DZP advises agri-food leader on its expansion into the European malt market

DZP, as a part of an international team coordinated by Mills & Reeve, advised Richardson Malting (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Richardson International in the acquisition of Ragleth Limited, owner of Anglia Maltings holding company, whose portfolio includes the Crisp Malt brand.

Richardson is a Canadian agriculture and food processing giant with more than 3,000 employees worldwide, which markets and sells all major Canadian-grown grains and oilseeds.

For our client, the transaction is another step in a long-term strategy, which includes the diversification of further growth in the food processing industry.

The team led by Sylwia Kuca and Bartosz Marcinkowski, Partners from M&A Practice focused on legal due diligence and transaction advisory services.

The advisory team also included Katarzyna Matyszewska and Hubert Kawałek from the Corporate and M&A Practice, Tomasz Kalicki from the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Practice, Wojciech Koczara from the Real Estate Practice and Maciej Białek from the Infrastructure and Energy Practice.

In regulatory issues, the client was supported by Jarosław Łukawski and Jan Siesicki from the Competition Law team.