Noerr advises Evoco AG on takeover of SME portfolio

Noerr has advised Evoco AG on the acquisition of subsidiaries of Gesco AG from Wuppertal. As part of the portfolio transaction, a fund of the Swiss private equity investor is acquiring a total of six companies that achieved a combined turnover of €100 million in 2019.

Evoco is taking over Frank Walz- und Schmiedetechnik GmbH (“Frank Original”), Europe’s leading manufacturer of wear parts for agricultural technology. The portfolio also includes C.F.K. CNC-Fertigungstechnik Kriftel GmbH and four companies from the mobility technology segment. The transaction has already been largely completed and only the closing of the acquisition of Paul Beier GmbH & Co. KG is still subject to official approval.

Advisors to Evoco AG: Noerr LLP

Dr Andrea Zwarg, Dr Till Kosche (joint team lead, both Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt)

Dr Fabian Badtke (Antitrust, Frankfurt), Dr Akos Bajorfi (Private Equity, Budapest), Dr Elmar Bindl (Tax, Munich), Martin Gliewe (Employment, Frankfurt), Dr Martin Haisch (Tax, Frankfurt), Hannes Lubitzsch (Corporate/M&A, Moscow), Evelyn Schulz (Digital Business, Dresden), Michael Schuhmacher (Financing, Frankfurt)

Associates: Dr Thorsten Becker (Lead Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Lukas Conrady (Tax, Munich), Christian Hinzmann (Financing, Frankfurt), Susann Jahn (Digital Business, Dresden), Dr Lorenz Jarass (Antitrust, Frankfurt), Dr Sebastian Leidel (Tax, Munich), Evelin Moini (Corporate/M&A), Julian Monschke (Data Protection, both Frankfurt), Natalie Oei (IP, Munich), Doreen Pape (Financing), Dr Fabian Radke (Financing, both Frankfurt), Moritz Rojek (Corporate/M&A, Hamburg), Dr Dan Schilbach (Insurance, Dusseldorf), Katja Schmitt (IP, Munich), Jan Voß (Litigation, Dusseldorf), Aleksandra Vujinovic (Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt)