Gleiss Lutz has advised the Spanish Saica Group (“Saica”), one of Europe’s leading paper and packaging manufacturers, on its acquisition of the German THIMM Group GmbH + Co. KG (“Thimm”), a leading provider of sustainable corrugated packaging and display solutions.
Saica, headquartered in Zaragoza, currently operates 112 sites across Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United States. In 2025, the family-owned company generated revenue of approximately EUR 3.962 billion with more than 12,000 employees. The addition of Thimm's operations and expertise in sustainable packaging solutions represents a significant milestone in Saica's European growth strategy.
The owning family of the Thimm Group has decided to sell its company to the Saica Group. Headquartered in Northeim, Germany, Thimm employs over 2,500 people across eleven locations in Germany, France, Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic.
The following Gleiss Lutz team, led by Dr. Martin Viciano Gofferje (partner) and Dr. Christoph Prawit Meissner (both Corporate/M&A, both Berlin), advised Saica:
Konrad Jankiewicz, Malte Seeger, Dr. Theresa Preis (all Berlin), Dr. Antonius Mann (partner), Dr. Hendrik Hupfer (all Corporate/M&A, both Frankfurt), Dr. Ocka Stumm (partner), Dr. Johannes Heck (both Frankfurt), Jochen Pfleger (all Tax, Hamburg), Dr. Jan-Alexander Lange (partner), Dr. Marcel Beck, Ali-Hasan Ashraf (all Banking & Finance, all Frankfurt), Dr. Steffen Krieger (partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Jonas Hofer (Stuttgart), Ole Klingler (all Employment, Hamburg), Dr. Andreas Schüssel (partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Antonia Hagedorn (both Antitrust/Merger Control, Munich), Dr. Lars Kindler (counsel), Dr. Cosima Baumeister (both Public Law, both Düsseldorf), Dr. Simon Wagner (counsel, Stuttgart), Julian Jörges (both Commercial, Frankfurt), Dr. Florian Wagner (partner), Theresa Rieth (both Frankfurt), Dr. Friedrich Weyland (all Dispute Resolution, Stuttgart), Dr. Alexander Molle (partner), Jan Felix Hinrichs (counsel, both Berlin), Dr. Felizitas Casper (Munich), Viktoria Charlotte Neubelt (all IP/Tech), Simon Clemens Wegmann, Hanna Kröhnert (both Data Protection, all Berlin), Michael P. Clever, Konrad H. J. Discher (counsel, both Frankfurt), Christian Ditté (all Real Estate, Berlin).
The following law firms acted as local counsel:
Wardynski & Partners, Poland
Glatzova & Co., Czech Republic
NNDKP, Romania
Wolf Theiss, Austria
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