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The insolvency administrator of Gossen-Metrawatt GmbH i.I. and GMC-Instruments Holding GmbH i.I.,
Nürnberg, Dr Siegfried Beck, sold the Gossen-Metrawatt group to Berliner Capiton AG following an
open bidding procedure and negotiations with several interested parties, German and foreign.
Capiton acquired the entire company group together with the former Gossen-Metrawatt director Dr
Hans-Peter Opitz by way of a combined asset and share deal. An international team from CMS Hasche
Sigle led by Munich partner Dr Martin Erker advised the insolvency administrator on the
transaction. The Gossen-Metrawatt group operates across Europe as measurement and control
technology specialist with production sites in Nuremberg and Switzerland with an annual turnover of
more than EUR 60 million. Capiton is planning to retain all 450 jobs of the group, around 240 at
the domicile in Nuremberg.
Advisers:
CMS Hasche Sigle, Munich
Dr Martin Erker (lead partner)
Birgit Schneider (corporate/M&A)
Oliver Kirfel (corporate/M&A)
Alexander Ballmann (corporate/M&A)
Martina Hidalgo (employment)
Stefan Lüft (IP)
CMS von Erlach Henrici, Zürich
CMS Derks Star Busmann, Amsterdam
CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni, Rome
CMS Albinana & Suarez de Lezo, Madrid
CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, Paris
CMS Cameron McKenna v.o.s., Prague
Contact CMS Hasche Sigle:
Dr Martin Erker
Tel.: +49 (0)89 / 23807-0
E-mail:
Martin.Erker@cms-hs.com
About CMS Hasche Sigle:
CMS Hasche Sigle is one of the leading German law firms with more than 420 lawyers. It covers
the entire area of commercial law and provides legal advice to major German and international
companies from a wide spectrum of industry. CMS Hasche Sigle operates at all the major business
centres. It has offices in Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich,
Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Dresden, Brussels, Belgrade, Moscow and Prague.
CMS Hasche Sigle is a partnership of lawyers and tax consultants; for register details / list
of partners see
www.cms-hs.com
CMS Hasche Sigle is a member of CMS, an alliance of leading European law firms. With over 575
partners, a total of 2,000 lawyers and tax consultants and around 3,800 support staff we advise our
clients in 24 countries in Europe and further afield on legal and tax issues. Local strength and
legal tax advice tailored to the requirements of the market combined with a substantial amount of
business and organisational integration form the basis for high-quality international legal advice.
In addition to CMS Hasche Sigle, the following firms are also members of the CMS alliance: CMS
Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni (Italy), CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo (Spain), CMS
Bureau Francis Lefebvre (France), CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (Great Britain), CMS DeBacker (Belgium),
CMS Derks Star Busmann (the Netherlands), CMS von Erlach Henrici (Switzerland) and CMS
Reich-Rohrwig Hainz (Austria). CMS has 57 offices in 24 countries in Western and Central Europe,
North and South America, Asia and North Africa.
For further information on CMS Hasche Sigle see
www.cms-hs.com
and on the CMS alliance see
www.cmslegal.com
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