Hogan Lovells advises AMG Critical Materials N.V. on the sale of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH to Asbury Carbons, Inc.

The transaction unites two market leaders in carbon solutions. With the sale of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH, AMG completes its exit from the natural graphite business. In spring, AMG repurchased a 40% minority stake in Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH.

The completion of the transaction is still subject to customary closing conditions.

Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH extracts and refines natural graphite, processes and refines synthetic graphite, and produces dispersions, pastes and lubricant premixes in powder form. The company operates its own mine at its headquarters in Kropfmühl, Germany, and holds majority stake-holdings in graphite mines in Sri Lanka. Since 2008, the company has been part of AMG.

Hogan Lovells team for AMG Critical Materials N.V.

Munich

Dr. Michael Rose (Partner, Lead); Andreas Thun (Counsel); Linda Brand (Associate); Dr. Matthias Veicht (Associate), Christian Höflich (Associate) (all Corporate/M&A);

Dr. Christoph Wünschmann (Partner); Johanna Brock-Wenzek (Counsel) (both Antitrust);

Dr. Falk Loose (Counsel); Peter Volkmann (Senior Associate); Dr. Marius Plum (Senior Associate) (all Tax);

Dr. Florian Unseld (Partner); Golo Edel (Counsel) (both Strategic, Operations, Agreements and Regulation)

Dr. Thomas Frank (Senior Associate, Employment)

Frankfurt am Main

Bernhard Kuhn (Partner) (Real Estate)

Washington, D.C.

William W. Yavinsky (Partner); Sean P. Collins (Counsel) (both Corporate M&A);

Ed Fishman (Partner) (Regulatory)

Brussels

Dr. Falk Schöning (Partner), Stefan Kirwitzke (both Foreign Trade Law & Investment Control)