Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory acted as exclusive financial and legal advisor to Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. on the sale of 100% of the shares in MPE Flensburg GmbH to Quantum Capital Partners
Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory acted as exclusive financial and legal advisor to Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. (“MPM”) on the sale of 100% of the shares in MPE Flensburg GmbH (“MPEF”) to Quantum Capital Partners (“QCP”).
About the transaction (Details):
A cross-functional international team of Deloitte in Germany and Japan, led by Claudius Thiell (Managing Director), Hiroshi Akiyama (Managing Director) and Lutz Illichmann (Assistant Director) supported by Luca Haberland and Cem Zirek from Deloitte Corporate Finance Advisory Germany and Andreas Jentgens (Partner) and Marc Oliver Stock (Counsel) from Deloitte Legal Germany successfully advised Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd. on its disposal of 100% of the shares in MPE Flensburg GmbH to funds advised by Quantum Capital Partners. The parties agreed not to disclose any details of the transaction.
MPEF is engaged in the production of coated specialty papers with focus on thermal as well as barrier papers and operates one paper machine and two coating lines with a total annual capacity of 35,000 tons. Looking back at a corporate history of more than 300 years, the Flensburg Mill is known for its strong technology know-how and its innovation driven and loyal workforce. The paper produced is valued for its product specification and high quality and is used for various applications such as event tickets, lottery tickets, transportation, food tags, cash receipts, packaging and more.
During the process, Deloitte demonstrated first-class cross border execution capabilities through the strength of Deloitte’s German-Japanese transaction team covering key aspects of the transaction with Financial Lead Advisory and Legal & SPA Advisory.
About Mitsubishi Paper Mills
The Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Paper Mills produces and develops not only printing paper, printing plate materials and printing systems supporting offset and other printing, but also supplies the media for almost all recording formats, such as pressure-sensitive, thermal, magnetic, electrographic, silver halide photography and inkjet paper. Furthermore, MPM adds functional materials such as highly functional filters to their operating business, and MPM is increasing emphasis on research and development in new business areas.
About Deloitte – Corporate Finance Advisory
As leading independent M&A advisors, we provide M&A deal execution and financial advisory services to large and mid-market corporations as well as to private equity firms globally. We offer financial advice and insight at every stage of a transaction – from consideration of strategic options to transaction execution, be it an acquisition or divestment, equity or debt restructuring. We pride ourselves in our independent advice to our clients.