TRUST advised Wihuri Oy in the acquisition of John Deere’s business from Baltic Agro Machinery OU

TRUST advised Wihuri Oy in the acquisition of John Deere’s agricultural and horticultural machinery businessfrom Baltic Agro Machinery OU in Estonia.

TRUST’s team was led by partner Jan Lindberg and team consisted of Anne-Marie Malmberg and Anssi Ihatsu. Wihuri OU is part of the Finnish international industrial and trade group Wihuri OY, which consists of four business areas operating in 30 different countries in the packaging, daily goods wholesale, technical trade, and aviation sectors.

Baltic Agro Machinery is a member of the  Danish Agro Group, which has 4,700 employees in 16 countries and is active in the sale of agricultural machinery and provision of after-sales services, as well as in the sale of animal feedstuff mixes, premixes and vitamin mixes, fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, and the purchase of crops from farmers. The transaction was part of DAG’s divestment obligation pursuant to its agreement with the European Commission.