CMS advises Kapital 1852 on majority investment in SPRiNTUS

Cologne – Kapital 1852 SCS SICAV-SIF Equity Invest IV MidCapPlus, a fund managed by private equity firm Kapital 1852 Beratungs GmbH, has acquired a majority stake in SPRiNTUS GmbH. Based in Welzheim, the target is a leading German manufacturer of electrical and battery-operated cleaning appliances and manual cleaning equipment aimed primarily at professional users. Kapital 1852 and the SPRiNTUS management team intend to work together on driving international expansion by gaining new partners and strengthening the international sales team. The product portfolio will also be expanded on an ongoing basis. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.

A CMS team headed by Laura Christin Stein and Christoph Schröer advised Kapital 1852, an independent private markets investment manager which is part of Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG, on all legal aspects of the majority investment.

CMS Germany

Klaus Jäger, Partner, Cologne
Laura Christin Stein, Counsel, Cologne
Christoph Schröer, Senior Associate, Cologne, both Lead, all Corporate/M&A
Dorothée Janzen, Partner, Hamburg
Thorsten Hemme, Principal Counsel, Cologne
Dr Dirk Smielick, Principal Counsel, Cologne, all TMC
Dr Tanja Graue, Counsel, Berlin
Lennard Martin Lürwer, Counsel, Cologne
Dr Mario Brungs, Senior Associate, Cologne
Marcel Heinen, Senior Associate, Cologne, all Labor, Employment & Pensions
Dr Fabian Vieregge, Senior Associate, Cologne, Real Estate & Public
Dr Martin Friedberg, Partner, Düsseldorf, Tax
Kai Neuhaus, Partner, Brussels
Moritz Pottek, Senior Associate, Brussels, both Competition & EU
Stephanie Schulz, Legal Coordinator, Berlin
Birgit Wagner, Legal Coordinator, Berlin
Tagrid Chahrour, Senior Legal Specialist, Berlin
Anke Clippingdale, Senior Legal Specialist, Berlin
Steven Washington, Senior Legal Specialist, Berlin
Anton Bezsonov, Legal Specialist, Berlin, all SMOP

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