Herbst Kinsky advised TX Logistik AG on the acquisition of Exploris Deutschland Holding GmbH in the merger control proceedings before the Austrian competition authorities. Further merger control proceedings took place in Germany (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP) and Poland (WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k.).

TX Logistik with its headquarter in Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, is a rail transport company with connections in eleven European countries, having subsidiaries in Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden. It is wholly owned by Mercitalia Logistics S.p.A., a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A., Italy’s national state-owned railway holding company.

Exploris as the ultimate holding company of Hamburg-headquartered Exploris Group, is a European rail freight transportation company active in the logistics and railway sector with subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Switzerland. Group companies of Exploris include, amongst others, Via Cargo, HSL Logistik and Delta Rail.

The Herbst Kinsky team was led by Valerie Mayer supported by Valerie Krischke (both Competition law).