中伦文德律师事务所和几家外国律所为国企中国蓝星(集团)股份有限公司收购挪威奥克拉集团的子公司艾肯作出二十亿美元的收购计划提供法律服务。
此项目在本年一月公布，并于四月获得欧盟监管当局的批准。这标志着中国其对欧洲企业进行的其中一宗最大的工业收购。
是项收购将会帮助中国的领先化工新材料和特殊化学品企业集团蓝星从挪威方面得到清洁能源的技术以减少中国的温室气体的排放量。
中伦文德是蓝星的中国法律顾问。中伦文德的团队由合伙人闵敏带领，该所提供了中国法下的尽职调查、中国与欧盟反垄断申报、融资方面等法律服务。
美国世达律师事务所为蓝星提供俄罗斯的反垄断的申报，该所的团队由合伙人苗广华和黄小霈带领。而高伟绅律师事务所则是该项目有关融资收购提供香港和卢森堡法律顾问。高伟绅的团队由北京合伙人劳凯欣和卢森堡的律师Mark Mehlen带领。
挪威律所Thommessen 则是卖方奥克拉的本地法律顾问。
Zhonglun W&D and a number of foreign law firms are advising state-owned enterprise China National BlueStar Group Co. on its US$2 billion acquisition of Elkem, a subsidiary of Norwegian conglomerate Orkla ASA.
The deal, which was announced in January and approved by EU regulators in April, marks one of the largest Chinese industrial takeovers in Europe and signals the normalization of Sino-Norwegian relations after the Nordic nation awarded Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel peace prize last year.
The deal will allow BlueStar, one of China’s premier chemicals makers, to access clean technology that can slash China’s greenhouse gas emissions.
BlueStar turned to Chinese firm Zhonglun W&D for local law advice. The firm’s team was led by Marvin Min Min who performed due diligence, financing and antitrust investigation in China and the European Union in relation to the deal.
Skadden advised BlueStar on Russian antitrust filing with a team led by partners Gregory Mao and Peter Huang. Clifford Chance was retained as Hong Kong and Luxembourg counsel in relation to the acquisition finance. The firm’s deal team was led by Beijing-based partner Maggie Lo and Mark Mehlen who sits in the firm’s Luxembourg office.
On the seller’s side, Orkla retained Norwegian firm Thommessen as its local counsel.ALB
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