This transaction builds on the firm’s ongoing support for CSG, having previously advised on the corporate, regulatory and financing aspects of CSG’s acquisition of The Kinetic Group in the United States, on the financing of the acquisition of a 30% stake in Fiocchi Munizioni, and on the financing of the acquisition of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.’s nitrocellulose business, including its associated production plant and operations located at the Walsrode Industrial Park in Germany.
Miloš Felgr, managing partner at Clifford Chance Prague Association, added: “We are delighted to have supported CSG on this landmark transaction and congratulate them on such a remarkable success. We truly value the trust they have once again placed in our international team.”
The global industrial-technological group of companies CSG is owned by Czech entrepreneur Michal Strnad. It supplies technologies worldwide that contribute to a safer and more stable future. CSG focuses on the development and production of strategically important products, systems, and technologies in the fields of defence, aerospace, automotive, and other industries. With key manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, India, the United Kingdom, and the USA, CSG exports its products worldwide.
The international and multidisciplinary legal team was led by Jill Concannon, US qualified partner and Miloš Felgr, CSG´s relationship partner with support from senior associates Vladimír Rýlich, Hana Čekalová, Phil Houten and Stanislav Holec, tax counsel Petr Šebesta, lawyer Geoffrey Adonu, junior lawyers Ondřej Šteco and Dávid Herich, and paralegal Barbora Fiřtíková, and with support of lawyers from Clifford Chance offices in London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and New York.