Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advises Everstone Capital on the acquisition of Qlar Group

Herbert Smith Freehills advised Everstone Capital on its acquisition of Qlar Group from Blackstone.

Everstone will support Qlar’s long-term development through investments in technology, innovation, and talent, while also helping to drive the expansion of Qlar’s well-established aftermarket and service business.

Qlar (formerly Schenck Process), headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, with production facilities in India, China, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, is a leading global supplier of material handling and processing equipment for industrial applications in the metals and cement sectors.

Everstone Capital is the private equity arm of the Everstone Group, an investment firm headquartered in Singapore.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advised Everstone Capital with the following team:

Düsseldorf/Frankfurt: Dr Oliver Duys (Partner, Lead), Dr Michael Glaesner, Julia Schmitz (both Counsel, all Corporate/M&A), Dr Steffen Hoerner (Partner, Tax), Dr Marcel Nuys (Partner, Competition), Dr Marius Boewe (Partner, Regulatory), Thies Deike (Counsel, IT), Moritz Kunz (Partner), Dr Anja Lingscheid, Dr Simone Ziegler (both Counsel, all Employment); Associates: Johannes Niegemann, Alessandro Saitta, Lena Tubes, Sven Buettner (all Corporate/M&A), Julia Ickstadt, Matthias Joschko (both Employment), Eva Juergens (Tax), Julia Ngoc Anh Nguyen (IP), Mirko Gleitsmann, Dr Lennard Posser (both Competition), Dejan Einfeldt, David Rasche (both Regulatory); Abhijit Narayan, Hang Xu (both Foreign Lawyers, both Corporate/M&A)

London: Veronica Roberts (Partner, Competition), William Turnbull (Partner, Real Estate), Samantha Brown (Partner), Robert Klepka, Sian McKinley (both Counsel, all Employment); Associates: Raj Mathew, Lucy Kelly, Rhys Williams (all Corporate/M&A), Jia Liu, Emily Skinner (both Employment), Chris Pearson, George Christodoulides (both Competition), William Shattock (Real Estate)

Shanghai: Nanda Lau (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Gilian Miao (Counsel, Employment); Associates: Tracy Chen, Tonnie Zhang, Alizee Zheng (all Corporate/M&A)

Hongkong: Eric Yeung (Associate, Corporate/M&A)

Paris: Nina Bowyer (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Guilhem Seronie (Counsel, Employment);Associates: Amélie Dugast, Jean Baptiste Verlhac, Anna Zoumenou (all Corporate/M&A), Julie Dussaix (IP)

Madrid: Iria Calviño (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Associates: Soledad Bialet, Rebeca Oriol (both Corporate/M&A), Teresa de Oriol, Maria Cristos Eguilior, Pablo de Vega (all Employment)

Milan: Cesare Saputo (Associate, Corporate/M&A)