Baker McKenzie advised Kuehne+Nagel on its Apex’s acquisition
Baker McKenzie has advised global transport and logistics group Kuehne+Nagel on its acquisition of Apex International Corporation from private equity firm MBK Partners and management, its largest acquisition to date. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including merger clearance by the competent competition authorities. The purchase price will be financed by available liquid sources and, if needed, by available credit lines. Following closing of the transaction, a minor stake of Apex shares is to remain with the experienced and entrepreneurial management of Apex.
The team
The Baker McKenzie team was led by Alexander Fischer (pictured), together with Howard Wu, Alexander Blaeser, Matthias Trautmann, and with the following deal team members: Zurich: Boris Wenger, Matthias Courvoisier, Eva-Maria Strobel, Markus Wolf, Yves Mauchle, Roger Thomi, Zarina Fueglister, Tiziana Hongler and Jan Lusti; PRC: Zheng Lu, Terry Xu, Gege Li, Merry Du, Coco Xi, Emma Zhao, Leo Zhang, Sufi Shang, Luis Zhang, Rachel Ye, Cora Wu, Lucca Li, Xi Chen, Hunt Wu, Kevin Yuan and Laura Liu; Hong Kong: Harold Van Kooten, Isabella Liu, Jannice Lau, Joel Cheung, Mandy Hung, Bryan Ng, Stephen Crosswell, Charlie Wong, Thomas Jenkins, Amy Ling, Lu Zhou, Jannie Mak, Rainbow Fu, Lesley Jingyu Luo and Antonia Chan; USA: Eunkyung Shin, Jeanne Song, Andrew Sagor, Chen Tang, Derek Liu, Stuart Seidel, John Fedele, Jennifer Trock, Alexander Matthews and Arvind Miriyala; Australia: Eric Thianpiriya; Canada: Yana Ermak; Germany: Alexander Ehrle; Mexico: Reynaldo Vizcarra-Mendez and Jesus Antonio Perez-Palazuelos; Netherlands: Christiaan Van der Meer, Danielle Pinedo, Florian Fehres, Emile Doelwijt, Julie Wulfften Palthe, Maarten van Laar, Philip Luckmann and Anastasia Moonen-Vaes; Taiwan: Gwyneth Gu and Yiting Lin; Thailand: Pornapa Luengwattanakit, Narumol Chinawong Teo, Sirikan Buranasiri and Kritchaya Rattanasakul; Vietnam: Lan Phuong Nguyen, Chi Hoang Yen Ngo and Xuan Nghi Ma.
