manufacturing & industrials
Schoenherr's experts advise on all legal issues emerging in the manufacturing and industrial service sector.
At Schoenherr we have profound knowledge of the legal issues facing the agri-business, cement, chemicals, forestry, food processing, household appliances, paper & packaging, glass and metals industries, among others. We provide targeted advise to clients on their day-to-day operational issues (including know-how, trade-secrets and patents) as well as important transactions.
legal areas
- administrative & public law
- arbitration
- commercial contracts
- eu & competition
- compliance & internal investigations
- corporate & reorganisation
- data protection & privacy
- environmental law
- ip & unfair competition
- labour & employment
- m&a
- public procurement & ppp
- restructuring & insolvency
- tax law
our services
- emissions trading
- environmental compliance
- new sites and facilities (incl. permits and project finance)
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27 August 2026
czech republic slovakia poland ukraine
M.Jendželovský V.Čížek H.Hangler J.Kupčík S.Špeta K.Zmatlíková A.Jaroš N.Hrubá E.Buriánek Š.Kopárek J.Kranda O.Šimek J.Machová A.Kučerová E.Adamczyk P.Halwa K.Gabryjańczyk K.Szatan K.Leśniak M.Bering A.Nowosielski D.Rutecka A.Stawiarska R.Szatan P.Devínsky S.Hekelová J.Farbiak M.Lučivjanský S.Nguyen N.Koprdová N.Tonhauserová Z.Hnátová T.Iurkovska
CEE: Schoenherr advises Saint-Gobain on acquisition of Stachema's construction chemicals plants
Schoenherr advised Saint-Gobain, a leader in light and sustainable construction, on the acquisition of Stachema's construction chemicals plants specialising in concrete admixtures from DEK a.s. Saint-Gobain acquires certain operations in the Czech Republic, as well as entities in Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026, pending regulatory approval.
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Austria: Schoenherr advises initial purchasers and lenders on EUR 2.205bln refinancing of Constantia Flexibles
Schoenherr, together with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, advised the global coordinators, physical bookrunners, bookrunners, mandated lead arrangers and lenders in connection with a syndicated facilities agreement, as well as the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior secured notes, as part of the comprehensive refinancing of Constantia Flexibles GmbH, a portfolio company of One Rock Capital Partners and a global leader in flexible packaging.
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Austria: Schoenherr advises Joint Global Coordinators on ABB related to 4.0 % PORR shares
Schoenherr advised Jefferies GmbH, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and UniCredit Bank GmbH as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on the offering and sale of 1,571,130 no-par value ordinary bearer shares in PORR AG corresponding to approx. 4.0 % of the company's share capital. The shares were sold by IGO Construction GmbH, generating gross proceeds of approx. EUR 62m.
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