Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) is advising UPM-Kymmene Corporation and its labelling division UPM Raflatac (‘UPM’) on the acquisition of AMC AG Advanced Methods of Coating (‘AMC’).

AMC has two production sites in Kaltenkirchen and Hagenow, Germany, and its business includes coating of pressure sensitive filmic labelstock and Viscom/Graphics materials under the Intercoat brand as well as removable self-adhesive stationary products under the brands Global Notes and Print Inform. AMC supplies customers in 110 countries worldwide. Through the acquisition of AMC, UPM grows its labelling division and enters new product segments with sticky notes and related products.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in Q3, 2022.

The multi-jurisdictional Freshfields-Team is led by Partner Patrick Cichy together with Counsel Mirko Masek and Associate Johannes W. Schiele (all Corporate/M&A, Hamburg). It comprises inter alia:

Partners: Frank Montag (Antitrust, Competition and Trade, Brussels), Julia Sellmann (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg), Niko Schultz-Süchting (Real Estate, Hamburg), Christoph Werkmeister (Data Protection, Düsseldorf), Daniel Travers (Commercial, Düsseldorf), Stephan Denk (Regulatory, Vienna), Jochen Ellrott (Corporate/M&A, Tokyo), Alfonso De Marcos (Corporate/M&A, Madrid)

Counsel: Sascha Arnold (Regulatory, Hamburg), Lukas Pomaroli (Regulatory, Vienna)

Associates: Vanessa van Weelden (Antitrust, Competition and Trade, Brussels), Till Burmeister, Aljosha Barath (both Corporate/M&A, Hamburg), Flavia Lang (People and Reward, Hamburg), Frauke Thole, Benjamin Jung, Cosmas Weigel, Valentin Müller (all Corporate/M&A, Hamburg), Daniel Extra (Real Estate, Hamburg), Konstantin Bondarenko (Antitrust, Competition and Trade, Brussels), Tobias Klatt (Regulatory, Düsseldorf), Marcel Michaelis (Commercial, Berlin), Tanja Pfleger (Data Protection, Vienna), Lisa Müllner (Regulatory, Vienna), Francisco Moya, Laura Cue (both Corporate/M&A, Madrid), Hironori Shimogishi, Junko Ohara (both Corporate/M&A, Tokyo)