Legalitax and Schoenherr advised Tecnopool on the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Gopek, the Slovenian holding company of the Gostol Group with registered offices in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
The transaction, which entailed a block sale of shares held by over 100 (former) shareholders of Gopek, was signed and closed simultaneously on 25 November 2016 in Ljubljana. The parties agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
Tecnopool is a leading Italian company specialising in producing plants for deep freezing, pasteurisation, leavening and baking of foodstuffs.
The Gostol Group is a regional producer of bakery equipment with manufacturing sites in Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Russia.
Tecnopool’s acquisition of the Gostol Gopan brand allows it to broaden its range of products to include the production of industrial ovens for baking.
Italian law firm Legalitax was lead counsel to Tecnopool. The team was made up of Franco Fabris who was assisted by associate Matteo Stradiotto.
The Schoenherr team advising Tecnopool was led by Marko Prušnik (partner, corporate/m&a). Schoenherr Slovenia’s transaction and due diligence team further consisted of Eva Možina (attorney at law, corporate/m&a), Lilit Zavašnik (associate, corporate/m&a), Petra Smolnikar (partner, regulatory and employment) and Miša Tominec (associate, regulatory and employment), while Valdimir Markuš (attorney at law, corporate/m&a) was in charge of the Bosnian angle of the acquisition.
The sell-side was assisted by RJ Finance’s managing partner, Roman Jeras.
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