The M&A team of Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland supported the Eversheds Sutherland UK office in the preparation and organisation of the documentation of the Polish company John Guest Polska Sp. z o.o. in connection with the sale of John Guest Holdings based in the United Kingdom.

Eversheds Sutherland has advised the shareholders of John Guest Holdings – a leading British engineering company with a global reach – on its £687 million sale to Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC). The transaction was announced on 24 May.

The Polish team included Natalia Burchardt – senior associate on the M&A team and Katarzyna Duda – lawyer on the banking & finance team.

Besides UK and Polish lawyers of Eversheds Sutherland, also colleagues from France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Italy were engaged in the transaction.

John Guest is a British engineering company and a global leader in plastic push to connect technology. The family owned company is one of Europe’s biggest suppliers of plastic fittings for the engineering and plumbing sector.