As of 1 February 2019 EGO HUMRICH WYEN has further strengthened its practice with Dr. Christian Stretz, LL.M. (NYU) joining as a salary partner. The 37-year-old attorney-at-law is admitted to practice in Germany and New York. He previously worked at Hengeler Mueller as a senior associate and was seconded to the Milan office of the Italian based law firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo.
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In the form of a fund advised by Maxburg Capital Partners, a strong partner has been added to the circle of shareholders of Securepoint GmbH in order to sustainably support the owner-operated company in becoming a strong European player. It is Maxburg's ninth investment.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN is recognized as top law firm for corporate law in this year's edition of FOCUS Spezial. Each year, the publishing house Hubert Burda Media establishes the most renowned law firms in Germany based on recommendations of colleagues and in-house lawyers for the news magazine FOCUS.
Every year, Best Lawyers researches a list of renowned lawyers in Germany exclusively for Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business and finance daily. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation.
Henrik Humrich is recognized for Litigation and Arbitration in the 10th edition of "The Best Lawyers in Germany 2019".
The new volume of the handbook comprehensively explains the possibilities, requirements, procedure and legal consequences of company transformations. Henrik Humrich discusses the system of legal remedies, namely challenging shareholder resolutions, approval procedures (Freigabeverfahren) and statutory appraisal proceedings (Spruchverfahren) in mergers, demergers and change of legal form.
A fund advised by Maxburg Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in TENADO GmbH from the founders as part of a succession arrangement.
TENADO specializes in the development of computer-aided design (CAD) software for both 2D and 3D technical drawings. Founded in 1987, the company today employs over 60 employees at its headquarters in Bochum, Germany. It successfully employs an in-house sales force to target professionals from different fields such as mechanical engineering, fire protection planning, traffic planning, metal construction and carpentry across the German-speaking region. TENADO has grown substantially by offering its customers a variety of different CAD software programs with highly sector-specific and easy-to-use drawing tools and functions at affordable prices.
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on the German-speaking markets. The funds advised by Maxburg Capital Partners concentrate on long-term investments in profitable, medium-sized companies with the goal of enduring and sustainable value appreciation.
A fund advised by Maxburg Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Paterva, a South Africa-based software company. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
Paterva was founded in 2008 and is focusing on Cyber Security and Big Data Analytics. Its core product Maltego is used for graph-enhanced visualization and links analysis and is used, inter alia, in cyber law enforcement and in securing computer networks (socalled Penetration Testing and Threat Monitoring) as well as in a number of related fields.
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on the German-speaking markets. The funds advised by Maxburg Capital Partners concentrate on long-term investments in profitable, medium-sized companies with the goal of enduring and sustainable value appreciation.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN advised on the transaction together with a team of the leading South-African law firm BOWMANS.
A fund advised by Maxburg Capital Partners has acquired all shares in PERLKÖNIG Perlen & Schmuck & Zubehör GmbH from the founders as part of a succession arrangement.
Perlkönig distributes fashion jewelry in pop-up stores at fairs, festivals, Christmas markets and wine festivals. Lean cost structures and streamlined organization of the operational processes, supported by a proprietary IT system, allow for successful management of over 350 temporary points of sale. Perlkönig focuses on female customers with its own value-price collection of signature jewellery whilst continuing to expand its market presence.
Maxburg Capital Partners is an investment management company focusing on the German-speaking markets. The funds advised by Maxburg Capital Partners concentrate on long-term investments in profitable, medium-sized companies with the goal of enduring and sustainable value appreciation.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN advised on all aspects of the transaction other than tax.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN advises RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group on the sale of its business travel activities
RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group has sold its business travel subsidiaries BTO24 Business Travel Organizer GmbH, Air Travel Reiseservice (ATR) GmbH and Reisebüro Koch Übersee GmbH as well as the business travel activities of Globetrotter Reisebüro to a holding entity in which Berlin-based Aerticket group holds a substantial stake. The transaction enables RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group to focus on its core competence, the distribution of leisure travel. The annual revenues of the sold activities amount to roughly Euro 100 million.
RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group GmbH is a tourism holding of VR meine Raiffeisenbank eG and the Egyptian Investor Samih Sawiris. RT/Raiffeisen Touristik Group and its subsidiaries employ approximately 3,000 employees and generate a touristic revenue of about Euro 5.0 billion.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN advised the sellers on the sales process.
AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA has sold its subsidiary Studienkreis, one of Germany’s leading private education providers, to IK Small Cap I Fund, a fund which is advised by the pan-European private equity firm IK Investment Partners. The purchase price is EUR 71.7 million. The transaction is subject to the approval of anti-trust authorities. Closing is expected in December 2017.
Studienkreis was acquired by AURELIUS from Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe in 2013 and since then expanded to roughly 1,000 locations in the German-speaking countries, tutoring approximately 60,000 students.
EGO HUMRICH WYEN advised on the exit process together with an in-house team of AURELIUS.
Every year, Best Lawyers researches a list of renowned lawyers in Germany exclusively for Handelsblatt, Germany’s leading business and finance daily. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation. The Ninth Edition of The Best Lawyers in Germany is available here.
Dr. Henrik Humrich is recognized for Arbitration and Mediation.