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Asahi Glass acquired a majority stake of Interpane Glas Industrie.
P+P counsel Ralf Bergjan advised Interpane, supported by Stefan Benz. AOC GmbH sold an office building (21,500sqm) in Frankfurt to Activum SG.
P+P Berlin partner Thomas Töben provided tax advice to AOC/Whitehall Funds, supported by Sören Reckwardt and Gerhard Specker. Ergon Capital Partners acquired PharmaZell GmbH.
P+P Frankfurt partners Georg Greitemann (M&A, corporate) and Pia Dorfmueller (tax) advised PharmaZell, supported by associates Veit Konrad and Katharina Reuther. Hasso Plattner Ventures invested in rebuy, an online secondhand platform which deals with media and electronic products.
P+P Munich partner Christian Tönies advised Hasso Plattner Ventures. Earlybird and US investor Blumberg Capital conducted a financing round in madvertise mobile advertising GmbH.
P+P Munich partner Christian Tönies advised madvertise. FirstGroup sold FirstGroup Deutschland GmbH to investor Marwyn European Transport.
P+P partners Jens Hörmann (lead, M&A, Munich), Georg Greitemann (M&A, Frankfurt), Alexander Pupeter (tax, Munich) advised FirstGroup, supported by associates Tobias Jäger and Dorothee Landgraf (both M&A). Landesbank Berlin AG and Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co.KG acquired readybank AG's assets from WestLG by S-Kreditpartner GmbH (volume: €700m).
P+P partners Andrea von Drygalski (lead, Munich), Patricia Volhard (regulatory, Frankfurt), Richard L. Engl (tax, Munich) advised Landesbank Berlin and Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing, supported by associates Gerhard Specker (tax, Berlin), Ralf Bergjan (M&A, Munich), André Kruschke (regulatory, Frankfurt). Odewald KMU Fonds acquired shares of MEDIA Central from founder Stefan Hamacher.
P+P partner Alexander Pupeter advised Odewald (tax). Barclays Private Equity (BPE) acquired IN tIME Express Logistik from ECM.
P+P partners Andrea von Drygalski (lead, M&A, corporate), Margot von Westerholt (IP) and Benedikt Hohaus (mgm. participation) advised BPE, supported by counsel Barbara Koch-Schulte (mgm. participation), associates Ralf Bergjan, Jörg Maitzen, Annette Saers (all M&A, Munich) and Elke Sittner (real estate, Berlin). Carlisle Companies Inc acquired Phoenix Dichtungstechnik Group from RCG International Opportunities S.á.r.l. (RCG) and Morgan Stanley Humboldt Investments Ltd. (Morgan Stanley).
P+P partners Matthias Bruse (lead) and Jens Hörmann advised RCG and Morgan Stanley, supported by associates Franca Detert, Jörg Maitzen and Dorothee Landgraf (all M&A, Munich). W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG (W.E.T.) concluded a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement with Amerigon Europe GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Amerigon Inc.
P+P partner Wolfgang Grobecker advised W.E.T., supported by counsel Eva Nase and associates Bernd Graßl and Anna Kaßmann. Management and Quadriga Capital acquired all shares of Lapp Insulators Group from Andlinger & Company.
P+P partners Jan Wildberger, Andreas Junius, Wolfgang Grobecker (M&A, PE), Pia Dorfmueller (tax) advised Quadriga Capital, supported by counsel Eva Nase (Munich) and associates Veit Konrad (Frankfurt), Tobias Jäger, Christian Rodorff and Annette Saers (all M&A, PE, Munich). Pearson Group acquired Stark publ. from Syntegra Capital.
P+P Munich partner Philipp von Braunschweig advised Syntegra Capital. Findos Investor acquired Maier Sports GmbH & Co. KG.
P+P Munich partner Benedikt Hohaus advised Findos, supported by counsel Barbara Koch-Schulte and associate Tim Kaufhold. RTL Deutschland acquired netzathleten.net GmbH.
P+P Munich partner Christian Tönies advised netzathleten.net, supported by associate Marco Eickmann. Tengelmann Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invested in Trademob GmbH.
P+P Munich partner Christian Tönies advised Trademob. RTL Deutschland acquired Netzathleten Media.
