CMS advises HQ Holding on sale of majority stake in HQ Capital to asset manager LFPI

Frankfurt/Main – HQ Holding, which is part of Harald Quandt (HQ), has sold a majority stake in private equity specialist HQ Capital to French alternative asset manager LFPI, having made a strategic agreement with LFPI for this purpose. HQ will retain a significant long-term equity interest in HQ Capital. Over the past few months, HQ Holding and HQ Capital together with their shareholders examined strategic options for implementing the next stage in the company’s development as part of a generational change of shareholders. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Completion of the deal is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year and is currently awaiting regulatory approval.

A CMS team headed by Frankfurt-based lead partner Dr Hendrik Hirsch advised HQ Holding on all legal aspects of the sale.

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Dr Hendrik Hirsch, Lead Partner, Frankfurt/Main
Dr Tobias Grau, Partner, Stuttgart
Dr Sabina Krispenz, Principal Counsel, Stuttgart
Dr Christian Zielonka, Counsel, Stuttgart
Maxine Notstain, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main
Dr Maximilian Stark, Associate, Frankfurt/Main
Simon Kirchner, Associate, Stuttgart, all Corporate/M&A
Dr Daniel Voigt, Partner, Frankfurt/Main
Andrea München, Partner, Frankfurt/Main
Charlotte Salathé, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main
Laura Bungart, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main, all Banking & Finance
Stefan Lehr, Partner, Frankfurt/Main
Moritz Pottek, Senior Associate, Brussels, both Competition & EU 
Philipp Lotze, Partner, Hamburg
Martin Kilgus, Counsel, Stuttgart
Theresa Lenger, Senior Associate, Hamburg, all TMC
Dr Thomas Link, Partner, Frankfurt/Main,
Steffen Preis, Associate, Frankfurt/Main, both Tax
Heinrich Schirmer, Partner, Frankfurt/Main
Dr Franz Maurer, Senior Associate, Frankfurt/Main, both Real Estate & Public
Dr Boris Alles, Partner, Frankfurt/Main, Labor, Employment & Pensions

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