Noerr advises French-based Sogestran Group on acquisition of German shipping company Jaegers

A team from Noerr under the remit of Alexander Hirsch has advised the French-based Sogestran Group on the acquisition of Reederei Jaegers GmbH in cooperation with the French law firm Jeantet. Reederei Jaegers, a shipping company based in Duisburg, specialises in transporting liquid petrochemical and chemical bulk goods on European inland waterways. Closing is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2025.

The transaction (which also includes the acquisition of 57 ships) will make the Sogestran Group one of the leading inland waterway shipping companies specialising in liquid bulk goods in the European market. Going forward, Sogestran will have more than 200 motor vessels, push boats and barges operating on European waterways, enabling it to offer international customers even better solutions for inland transport throughout Europe.

Advisors to Sogestran Group: Noerr

Team lead: Alexander Hirsch (partner, M&A, Dusseldorf)

Corporate/M&A:

Maurice Séché (partner, Dusseldorf), Hannah Besting (senior associate, Dusseldorf), Alina Lucia Kolenda (associate, Dusseldorf)

Martin Dopychai (senior associate, Dusseldorf), Anna-Lena Heilker (associate, Dusseldorf), Julius Heimann (associate, Dusseldorf), Tina Neugebauer (associate, Dusseldorf)

Banking & Finance: Michael Schuhmacher (partner, Frankfurt), Martina Buller (associated partner, Frankfurt), Linh Hoang (senior associate, Frankfurt)

Employment & Pensions: Nikolaus Polzer (partner, Dusseldorf), Angelika Schmid (partner, Munich), Raphael Hillus (associate, Dusseldorf), Katharina Schwarz (associate, Hamburg)

Real Estate Investment: Henrik Dornscheidt (associated partner, Dusseldorf), Fabienne Wendik (senior associate, Dusseldorf)

Antitrust & Competition: Alexander Birnstiel (partner, Munich), Jochen Hegener (senior associate, Munich), Annika Kristin Stamer (senior associate, Berlin)

Regulatory & Governmental Affairs: Bärbel Sachs (partner, Berlin), Max Helleberg (associated partner, Berlin), Ines Mittermeier (senior associate, Dusseldorf), David Rösch (senior associate, Berlin)

Tax & Private Clients: Andre Happel (partner, Frankfurt), Thomas Renner (senior associate, Frankfurt), Benedikt Rippert (senior associate, Frankfurt)

Financial Services Regulation: Karl-Alexander Neumann (partner, Hamburg)

Commercial: Mansur Pour Rafsendjani (partner, Munich), Lukas Schu (senior associate, Frankfurt)

Digital Business: Patrick Neidinger (associated partner, Munich)

Data, Tech & Telecom: Henrike von dem Berge (associated partner, Berlin), Anna Shapiro (senior associate, Berlin)

Advisors on French law: Jeantet (M&A: Karl Hepp de Sevelinges, Ruben Koslar, Perrine Fuchs, Nicolas Martin and Clara Sourin)

Netherlands: Houthoff

Luxembourg: NautaDutilh

Switzerland: Walder Wyss Ltd.