Baker & McKenzie is advising UNIWHEELS AG in connection with its planned initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. UNIWHEELS AG, one of the largest wheel suppliers to the automotive industry in Europe and leading European manufacturer of alloy wheels in the accessories market, has started an initial public offering. UNIWHEELS owns major production plants in Poland (two in Stalowa Wola) and in Germany (Werdohl). The prospectus was published yesterday.

All details relating to the offer were published in a prospectus approved by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. The IPO consists of 2,400,000 newly issued company shares as well as 2,400,000 shares offered by the current sole shareholder UNIWHEELS Holding (Malta) Ltd.

"We are proud to support UNIWHEELS AG in this important step. The smooth and close cooperation between Baker & McKenzie's German and Polish capital markets teams was an essential asset in the process", said Christoph Wolf, partner in Equity Capital Markets.

Legal advisor UNIWHEELS AG: Baker & McKenzie

Lead:

Corporate: Dr. Christoph Wolf (partner, Frankfurt), Jakub Celinski (partner, Warsaw)

Further key team members:

Corporate: Tilman Wink (senior counsel, Frankfurt), Piotr Kowalik (senior associate, Warsaw).