Leggett & Platt is a global manufacturer of engineered components and products used in homes, workplaces and vehicles. The company operates across Europe, North America and Asia.

FurnMaster, part of the Gabriel Group, provides furniture manufacturing services to leading international furniture brands. The acquisition of its operations in Poland and Lithuania will strengthen Leggett & Platt’s presence in Europe and add FurnMaster’s specialist manufacturing expertise.

In this transaction, Danish law firm Moalem Weitemeyer acted as lead international counsel, with COBALT advising the client on Lithuanian law matters and Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak advising on Polish law matters.

Congratulations to the client. It was a pleasure to work alongside the teams at Moalem Weitemeyer and Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak on this transaction.

The COBALT team was led by Associate Partner Sandra Sidoraitė and supported by Managing Partner Dr Irmantas Norkus and Senior Associate Ieva Milkamanavičiūtė. The team included Partners Artūras Kojala and Vydmantas Grigoravičius, Associate Partner Maksimas Saveljevas, Managing Associate Renata Vasiliauskienė, Senior Associates Giedrė Burdulytė, Eglė Tamavičiūtė and Agnė Jacunskienė, and Associates Dovilė Platakytė, Edvinas Jankaitis and Simona Dilytė.