JDP, working with Herbert Smith Freehills, has advised Ayvens on the M&A integration of Polish intra-group companies.
Ayvens is a sustainable mobility company. According to JDP, it was created through "the acquisition of LeasePlan by ALD Automotive, part of the Societe Generale group. Ayvens is present in more than 40 countries with more than 14,500 employees and a fleet of 3.4 million vehicles, including the world’s largest fleet of electric vehicles."
According to the firm, "the transaction comprised global intra-group share transfers and complex transferring of business activity between the Polish companies including transfer of operational functionalities, majority of contracts, employees, IP rights, and IT systems. The entire works were aimed at merging the operations of Polish ex-ALD and ex-LeasePlan Polish entities into one company combined with [a] full rebranding process."
The JDP team included Partners Marcin Chomiuk, Michal Drozdowicz, and Maciej Chrzan Of Counsel Boguslaw Lackoronski, Counsel Marcin Lewinski and Joanna Ostojska-Kolodziej, Senior Associates Magdalena Bartnik, Krzysztof Brant, and Ewa Mondziel, Attorney at Law Anna Matusiak-Wekiera, Associates Edyta Bebenek, Aleksander Eggink, Mateusz Tkaczynski, Aleksandra Pisarek, Karol Brunejko, and Daria Gromotka and Head of Tax Magdalena Zasiewska.
JDP could not provide additional information on the matter.