POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Gregory L. Cowan, George Van Kula and Scott K.
Baker, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

        (1)    prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of VWR
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and any national securities exchanges
or similar authority, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

        (2)    seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities
from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release
any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

        (3)    perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorneys-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

        (1)    this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each
such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

        (2)    any documents prepared and/or executed by any of the
attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure
as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or
desirable;

        (3)    neither the Company nor any of the attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any
failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability
of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and

        (4)    this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

        The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if present, with full power of substitution and revocation,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
earlier of (i) the date on which the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company; (ii) as to the appointment of each of
Gregory L. Cowan, George Van Kula and Scott K. Baker, upon his respective
resignation or termination as an employee of the Company; and (iii) revocation
of this Power of Attorney by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
each of such attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
Commission as a conforming statement of the authority granted herein.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 9th day of January, 2016.

NILS CLAUSNITZER

/s/ Nils Clausnitzer
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