A&O and Skadden among firms on €7.5bn bid for Douwe Egberts parent company
Allen & Overy (A&O), Stibbe and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are among a line-up of law firms acting on the potential €7.5bn (£6.4bn) takeover of coffee brand Douwe Egberts' Dutch parent company DE Master Blenders (DEMB) 1753. JAB group, led by German investor Joh A Benckiser, plans to acquire DEMB to add to its existing coffee and tea brand portfolio, which includes Caribou Coffee and Peet's Coffee & Tea. JAB previously owned a majority 15% stake in the company. Benelux firm Stibbe is advising JAB on local law with a team under head of corporate Derk Lemstra and private equity chief Bjorn van der Klip.
April 18, 2013 at 07:03 PM
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Allen & Overy (A&O), Stibbe and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are among a line-up of law firms acting on the potential €7.5bn (£6.4bn) takeover of coffee brand Douwe Egberts' Dutch parent company DE Master Blenders (DEMB) 1753.
JAB group, led by German investor Joh A Benckiser, plans to acquire DEMB to add to its existing coffee and tea brand portfolio, which includes Caribou Coffee and Peet's Coffee & Tea. JAB previously owned a majority 15% stake in the company.
Benelux firm Stibbe is advising JAB on local law with a team under head of corporate Derk Lemstra and private equity chief Bjorn van der Klip.
Skadden also took a role for JAB with a team comprising New York partners Sean Doyle and Paul Schnell, and London partners Mark Darley and Danny Tricot. Brussels partner Frederic Depoortere acted on competition law aspects.
A&O is representing DEMB, with Amsterdam corporate partner Jan Louis Burggraaf heading up the firm's team alongside corporate partner Tim Stevens, competition partner Kees Schillemans and New York M&A partner Peter Harwich.
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is providing local law advice with a team including corporate partner Jan Willem Hoevers and patents partner Gertjan Kuipers. Clifford Chance banking partner James Johnson led the team advising the banks.
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