Komatsu Ltd. (TSE:6301) entered into an agreement to acquire Ghh Group Gmbh from Schmidt, Kranz & Co. Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung on December 20, 2022. The official close of the acquisition is projected for the first half of 2023.

As of July 27, 2023, Competition Tribunal of South Africa has conditionally approved the deal and conditions related to training and development as well as employment creation. Oda Christiane Goetzke, Thomas Meurer, Alf-Henrik Bischke, Wolfgang Kellenter, Dirk Uwer, Christian Hoefs, Thomas Lang, Gunther Wagner, Anja Balitzki, Astrid Harmsen, Andrea Schlaffge and Moritz Rademacher of Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB acted as legal advisor to Komatsu Ltd.