International law firm Clifford Chance has advised specialty chemicals group LANXESS on the acquisition of IMD Natural Solutions GmbH.

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals group with revenues of EUR 9.66 billion in 2017 and app. 19,200 employees in 25 countries. LANXESS develops, manufactures and distributes chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics.

Based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, IMD Natural Solutions develops antimicrobial preservatives from sustainable natural sources for the beverage industry. The natural mushroom extract produced by IMD is significantly more effective than chemical preservatives and particularly suitable for the sterilization of beverages.

The Clifford Chance team advising Lanxess on this transaction comprised partner Christof-Ulrich Goldschmidt, counsel Stefan Bruder, associate Torben Lührmann, senior transaction lawyer Carina Soesanto (all Corporate, Frankfurt), partner Marc Besen (Brussels/Düsseldorf) and counsel Dimitri Slobodenjuk (Düsseldorf, both antitrust), partner Claudia Milbradt, senior associate Florian Reiling and associate Nicolas Hohn-Hein (all IP, Düsseldorf), partner Gunnar Sachs and counsel Claudia Nawroth (both Healthcare) as well as partner Thorsten Sauerhering and counsel Dominik Engl (both Tax, Frankfurt).