Deloitte Legal advises Hannover Finanz on the partial sale of ZEEH Group to Liberta Partners

A team from the Hanover office of Deloitte Legal, led by partners Dr. Harald Stang and John-Patrick Scherer, advised Hannover Finanz on the successful partial sale of its participation in ZEEH Group.

Having previously advised on the merger of ZEEH Design Group and Brace Group GmbH (collectively, the ZEEH Group), Deloitte Legal was entrusted with providing legal advice for the subsequent sale of a majority stake in ZEEH Group to Liberta Partners.

Liberta Partners’ participation marks a further step in the development of the high-performance platform in the field of live communication and trade show construction created by the merger. The transaction creates new opportunities and additional growth potential for the further development of ZEEH Group.

Hannover Finanz has relied on the expertise of the Deloitte Legal team in Hanover for many years. This collaboration is based on the team’s extensive experience with transactions involving private equity investors and medium-sized companies.

Once again, Deloitte Legal advised on the entire process – from the initial discussions through the structuring, drafting and negotiation of the contractual documentation to the closing of the transaction.

Advisors to Hannover Finanz

Inhouse: Hilke Schmitt (General Counsel)

Deloitte Legal: Dr. Harald Stang, John-Patrick Scherer (both Lead), Chantal Gundelach (all Corporate/M&A, Hannover), Claus Wilker (Employment Law, Hannover), Felix Skala, Katharina Zickermann (both Antitrust Law, Hamburg).

Deloitte Tax: Dr. Achim Bollweg and Lars Brinkmann (both Tax, Hannover).

 
About Hannover Finanz

Founded in 1979, Hannover Finanz has over 40 years of experience as an equity partner for small and medium-sized enterprises. Headquartered in Hanover with an office in Vienna, the private equity firm is one of the first venture capital firms in the DACH region of Germany. It is also a second-generation, owner-managed investment company. Well-known companies such as Fielmann, Rossmann, and AIXTRON have achieved growth with equity capital from Hannover Finanz and benefited from its entrepreneurial support. Since its founding, Hannover Finanz has completed over 250 projects and invested more than two billion euros. Investment opportunities primarily involve growth financing and succession planning for solid SMEs with annual revenues of 20 million euros or more. In addition to majority stakes, Hannover Finanz is one of the few investment firms in Germany to acquire minority stakes as well. The portfolio currently comprises 35 companies.

About ZEEH Group

The ZEEH Group is part of the Hannover Finanz portfolio. This portfolio includes ZEEH DESIGN GmbH in Puchheim and ZEEH DESIGN GmbH in Stutensee. It also includes the recently acquired BRACE Group. The BRACE Group comprises Schendel & Pawlaczyk Messebau GmbH, CONFORM GmbH, and MMD GmbH. The ZEEH Group has established itself as both a trade show construction company specializing in high-quality brand presentations and a full-service provider in the field of live communication. The company is responsible for the conception, design, and implementation of sophisticated brand and corporate presentations for trade shows, events, press appearances, roadshows, and annual shareholder meetings internationally. For over 30 years, Schendel & Pawlaczyk, Conform, and MMD have been designing and executing three-dimensional brand presentations worldwide, whether live, virtual, or hybrid, under the umbrella brand BRACE Group.