Seven transactions defined by meaningful entrepreneurial decisions, complex negotiations, and exceptional outcomes.
MBS Logistics, established for almost 40 years with more than 450 employees across 26 offices worldwide, becomes part of AD Ports Group (Abu Dhabi). Zerbach & Company advised the shareholders on the sale of the globally integrated freight forwarding and logistics provider, executed via its European logistics division Noatum Logistics.
VISCO, the Baden-Württemberg-based specialist for Fiber-to-the-Home with more than 300 employees, becomes part of the Belgian Infra Group (owned by PAI Partners, ICG and Andera).
The NOBILIS Group, with revenues of over € 300 million, the leading beauty distributor in the DACH region, welcomes Gebr. Heinemann SE as a partner in the shareholder group, setting the course for further expansion.
THUN is a metal components manufacturer founded in 1908 with around 400 employees across four sites in Germany and Hungary. Zerbach & Company advised THUN Automotive on the acquisition by SteelCo.Tech GmbH, a portfolio company of RCP Group GmbH, within a competitive process completed in just 4 months.
Advising the founder of the BID Group (Coburg, 350 employees, receivables management) on his succession by selling all shares to the Obermark Group. The Luxembourgish-Swiss industrial holding pursues a long-term investment approach and respects the founders' life's work as part of its investment rationale.
As part of the "Melitta 2020" strategy program, a pan-European target search was conducted on the basis of the jointly developed acquisition strategy, aimed at strengthening one of the business units.
After the sale of Schleich to HgCapital in 2006 (then advised by Leander Zerbach), Z&C advised the former Schleich shareholder and CEO as minority shareholder in the secondary buy-out by Ardian.