Noerr advises svt, backed by Ergon Capital, on acquisition of Technical Fire Safety Group

With a team led by private equity partner Holger H. Ebersberger, Noerr has acted as international lead counsel in advising svt Holding GmbH ("svt") on its acquisition of UK-based Technical Fire Safety Group Limited ("TFSG"). svt is a portfolio company of the Ergon svt Long Term Value Fund SCSp advised by Ergon Capital.

Through the complementary combination, svt and TFSG foster their leading position in the European market for passive fire protection products and applications. The combined group has more than 1,500 employees and generates a turnover of more than EUR 300 million with a particular strong market presence in Germany, France, and the UK, a new key geography for svt.

svt employs more than 1,100 people and is one of the leading manufacturers of state-of-the-art fire protection products and industrial fire protection applications in Europe. In addition, svt is a provider of comprehensive services in passive structural fire protection, damage restoration as well as planning and organisational fire protection. TFSG has over 400 employees and is a leading British organisation in the fire safety sector. TFSG management re-invests in the combined group.

Advisors to svt Group:

International Lead Counsel: Noerr Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Team lead: Holger H. Ebersberger (Partner, Private Equity)

Private Equity: Manuel Weiß (Senior Associate), Florian Sippel (Associated Partner), Daniel Prexler (Senior Associate)

Merger Control: Fabian Badtke (Partner), Raphael Reims (Senior Associate)

Local Counsel:

UK: Burges Salmon LLP: Nick Graves, Tim Roberts, Bethan Penrhyn Jones, Chris Doherty, Martin Davidson, Aaron Lee, Helena Sewell, Rishi Naidoo

France: De Pardieu Brocas Maffei: Magali Masson, Sarah Dirani, Chloe Duval, Augustin Charoy, Sandrine Azou

Luxembourg: Loyens & Loeff: Guy Palmers