The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the H.C. Starck group on the sale of its subsidiary H.C. Starck Ceramics GmbH to Kyocera Fineceramics GmbH, a German subsidiary of the Japanese Kyocera group. Previously, Milbank advised H.C. Starck on the sale of the Tantalum & Niobium division to a subsidiary of JX Nippon Mining & Metals and on the sale of the Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders division (STC) to the Swedish company Höganäs AB.
The H.C. Starck group is one of the world's leading providers of refractory metals and advanced ceramics. It is part of the portfolio of the financial investors Advent International and The Carlyle Group.
H.C. Starck Ceramics GmbH, based in Selb, Germany, is one of the world's leading providers of high-performance large ceramic components for the semiconductor manufacturing industry and one of the leading producers of advanced technical ceramic powders and ceramic components.
Kyocera Corporation, headquartered in Kyoto, is a leading producer of fine ceramic components for the technology industry.
The acquisition of H.C. Starck Ceramics GmbH by Kyocera is subject to approval by the competent authorities.
A Milbank team advised H.C. Starck GmbH comprehensively on the legal aspects of the sale.
Advisor to H.C. Starck: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Milbank Team: Andrea Eggenstein (lead, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Norbert Rieger (Corporate/M&A, Munich), Rolf Füger, Matthias Schell (both Tax, Munich), Alexander Rinne (Competition Law, Munich), Pascal Härdtner, Alexandra Schäfer (both Corporate/M&A, Munich), Moritz Philipp, Yasmin Holm (both Tax, Munich), Vanessa van Weelden (Competition Law, Munich).
Inhouse-Team H.C. Starck GmbH: Klaus Sabel (Director Group Taxes, Trade Law & Customs, Munich), Raoul Wilhelmus (General Counsel, Goslar).
