Overview
Frankfurt, November 22, 2021 – McDermott Will & Emery has advised private equity firm VR Equitypartner on the acquisition of a minority stake in Solectrix Group. The sellers are the owners of Solectrix GmbH and Solectrix Systems GmbH who will remain shareholders and managers.
“We have had a trusting partnership with VR Equitypartner for quite a while now,” explains Michael Cziesla, Partner at McDermott Will & Emery. “We were able to successfully close yet another exciting transaction together – a strong investment in innovative technologies.” VR Equitypartner, a subsidiary of DZ BANK, is one of the leading equity financiers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. VREP’s portfolio currently comprises around 60 investments with a total volume of €400 million.
The team advising VREP was led by Frankfurt Corporate/M&A Partners Michael Cziesla and Norman Wasse, and included Partners Maximilian Clostermeyer (Real Estate), Gudrun Germakowski and Christian Rolf (both Employment), Christian Masch (TMT), Oliver Hahnelt (Banking & Finance), Heiko Kermer (Tax); Counsel Nikolas Koutsos (Banking & Finance) and Marcus Fischer (Tax), as well as Associates Marion von Grönheim, Isabelle Müller, Lisa Schickling, Elif Sultan Üzümovali (all Corporate/M&A), Ilva Woeste and Lukas Deutzmann (both Employment), Isabelle Kätzlmeier (IP), and Tina Zeller (Real Estate).
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