P+P Munich partner Christian Tönies advised Netzatlethen. Transformation of PUMA Aktiengesellschaft Rudolf Dassler Sport (PUMA) into a European Corporation (PUMA SE) in Germany and various European jurisdictions.
P+P Munich partner Wolfgang Grobecker advised PUMA, supported by counsel Eva Nase. Rexnord acquired VAG Armaturen GmbH.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus advised the management of VAG Armaturen regarding the management participation model. Structuring of UnternehmerTUM Fonds I, a seed capital fund with a capital commitment from the European Investment Fund.
P+P Frankfurt partner Andreas Rodin advised UnternehmerTUM GmbH. Landesbank Berlin AG and Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co. KG established joint consumer bank S-Kreditpartner GmbH.
P+P partners Andrea von Drygalski (lead), Patricia Volhard (regulatory) and Richard Engl (tax) advised Landesbank Berlin AG and Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing, supported by associates Ralf Bergjan (M&A, Munich) and André Kruschke (regulatory, Frankfurt) CITIC Dicastal Group acquired KSM Castings Group from Cognetas.
P+P partners Benedikt Hohaus and Michael Inhester advised the management of KSM supported by associate Tim Kaufhold. Triton acquired COMPO GmbH & Co. KG from K+S.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus advised the management of COMPO, supported by associate Tim Kaufhold. Barclays Private Equity acquired water systems company OASE from Cognetas.
P+P partners Andrea von Drygalski (lead, M&A, corporate), Margot von Westerholt, Andres Schollmeier (finance), Benedikt Hohaus (management participation) advised Barclays, supported by counsel Barbara Koch-Schulte (management participation) and associates Jörg Maitzen and Annette Saers (both M&A/corporate). DLD Ventures / Burda Media conducted a financing round in UberMedia.
Munich P+P partner Michael Inhester advised DLD. DLD Ventures / Burda Digital sold burda:ic GmbH to ProSiebenSat.1 Digital.
Munich P+P partner Michael Inhester advised DLD. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG and their parallel fund DBAG fund IV sold their investment (68,2% stake in total) in Heim & Haus International GmbH to managing partners and company founders Dr. Rolf-Christian Schommers and Heinz-Theo Nühlen.
P+P partner Jan Wildberger (corporate) advised DBAG, supported by associate Veit Konrad. Toshiba acquired Landys & Gyr.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus advised the management of Landys & Gyr, supported by associate Tim Kaufhold. DN Capital, Acton Capital Partners, Hightech Gründerfonds and other investors conducted a financing round in windeln.de.
Upcoming partner Christian Tönies advised DN Capital, supported by associates Marco Eickmann and Philipp Diers. DBAG Expansion Capital Fund conducted a find structuring with a volume of € 250m.
P+P partner Andreas Rodin advised DBAG, supported by associate Fabian Euhus. The shareholders of the Landes Group (a leading European supplier of leather and imitation leather labels) sold a majority stake to DZ Equity Partner.
P+P partners Matthias Bruse (M&A), Alexander Pupeter (tax) advised the shareholder of Landes Group, supported by associate Franca Detert. WHEB partners conducted a financing round in Resysta Int. GmbH.
P+P Partner Otto Haberstock advised Resysta, supported by associates Christoph Weber und Christian Rodorff. TA Associates and Summit Partners acquired a majority stake of Bigpoint (volume: €240m).
P+P partner Philipp von Braunschweig (corporate) and Alexander Pupeter (tax) advised Bigpoint founder Heiko Hubertz, supported by associate Tobias Jäger. Freo Group acquired office and retail estate Goetheplatz, Frankfurt (13,700 sqm)
P+P partner Michael Best advised Freo. ECE launched a real estate private equity fund with a volume in the amount of €887m (shopping centres)
P+P partners Andreas Rodin and Patricia Volhard advised ECE, supported by associate Peter Bujotzek. GSW AG conducted an IPO.
Berlin partner Thomas Töben advised Whitehall Funds (GSW) in tax matters, supported by associates Hardy Fischer and Sören Reckwardt. Earlybird Venture Capital, Capital-E, High-Tech Gründerfonds, SVTG Silicon Valley Technology Group, iwis Gruppe-Joh. Winklhofer Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG conducted a financing round in Clean Mobile AG.
