24 Nov 2025

Noerr advises DAX-listed GEA on forming joint venture with RebelDot

"Noerr advised DAX-listed GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on forming a strategic joint venture with Romanian technology company RebelDot; Kinstellar acted as local Romanian counsel. The joint venture, RebelDot Process Industries, will be based in Cluj-Napoca and launch in January 2026 to deliver software, mobile and AI solutions for industrial clients."

Noerr advised DAX-listed GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on forming a strategic joint venture with RebelDot, with Kinstellar acting as local counsel in Romania. The transaction establishes a strategic joint venture named RebelDot Process Industries, headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with a planned launch in January 2026. The joint venture will deliver specialised software development services — including web, mobile and AI solutions — tailored to the needs of industrial customers. By combining GEA’s process industry expertise with RebelDot’s software engineering capabilities, the new venture aims to accelerate the development, scaling and operation of digital solutions for process industry and mechanical engineering companies. Customers will benefit from shorter product time-to-market, greater development efficiency and cost-effective operations through modern DevOps practices. RebelDot, one of Romania’s most dynamic technology companies, is headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, a major European tech hub. Noerr represented GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft with a team composed by: Harald Selzner (partner, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf); Gerrit Henze (associated partner, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf); Hannah Besting (senior associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf); Ingo Theusinger (partner, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf); Lea Fieseler (associate, Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf); Jens Peter Schmidt (partner, Antitrust, Brussels); Fabian Hübener (associated partner, Antitrust, Brussels); Andre Happel (partner, Tax, Frankfurt); Thomas Renner (senior associate, Tax, Frankfurt). Kinstellar represented GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft as local Romanian counsel.
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