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Gleiss Lutz advises Robert Bosch on the carve-out and sale of brake components business to AEQUITA

Gleiss Lutz has advised Robert Bosch GmbH in connection with the carve-out and sale of its brake components business. The purchaser is a subsidiary of AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA (AEQUITA). Completion of the transaction is expected take place in the second quarter of 2024, subject to the approval of the relevant authorities. 

The brake components division comprises Buderus Guss GmbH and Robert Bosch Lollar Guss GmbH. With around 900 employees at three locations in Germany, the brake components division is specialized in the manufacturing of coated high-performance brake discs for leading international OEMs.

Rainer Bischof and Daniel Hörner from Bosch Group's legal department were primarily responsible for the transaction.

The following Gleiss Lutz Team led by Dr. Jochen Tyrolt (partner), Dr. Markus Martin (both lead, counsel) and Oliver Wolf (all Corporate/M&A, all Stuttgart) has advised Bosch on the transaction:

Johannes Schrägle (counsel), Nikolas Frey, Dr. Julius-Vincent Ritz (all Corporate/M&A, all Stuttgart), Dr. Matthias Tresselt (partner, Stuttgart), Dr. Moritz Lochmann (Munich), Dr. Florian Kienast (all Restructuring, Stuttgart), Dr. Alexander Molle (partner, Berlin), Dr. Herwig Lux (counsel), Dr. Christopher J. Noll (both Stuttgart), Dr. Sebastian Girschick (alle IP/Tech, Munich), Dr. Steffen Krieger (partner, Employmnet, Düsseldorf), Dr. Johannes Hertfelder (partner), Alexandra Bruch (both Competition/Antitrust, both Stuttgart), Dr. Ocka Stumm (artner), Julian Kettemer (both Tax), Konrad Discher (counsel), Michael P. Clever (both Real Estate, all Frankfurt), Dr. Lars Kindler (counsel, Public Law, Düsseldorf).

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