Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP / Key word(s): Disposal
17.06.2013 / 15:58

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Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ROC) announced today it entered into a definitive agreement to sell CeramTec, its advanced ceramics business, to Cinven, a European private equity firm, for EUR 1.49 billion (approx. USD 1.98 billion).

The transaction is expected to close during the third quarter 2013 following receipt of appropriate regulatory approvals, including EU competition clearance.

CeramTec, headquartered in Plochingen, Germany, is a leading global producer of high performance advanced ceramics products. With approximately 3,000 employees and 18 facilities globally, it serves four principal end-markets: (1) medical; (2) electronics; (3) industrial; and (4) automotive.

Rockwood was advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
The Willkie team was led by Georg Linde (Corporate) and included partners Mario Schmidt (Corporate), Dr. Patrick Meiisel, Dr. Bettina Bokeloh (both Tax), Jan Wilms (Finance), Rolf Huenermann (Regulatory), Dr. Christian Rolf (Employment, all Frankfurt), Dominique Mondoloni (Corporate, Paris), William H. Gump (Corporate), Richard Mancino (Litigation), William Hiller (Banking), Ian L. Levin (Employment, all New York) and associates Dr. Axel Wahl, Christina Mann, Dr. Maximilian Schwab, Patrick Wacker (all Corporate), Jochen Riechwald, Christian Stoehr (both Employment), Tobias Daubert, Mario Bammann (both Finance), Joerg Walzer (Tax), Daniel Zakrzewski (Corporate, all Frankfurt), Charlotte Lance (Corporate, Paris), Angela Redai, Margaret L. Hanson, Joseph Antignani, Shaimaa M. Hussein (all Corporate, New York) and Toby D. Lewis (Employment, New York).
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is an international law firm, comprising more than 600 attorneys with offices in New York, Washington, Paris, London, Milan, Rome, Frankfurt am Main and Brussels. The headquarters are in New York, 787 Seventh Avenue, Tel.: 001 212 728 8000.
Frankfurt, June 17, 2013


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