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CMS, Freshfields, and Kirkland Advise on Partner in Pet Food Acquisition

CMS, Freshfields, and Kirkland Advise on Partner in Pet Food Acquisition

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CMS and Freshfields have advised global private equity firm Cinven on the acquisition of Partner in Pet Food, a European pet food manufacturer, from Pamplona Capital Management. Kirkland & Ellis has advised Pamplona on the sale. 

Headquartered in Hungary, Partner in Pet Food (PPF) has nine manufacturing operations across Europe, and it supplies pet food to traditional retailers, discounters, speciality pet retailers, and online specialists.

The transaction follows Pamplona’s EUR 315 million acquisition of Partner in Pet Food from Advent International in April 2015, for which CMS advised the seller.

The CMS team was led by London-based Partner James Grimwood and Kyiv-based Partner Graham Conlon, and included Senior Associate Valentina Santambrogio, Associate Jamie Burgess, and Trainee Solicitor Julian Goering.

The Freshfields team consisted of London-based Partners Adrian Maguire, Victoria Sigeti, and Christopher Davis.

Kirkland's London-based team was led by Corporate Partners David Higgins, Gavin Gordon, and Andrej Wolf.

 

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Nagy és Trócsányi was founded in 1991, turned into limited professional partnership (in Hungarian: ügyvédi iroda) in 1992, with the aim of offering sophisticated legal services. The firm continues to seek excellence in a comprehensive and modern practice, which spans international commercial and business law. 

The firm’s lawyers provide clients with advice and representation in an active, thoughtful and ethical manner, with a real understanding of clients‘ business needs and the markets in which they operate.

The firm is one of the largest home-grown independent law firms in Hungary. Currently Nagy és Trócsányi has 26 lawyers out of which there are 8 active partners. All partners are equity partners.

Nagy és Trócsányi is a legal entity and registered with the Budapest Bar Association. All lawyers of the Budapest office are either members of, or registered as clerks with, the Budapest Bar Association. Several of the firm’s lawyers are admitted attorneys or registered as legal consultants in New York.

The firm advises a broad range of clients, including numerous multinational corporations. 

Our activity focuses on the following practice areas: M&A, company law, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate law, banking and finance, project financing, insolvency and restructuring, venture capital investment, taxation, competition, utilities, energy, media and telecommunication.

Nagy és Trócsányi is the exclusive member firm in Hungary for Lex Mundi – the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in 100+countries worldwide.

The firm advises a broad range of clients, including numerous multinational corporations. Among our key clients are: OTP Bank, Sberbank, Erste Bank, Scania, KS ORKA, Mannvit, DAF Trucks, Booking.com, Museum of Fine Arts of Budapest, Hungarian Post Pte Ltd, Hiventures, Strabag, CPI Hungary, Givaudan, Marks & Spencer, CBA.

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