Wardynski & Partners, working with Vinge, has advised Scania on its acquisition of assets from Northvolt Systems’ Industrial Division. Wolf Theiss and Mannheimer Swartling advised the sellers.
According to Wardynski & Partners, the Northvolt Systems’ Industrial Division specializes in the production of battery systems for heavy industry and off-highway market segments. Moreover, it develops and manufactures a portfolio of battery modules and systems used in cargo handling, warehousing, construction, and mining equipment. Via this transaction, Scania acquired a leased production facility in Gdansk and secured the transfer of employees under transfer of undertakings provisions, thereby protecting employment.
The Wardynski & Partners team included Partners Jakub Lerner, Radoslaw Wasiak, Igor Hanas, Daniel Smarduch, Konrad Grotowski, and Monika Gorska, Counsels Anna Kulinska and Jaroslaw Karlikowski, Attorneys at law Hubert Binkiewicz, Waldemar Orynski, Nina Bronisz, Rafal Pytko, Ewa Kruszko, Filip Kurys, Adrianna Ogonowska, Malgorzata Piekarska, Barbara Zalecka-Wysocka, and Karolina Romanowska, and Junior Associates Zuzanna Poleszak, Karol Mackowiak.
The Wolf Theiss team included Partners Izabela Zielinska-Barlozek, Maciej Szewczyk, and Przemek Kozdoj, Counsels Joanna Gasowski, Dominik Walkowski, and Marcin Rudnik, and Associates Michal Pypka and Maria Markowska.