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Rymarz Zdort Maruta and CMS Advise on Mutares' Acquisition of Natura

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Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised Mutares on the acquisition of Natura from Pelion. CMS advised Pelion on the deal.

The transaction remains contingent on regulatory approval.

Mutares is a listed private equity holding company with its headquarters in Munich.

Natura is a cosmetics store chain in the Polish market.

According to Rymarz Zdort Maruta, “as a result of the transaction, Mutares will increase its presence in the retail and food sector, and Natura will develop dynamically, adapt its offer to the changing needs of consumers, and strengthen its position on the competitive but promising cosmetics and drugstore market in Poland.”

The Rymarz Zdort Maruta team included Partners Jakub Zagrajek and Jacek Zawadzki and Associate Szymon Rutecki.

The CMS team included Partner Ryszard Manteuffel, Counsels Robert Semczuk and Agnieszka Starzynska, Senior Associate Zuzanna Sapocinska, Associate Lukasz Duchinski, and Trainee Monika Piepiorka.

CMS at a Glance

CMS Sofia is a full-service law firm, the largest international law firm in Bulgaria and one of the largest providers of legal services in the local market as a whole. The breadth and depth of our practice means that our lawyers are specialised, with a level of specialisation that few of our competitors can match.

CMS Sofia is the Bulgarian branch of CMS, a top ten global legal and tax services provider with over 5000 lawyers in 43 countries and 78 offices across the world.

CMS entered the Bulgarian market as one of the first internationally active law firms in 2005 and is now among the most respected legal advisors in the country. We have 7 partners, 4 counsel and over 30 lawyers in our office in Sofia.

Our legal experts, who are rooted in Bulgaria’s local culture, can also draw on years of experience in foreign countries and are at home in several legal systems at once. We know the particularities of the local market just as well as the needs of our clients and combine both to achieve optimum solutions. Our lawyers are Bulgarian qualified and we also have English qualified experts – all of them regularly working on cross-border mandates.

In our work, we focus on M&A, Energy, Projects and Construction, Banking and Finance, Real Estate, Media, IP and IT law, Tax, Employment law, Competition, Procurement and any kind of Dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation. What’s more, we also take care of the entire legal management of our clients’ projects.

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