semiconductor industry, measurement technology, laser and space technology as well as in the display industry, tailor-made solutions of the highest quality.
About ASML
ASML is one of the world's leading manufacturers of chip production equipment, with a vision of a world where semiconductor technology is omnipresent and helps solve the greatest challenges facing society. ASML contributes to this goal by creating products and services that enable chip manufacturers to advance the patterns that make up integrated circuits. The company is continuously working to improve its solutions to enable its customers to increase the value of chips while reducing their costs. By helping to make chips cheaper and more powerful, ASML makes semiconductor technology as a whole more attractive to a wider range of products and services. This in turn enables technological advances in industries such as healthcare, energy, mobility and entertainment. ASML is a multinational company with offices in more than 60 cities in 16 countries, with headquarters in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. ASML employs more than 25,800 people.
