December 7, 2021/News

Gould & Ratner Represented Selig Group in the Acquisition of Manufacture Générale de Joints

Gould & Ratner recently provided U.S. legal counsel and oversight of foreign counsel in the acquisition of Manufacture Générale de Joints (MGJ) for Selig Group. Chicago-based Selig Group manufactures container sealing and venting products for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal care and industrial applications. MGJ is a France-based manufacturer of foam liners with operations in Canada. MGJ will adopt the Selig Group name, but the business will continue to operate from its primary facility in France.

Brian Gilbert, a Managing Partner and Chair of the Corporate Practice, led a team of lawyers and paralegals that included Rebecca Smart and Susan Mosteller. Winston & Strawn served as French counsel for the acquisition.

Click here to read more about the deal in a Canadian Plastics article or here to read more in a Global Legal Chronicle article.

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Brian Gilbert

Managing Partner

Representing privately held and family-run entrepreneurial businesses, as well as lenders and other sources of debt and equity capital, Brian Gilbert has extensive experience in a variety of sophisticated corporate transactions.

Rebecca Smart

Associate

As a member of Gould & Ratner’s Corporate Practice, Rebecca Smart focuses her practice on corporate and commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions of businesses in a variety of sizes and industries.

Susan Mosteller

Paralegal

Susan Mosteller's knowledge and experience in a vast array of corporate matters intersects with nearly all of the firm’s practices, ranging from entity formation and qualification, to maintenance and compliance matters for domestic and international entities of any type, to assisting attorneys in the preparation and review of documents in complex transactions.

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