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Apax Makes Offer to Acquire Azelis Group

02.12.15

The Firm is representing Apax Partners LLP (“Apax”) in connection with its offer to acquire Azelis S.A. and its subsidiaries (the “Azelis Group”), a leading pan-European specialty chemical distributor which is currently indirectly held by certain funds advised by 3i Group plc, a global private equity firm.

The workers’ councils of relevant Azelis Group companies will, where required, be consulted on the proposed transaction, which is also subject to antitrust approval.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Derek W. Baird, Adam R. Wollstein, Manuela González-Arias and Rita Soares (M&A); and Lucy Jenkins and Ambarish Dash (Credit).