Wolf Theiss advises Chinese home appliance producer HISENSE in takeover Of Gorenje

Among the selling institutional shareholders were Panasonic, the IFC, and the state-owned company KAD d.d. Final closing of the transaction is subject to clearances by competent antitrust authorities, in particular, the European Commission. Transaction value exceeds EUR 250,000,000.

Wolf Theiss advised HISENSE on all legal aspects, including participation in a competitive bidding process, transaction structuring, due diligence, capital markets laws, and the takeover offer, and is also responsible for the competition filings with competent authorities in Europe.

The Wolf Theiss teams were led by Markus Bruckmüller (Corporate) in collaboration with partners Günter Bauer (Competition) and Ron Given (Corporate). Markus Bruckmüller noted, “WOLF THEISS’ footprint in Central and Eastern Europe facilitated our work for HISENSE tremendously. Our teams in Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria (covering also Macedonia), Czech Republic, Poland, Romania (covering also Moldova and Kazakhstan) Serbia (covering also Montenegro), Slovenia and Ukraine worked together to provide seamless and timely advice to our client”. Günter Bauer added: “The professionals we have had the pleasure to work with from HISENSE and GORENJE, the skills of the financial advisors and other legal representatives, along with the depth, experience and commitment of our own teams, have all really made a difference in getting this important transaction to where we are today”. Ron Given concluded: “HISENSE and GORENJE are exceptional organizations in every sense of the word. Their combination will only bring about even better things for all of their constituencies. WOLF THEISS is proud and grateful to have been entrusted by HISENSE with a leading role in the transaction that brought that about. “

The financial advisors to HISENSE were Hong Kong-based Ping An of China Capital (Hong Kong) Company Limited and Ljubljana-based ILIRIKA borzno posredniška hiša d.d.

Wolf Theiss team members:
Markus Bruckmueller, Ljubljana / Vienna, Partner, Klemen Radosavljević, Ljubljana, Partner, Guenter Bauer, Vienna, Partner, Jochen Anweiler, Vienna, Counsel

Teja Balažic Jerovšek, Ljubljana, Counsel, Žiga Dolhar, Ljubljana, Associate, Neja Nastran, Ljubljana, Associate, Larisa Primožič, Ljubljana, Associate, Primož Šega, Ljubljana, Associate, Martina Mahnič, Ljubljana, Associate, Tjaša Golobič Šmon, Associate, Ljubljana

Andjelka Todorović, Belgrade, Associate, Aleksandra Andjelković, Belgrade, Associate, Vidak Kovačević, Belgrade, Counsel, Tatjana Radivojević, Belgrade, Associate, Marko Tesanović, Belgrade, Associate, Aleksandar Ristić, Belgrade, Associate, Marijana Zejaković, Belgrade, Senior Associate, Maja Stankovic, Belgrade, Senior Associate, Marina Bulatovic, Belgrade, Senior Associate

Jan Kotous, Prague, Counsel, Martin Kolacek, Prague, Associate,Barbara Timkova, Prague, Associate, Klara Kovandova, Prague, Associate

Ron Given, Warsaw, Partner, Jacek Michalski, Warsaw, Partner, Dariusz Harbaty, Warsaw, Counsel

Nina Lenhard, Vienna, Associate, Florian Prischl, Vienna, Associate, Jiayan Zhu, Vienna, Senior Associate

Adrian Ster, Bucharest, Partner, Naida Custovic, Sarajevo, Partner, Ilma Kasumagic, Sarajevo, Associate, Sokol Nako, Tirana, Partner, Denis Selimi, Tirana, Associate, Anna Rizova, Sofia, Partner, Hristina Dzhevlekova, Sofia, Senior Associate

Taras Dumych, Kiev, Partner, Olga Ivlyeva, Kiev, Senior Associate, Mykhailo Razuvaiev, Kiev, Associate