March 31, 2021
Latham & Watkins LLP advised First
Sentier Investors on the sale of Ferngas Group (Ferngas) to Versicherungskammer
Bayern. The transaction is subject to merger control clearance and is expected
to be completed in the second quarter of 2021.
Ferngas owns and operates a regulated gas
network in South and East Germany, mainly in the states of Bavaria and
Thuringia and extending to adjacent regions.
First Sentier Investors manages more than
US$177 billion in assets on behalf of institutional investors, pension funds,
wholesale distributors, investment platforms, financial advisers and their
clients worldwide. The firm operates as a standalone global investment
management business with offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific.
Latham & Watkins represented First
Sentier Investors with a team including Düsseldorf partner Tobias Larisch and
Munich associate Stephan Hufnagel; with Düsseldorf associates Jörg Ruff,
Jaschar Mirkhani, Katharina Intfeld, Florian Feistle, and Felix Gasten. Advice
was also provided on regulatory matters by Frankfurt counsel Joachim Grittmann
and associate Alexander Wilhelm, on finance matters by London partner Conrad
Andersen and counsel Rebecca Crowley, on tax matters by Munich counsel Ulf
Kieker, on antitrust matters by Hamburg counsel Jana Dammann, on real-estate
matters by Hamburg partner Otto von Gruben and associate Maximilian Berenbrok,
on compliance matters by Hamburg associate Stefan Bartz, on employment matters
by Munich partner Anne Kleffmann and associate Kristina Steckermeier, and on
corporate IP matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Mülller and associate Pia
Sösemann.