bpv Huegel advises RWA on the sale of its share in AUSTRIA JUICE to AGRANA

Vienna, 03 June 2025. bpv Huegel successfully advised RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Aktiengesellschaft (RWA) on the sale of its share in AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH to AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft.

AGRANA already holds a share in AUSTRIA JUICE and will hold 100% in the company following the acquisition of RWA’s share in AUSTRIA JUICE. AUSTRIA JUICE is a major manufacturer of fruit juice concentrates with headquarters in Kroellendorf (Lower Austria) and 13 production sites in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and China. The company employs around 1,000 people in total. Its turnover amounts to around EUR 330 million.

bpv Huegel already advised RWA on the establishment of the joint venture with AGRANA in 2012.

“We are proud to have been at RWA’s side from the founding of the AUSTRIA JUICE joint venture until its exit more than 13 years later,” said Thomas Lettau, partner and co-head of the Corporate/M&A practice group at bpv Huegel.

The bpv Huegel team was led by Thomas Lettau and also included Christoph Nauer, Nicolas Wolski, Anna Zirkler, Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber and Gerhard Fussenegger.

AGRANA was advised by Schoenherr.

The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant competition and investment control authorities.

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