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CMS advises capiton and SüdBG on the sale of svt Group

17/06/2015

Berlin/Hamburg − The investors capiton and SüdBG have, jointly with the management, sold all shares in svt Group to funds managed by IK Investment Partners in the course of an auction procedure. A CMS team led by Dr Eva Annett Grigoleit and Dr Jacob Siebert has advised the sellers on all legal aspects of the sale process. The parties have agreed to keep the financial terms confidential. The closing of the transaction is still subject to clearance by the German federal cartel office.

svt was established in 1969 and has its head office in Seevetal near Hamburg. Since its establishment svt Group has become one of the leading German providers of products and services regarding preventive and passive fire protection, restoration services after damages caused by fire, water or natural hazards as well as services regarding the clearance of hazardous substances. Amongst others, the fire safety solutions for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and for the new headquarter of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt were developed by svt. svt has a network of 22 branches in Germany, subsidiaries in Poland and Russia and a large international partner network. The Group has 322 employees and generated sales of EUR 80 million in 2014.

capiton is an independent owner-managed private equity firm that supports established SMEs as an equity capital provider in the context of growth finance and management buy-outs. capiton and SüdBG are longstanding CMS Germany clients.

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Dr Eva Annett Grigoleit, Lead
Dr Jacob Siebert, Lead
Dr Igor Stenzel
Dr Nils Maack
Patrick M. Lühr, all Corporate/M&A
Dr Jens Moraht
Friederike Günther, both Finance

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