DLA Piper has advised Herge Holding on the sale of Nutriad, a global feed additives producer to Adisseo for a total consideration of $192m. Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Adisseo is one of the world's leading experts in feed additives and forms part of chemical company, China National BlueStar. Herge Holding is held by RBS and Rabobank.

DLA Piper advised RBS and Rabobank on the sale of Nutriad by auction. The DLA Piper team was led by Dutch Corporate partner, Casper Hamersma and associates, Philip Jonker and Diederik Schuurmans. The team further consisted of a team of over 30 lawyers across DLA Piper offices in Belgium, Brazil, China, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Spain, the UK and the US.