The British investor OpCapita LLP (OpCapita) acquires the fashion retailer AppelrathCüpper through its fund OpCapita Consumer Opportunities Fund LP. The seller is Moda Holding GmbH, a holding company owned by the Kreke family and the private equity investor Advent International.
The purchase price remains confidential. Closing is still subject to the approval of the German and Austrian antitrust authorities.
Delphi advises Com Hem in connection with the acquisition of Boxer TV-Access AB from Boxer, Teracom Group AB.
For more information, please see Com Hem's press release.
Delphi's team was led by managing partner David Aversten and senior associate Rickard Isacson and consisted mainly of Johan Hübner, Jonas Ingvarson, Magnus Berterud, Frida Lager and Jeppa Persson
Mayer Brown announced today that it represented Knorr-Bremse on the acquisition of tedrive Steering Systems GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed. The acquisition is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities. With this acquisition Knorr-Bremse is adding state-of-the-art steering systems to its portfolio.
Based in Wülfrath (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), tedrive Steering Systems GmbH develops and manufactures steering systems for the global vehicle market. The company has around 320 employees and locations in Germany, Turkey, Russia and the USA.
Frankfurt - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised 7Days Group, a leading press distribution company, on the acquisition of the Güll Group from Deutsche Post AG and the Neue Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Burda).
The Güll Group is one of the leading full-service providers in the area of press service, subscription management and e-commerce and warehouse logistics in Germany and Switzerland. The Group was founded in 1977 and employs 170 people at its locations in Germany and Switzerland.
The Berwin Group is a well known leading manufacturer of rubber compounds. The group has around 200 employees and an estimated annual turnover of approximately GBP 40 million.
HEXPOL is a world-leading polymers group with strong global positions in advanced rubber compounds (Compounding), gaskets for plate heat exchangers (Gaskets) and wheels made of plastic and rubber materials for truck and castor wheel application (Wheels).
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised US-based Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software promoting business growth, on the acquisition of its UK-based Partner Dot-Net-IT Limited.
Stibbe advises Intertrust, a leading global provider of high-value trust and corporate services, on its acquisition of Elian Group ("Elian") from Elian's management and funds managed by Electra Partners LLP for a total consideration of GBP 435 million (EUR 557 million).
A team led by Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Partner at the Hamburg office of business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, legally advised the family shareholders on the sale of the shares of Mackprang Holding in Bavarian automotive supplier Schlemmer GmbH to British financial investor 3i. Following the accession of Hannover Finanz as a limited partner of Mackprang Holding GmbH & Co. KG, the family shareholders had still held about 42 percent of the shares in the company.
DLA Piper has represented Kerry Logistics Network Limited (the Company), on the acquisition of a majority stake in Apex Maritime and its affiliated companies (APEX) for approximately US$ 88 million. APEX operates mainly a freight forwarding business across the US and is based in South San Francisco. According to Datamyne reports, APEX is the top three NVOCC (Non-vessel Operating Common Carrier) ranked by Asia to US import volumes in 2015.
eBay has acquired Expertmaker AB, which specializes in providing intelligent software solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Expertmaker has been a partner of eBay’s since 2010. The company’s employees will join eBay’s technology team and Expertmaker's Founder and CEO, Lars Hård, will join as Director in eBays structured data team.