Taylor Wessing and Holland & Knight have jointly advised the The Cadmus Group LLC (Cadmus), a leading consultancy in the USA, on the purchase of the consultancies IFOK GmbH (IFOK) and Meister Consultants Group Inc. (MCG).
Cadmus provides strategic and technical expertise in energy, climate, all-hazard preparedness, the natural and built environments, sustainable transportation, public health, and international development. With more than 500 consultants, Cadmus advises government, commercial, and nongovernmental organizations in the USA and worldwide.
IFOK, headquartered in Bensheim (Germany), is a sustainability-focused market leader and international innovator for dialogue and collaboration. IFOK has innovated the market with its highly technical change processes, communications strategy, and stakeholder engagement practices.
IFOK’s subsidiary MCG, headquartered in Boston (USA), is a leader in sustainability policy, strategy, and stakeholder engagement consulting with deep expertise in clean energy, transportation, corporate sustainability, climate resilience, sustainable finance, infrastructure, and distributed energy resources for US and international clients.
These acquisitions unite the three firms’ complementary areas of expertise to enhance the full spectrum of capabilities Cadmus provides to clients on critically important projects. In addition, they establish Cadmus’ first permanent offices outside of North America. IFOK has locations in Bensheim, Berlin, Dusseldorf, and Munich in addition to Cadmus’ 15 offices throughout the United States.
Taylor Wessing: Michael Stein (Lead Partner), Hassan Sohbi (both Corporate, Frankfurt), Dr. Bert Kimpel, Dr. Simon Weppner, Prof. Dr. Jens Escher (all Tax, Dusseldorf), Claus Goedecke (Finance), Jörg Bausch (Employment), Dr. Martin Bartlik (Real Estate), Dr. Gregor Staechelin (Commercial), Marcus Hartmann (IP), Svenja Maucher (IT, all Frankfurt), Dr. Michael Brüggemann (Procurement), Sascha Grosjean (Pensions), Dr. Gunbritt Kammerer-Galahn (Insurance, all Dusseldorf), Dr. Marco Hartmann-Rüppel (Antitrust, Hamburg); Associates: Christopher Peine, Christopher Stahl, Marvin Singh, Kian Böhmer (all Corporate), Dr. Jan Grawe, Lukas Müller (both Employment), Peter Louzensky, Georg Havlik (both Finance), Johannes Citlau (IT), Dr. Nikolai Voß (IP, all Frankfurt), Stefanie Morgenstern (Tax, Dusseldorf), Konstantin Schrader (Antitrust, Hamburg).
Holland & Knight: Marisa Terrenzi (Lead Partner, Corporate, M&A & Securities, Tysons), Kerry Kehoe (Financial Services, Boston), Gary Schoenbrun (Tax, New York City), Mary Beth Bosco (Government Contracts, Washington, D.C.), Antonia Tzinova (International Trade/Industrial Security, Washington, D.C.), Claudia Hinsch (Employee Benefits, Tysons); Associates: Todd Burski (Corporate, M&A & Securities, Tysons), Evan Weiss (Corporate, M&A & Securities, Tysons), Katherine Robinson (Corporate, M&A & Securities, Tysons) and Betsy Luxenberg (Employee Benefits, Tysons).
