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CMS advises Railpool on acquisition of railway repair business in Hamburg

16/04/2018

Hamburg – The Railpool Group has acquired all the shares in northrail technical service GmbH & Co. KG from the Hamburg-based Paribus Group with effect from 1 April 2018.

A CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Eckart Gottschalk advised the Railpool Group on all legal aspects of the acquisition.

northrail technical service GmbH & Co. KG has been a successful provider of workshop services for locomotives since 2009. It offers preventive and corrective maintenance on a wide range of rail vehicles, plus support for acceptance testing of locomotives and when planning maintenance schedules. The company also helps to source vehicle replacement parts, vehicles, and locomotives for leasing.

Munich-based Railpool Group is a leading leasing company for locomotives and rail vehicles for transporting goods and passengers. As one of the largest providers in Europe, Railpool operates across 14 European countries.

CMS previously advised HSH Nordbank AG and KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH on the sale of the Railpool Group to private equity investor Oaktree in 2014. Oaktree is a US investment company which operates globally and currently has assets under management totalling USD 100 billion. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it employs some 900 people.

CMS Germany

Dr Eckart Gottschalk, Lead Partner
Christopher Wollschläger, Senior Associate
Dr Levent Hancioglu, Associate, all Corporate
Dr Olaf Thießen, Counsel, Tax
Dorothée Janzen, Partner
Felix Stoecker, Senior Associate, both Real Estate & Public

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