Cologne, 29.04.2022
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB advised the Ufenau Continuation 3 Fund, advised by Ufenau Capital Partners AG (Ufenau), on the raising of an acquisition financing. The lender is CVC Credit, the credit arm of the globally active investment company CVC.
With the help of the financing, the Ufenau Continuation 3 Fund acquired the Altano Group, a leading provider of equine veterinary services in Europe, and refinanced the group's current financing. The fund was set up by Ufenau partly for the investment in Altano, on which GÖRG also acted as advisor.
Altano Group is a veterinary clinic group based in Dülmen, which was founded in 2017. The portfolio now consists of 20 clinics as well as 20 affiliated practices with over 330 veterinarians and over 1000 employees. Based on the new financing, the group can continue its successful growth strategy.
GÖRG assisted Ufenau in the complex acquisition financing with banking and finance law advice. In the process, the experienced Cologne partner Dr. Thomas Lange led and coordinated an international team of five foreign law firms
Advisors Ufenau Capital Partners
GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB
Dr. Thomas Lange (Lead, Partner, Banking and Finance, Cologne)
Dr. Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff (Partner, Banking and Finance, Frankfurt am Main)
Eva Kötter (Associate, Banking and Finance, Cologne)
Julia Restani (Associate, Banking and Finance, Frankfurt am Main)
Dr. Tobias Fenck (Partner, Corporate Law/M&A, Frankfurt am Main)
Dr. Bernhard Guthy, LL.M. (Partner, Corporate Law/M&A, Munich)
Dr. Adalbert Rödding, LL.M. (Partner, Tax, Cologne)
About Ufenau Capital Partners
Ufenau Capital Partners is a privately-owned Swiss Investor Group headquartered at Lake Zurich which advises private and institutional investors with their investments in private equity. Ufenau Capital Partners is focused on investments in service companies in German-speaking Europe, Iberia and the Benelux region and invests in Education & Lifestyle, Business Services, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors. Since 2011, Ufenau invested in over 240 service companies in Europe. Through a renowned Group of experienced Industry Partners (Owners, CEOs, CFOs), Ufenau Capital Partners has an active value-adding investment approach at eye-level with entrepreneurs and managers. Ufenau raised its seventh flagship fund in Q1 this year with a volume of EUR 1.0bn and advises capital of EUR 2.5bn.
