CMS advises NORD Holding on sale of its shares in RUF Group to Waterland Private Equity
Cologne – One of Germany’s leading private equity companies, NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, has sold its shares in the RUF Group. The Rastatt-based RUF Group is a leading German supplier of high-quality upholstered and box spring beds. The buyer is investment firm Waterland Private Equity. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
A CMS team headed by Klaus Jäger and Christoph Schröer provided NORD Holding with extensive legal advice on the transaction. NORD Holding is a longstanding CMS client and relies on the expertise of Klaus Jäger and his team on a regular basis. The CMS team also provided NORD Holding with legal support on the acquisition of RUF Betten in 2016 as part of a carve-out from the family-run Hüls Group, and again in 2020 when it acquired BRUNO.
CMS Germany
Klaus Jäger, Lead Partner, Cologne
Christoph Schröer, Senior Associate, Cologne
Dr Dirk Baukholt, Principal Counsel, Frankfurt/Main
Dr Tobias Kilian, Principal Counsel, Frankfurt/Main
Ramon Weistroffer, Senior Associate, Cologne
Philipp Knopp, Associate, Cologne, all Corporate/M&A
Michael Kamps, Partner, Cologne, TMC
Dr Martin Friedberg, Counsel, Düsseldorf
Dr Hendrik Arendt, Associate, Düsseldorf, both Tax
Axel Dippmann, Partner, Berlin, Banking & Finance
Kai Neuhaus, Partner, Brussels
Moritz Pottek, Senior Associate, Brussels, both Competition & EU
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