P+P partner Michael Inhester advised Earlybird, supported by associates Marco Eickmann and Philipp Diers. Quantum acquired three Karstadt department stores from Highstreet.
P+P partner Thomas Töben (tax) advised Highstreet, supported by associates Gerhard Specker and Sören Reckwardt. Preh Group sold a majority stake to Joyson Group.
P+P partners Otto Haberstock (M&A, PE) and Alexander Pupeter (tax) advised the management of Preh Group, supported by associate Christoph Rodorff. AUCTUS Capital Partners AG launched AUCTUS III GmbH & Co. KG (volume: €115m plus €40m Fund IIA).
P+P partner Uwe Bärenz (tax, legal) advised AUCTUS, supported by associates Ronald Buge, Sebastian Käpplinger, Daniel Neudecker. T-Venture, Entrepreneuers Fund (London) and KfW conducted a financing round in FutureE.
P+P upcoming partner Christian Tönies advised FutureE. eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG launched eCAPITAL III Cleantech Fonds.
P+P partner Andreas Rodin advised eCAPITAL, supported by associate Fabian Euhus. CMP launched CMP German Opportunity Fund II with a volume of €175m.
P+P partner Andreas Rodin advised CMP, supported by associate Peter Bujotzek. M Cap launched mezzanine fund M Cap Finance Mittelstandsfonds GmbH & Co. KG with Deutsche Bank as cornerstone investor.
P+P partner Andreas Rodin and Patricia Volhard advised M Cap. Sale of Kabel BW by EQT to Liberty Global, Inc.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus advised EQT regarding the management participation model, supported by associate Barbara Koch-Schulte. Bridgepoint aquired CABB from AXA Private Equity.
P+P partners Jan Wildberger and Benedikt Hohaus advised the management of CABB. Odewald KMU acquired a majority stake in Polytech Ophtalmologie GmbH.
P+P partner Andreas Pupeter (tax) advised Odewald. Neumayer Tekfor sold TEKFOR Cologne GmbH to Ford.
P+P associate Ralf Bergjan advised Neumayer. Neumayer Tekfor acquired Officine Meccaniche Villar Perosa SpA (OMVP) from SKF group.
P+P partner Andrea von Drygalski advised Neumayer. Takeover of W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG by Amerigon, Inc. (volume: €150m).
P+P partner Wolfgang Grobecker advised W.E.T., supported by counsel Eva Nase and associates Bernd Graßl Citrix Systems, Inc. acquired Netviewer AG - deal volume confidential, supposed to be the biggest private equity exit in the German software industry in 2010.
P+P partners Jens Hörmann (lead, M&A/corporate), Frank Thiäner (M&A/corporate), Margot von Westerholt (IP) advised Citrix, supported by associates Dorothee Landgraf, Christoph Weber, Bernd Graßl. IPO of RIB Software AG with Hasso-Plattner-Ventures as one of the main share holders (volume: €90,6m).
P+P upcoming partner Christian Tönies, partner Wolfgang Grobecker advised Hasso Plattner Ventures, supported by associates Marco Eickmann, Bernd Graßl and Philipp Diers. Amscan Holdings, Inc. acquired all shares of C. Riethmüller GmbH (volume: €30m)
P+P partner Matthias Bruse (lead, M&A) advised Amscan, supported by associates Jörg Maitzen (M&A), Christoph Weber, Marcel Guenob (both legal due diligence). Bonventure GmbH, Sirius EcoTech Fonds Düsseldorf and Technologiefonds Mecklenburg-Vorpommern conducted a financing round in Solarlite.
P+P upcoming partner Christian Tönies advised Solarlite. Körber Medipac GmbH acquired Seidenader Maschinenbau.
P+P partner Otto Haberstock advised Körber, supported by associates Christian Rodorff and Christoph Weber. Findos Investor acquired ABIT GmbH from GFKL Financial Services AG.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus (corporate law and management equity program) advised Findos, supported by associate Tim Kaufhold. Corporate and tax advice to the management of Westfalia Automotive GmbH upon acquisition of the company by DPE from Odewald and WestLB.
P+P partner Benedikt Hohaus advised the management of Westfalia, supported by associate Tim Kaufhold.