Frankfurt/Main – The STAR IV Fund, which is advised by STAR Capital Partnership LLP, has acquired a majority stake in nextbike GmbH from Tier Mobility SE. nextbike is a leading developer and provider of innovative urban bike sharing solutions in Europe. STAR Capital is investing in nextbike alongside the management team. An international CMS team headed by lead partner Markus Herz advised STAR Capital on all legal aspects of the transaction. CMS Germany was supported by other CMS offices, including those in Spain, Poland, Sweden and Austria. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Leipzig, nextbike provides public bike sharing schemes on behalf of transport authorities, cities and public institutions. The global company is currently active in more than 300 cities with a deployed fleet of around 115,000 bicycles. London-based STAR Capital Partnership LLP is a private equity firm investing in companies and assets with enterprise value between EUR 50 million and EUR 1 billion. CMS Germany Markus Herz, Lead Partner Dr Tobias Kilian, Of Counsel Dominik von Zehmen, Counsel Hanno Brandt, Senior Associate Lorenz Liebsch, Senior Associate, all Corporate/M&A Dr Boris Alles, Partner Dela Herr, Senior Associate, both Labor, Employment & Pensions  Dr Markus Pfaff, Partner Hatice Akyel, Counsel Till Komma, Counsel, all Banking & Finance Dr Thomas Hirse, Partner Thomas Fröhlich, Coun­sel Se­basti­an Vautz, Senior Associate Lisa Dietrich, Associate, all IP Philippe Heinzke, Partner Sara Kapur, Associate, both TMC Julian Buhr, Legal Co­ordin­at­or Con­rad Gräwe, Legal Coordinator, both Smart Operations CMS Austria Florian Mayer, Partner Stefan Paulmayer, Partner Rebecca Herlitz, Associate CMS Poland Błażej Zagórski, Partner Piotr Stenko, Counsel Dr Magdalena Zmyslowska, Coun­sel Mag­dalena Piszewska, Senior As­so­ci­ate Krzysztof Sikora, Senior As­so­ci­ate Łukasz Duchiński, As­so­ci­ate Se­basti­an Łyś, As­so­ci­ate Wer­onika Burek CMS Spain Elena Alcázar Cuartero Jose Luis Díez Martín Ale­jandra Martin Benitez Paula Espinosa Montalbán Juan Moreno Alfonso Codes Calatrava CMS Sweden Henrik Aurelius, Counsel Noah Taha, AssociatePress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Frankfurt/Main – Össur, Nasdaq Copenhagen listed leading global provider of innovative mobility solutions, acquired all shares of privately owned Fior & Gentz, a Germany based leading European manufacturer of lower limb neuro orthotic components. Fior & Gentz develops and distributes knee and ankle orthotic joints to create innovative custom-made orthotic solutions for patients with gait impairments due to neurological conditions. The acquisition of Fior & Gentz represents an attractive opportunity for Össur to enter the fast-growing neuro orthotics market. The transaction volume amounts to around EUR 100 million plus an earn-out of up to EUR 20 million. The payment consists of cash as well as of newly issued, listed shares of Icelandic Össur hf. to the sellers of Fior & Gentz. An international CMS team led by Dr Heike Wagner and Dr Tobias Kilian advised Össur comprehensively on all legal aspects also in connection with this transaction. CMS Germany Dr Heike Wagner, Partner Dr Tobias Kilian, Of Counsel, both Lead Dr Reiner Thieme, As­so­ci­ate Nath­alie Amrhen, Associate, all Corporate / M&A Jörg Schrade, Partner Eduard Kosavtsev, Senior Associate, both Tax Dr Roland Wiring, Partner Dr Siham Hidar, Senior Associate  Noah Rodenkirchen, Associate, all Regulatory & Lifesciences Dr Stefan Lehr, Partner, Antitrust, Competition & Trade Dr Dirk Smielick, Principal Counsel, IP Prof Dr Malte Grützmacher, Partner, IT Dr Boris Alles, Partner Dela Herr, Associate, both Labor, Employment & Pensions  Dr Franz Maurer, Counsel Wiebke Westermann, Associate, both Real Estate & Public CMS Netherlands Roman Tarlavski, Part­ner Mar­cel­lina Rietvelt, Associate, both Corporate / M&A Martijn van der Bie, Partner Gieneke van Nierop, Counsel, both Corporate / Notaries CMS Norway Nicolas Jorn Brunet, Partner Tuva Svare, Associate, both Corporate / M&A Henrik Nordling, Partner, Antitrust, Competition & TradePress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

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