Norton Rose Fulbright has been advising Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on loan facilities and a payment guarantee advanced to Wielton S.A. in Wielun to acquire (in two phases, a majority stake, and later a minority stake) the leading French truck trailer producer Fruehauf Expansion SAS, based in Auxerre, France.

As a result of this transaction, Wielton S.A., the biggest truck trailer producer in Poland, became Europe’s third biggest truck trailer producer.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team was led by partner Grzegorz Dyczkowski, assisted by senior associates Tomasz Rogalski and Joanna Braciszewska-Szarapa and associates Konrad Leszko and Maksymilian Jarzabek.