Odewald subsidiary Education Partners acquires Berger Bildungsinstitut

Colo­gne — Odewald KMU II’s port­fo­lio company Educa­tion part­ners GmbH has acqui­red Berger Bildungs­in­sti­tut GmbH. A team from the law firm HEUKING led by Dr. Pär Johans­son advi­sed Educa­tion part­ners GmbH on this transaction. 

Berger Bildungs­in­sti­tut GmbH is a certi­fied trai­ning provi­der and offers voca­tio­nal trai­ning, retrai­ning and company trai­ning cour­ses throug­hout Germany. The trai­ning cour­ses are predo­mi­nantly digi­tal and focus on indus­trial and tech­ni­cal profes­si­ons, in parti­cu­lar quali­fi­ca­ti­ons in CAD, SAP and PLC. 

Odewald KMU II specia­li­zes in invest­ments in medium-sized compa­nies in German-spea­king count­ries. The focus is on compa­nies in the German engi­nee­ring, intel­li­gent services, health­care, IT and soft­ware sectors. Part of the port­fo­lio is the Educa­tion part­ners Group, which occu­p­ies a leading market posi­tion in the attrac­tive market for profes­sio­nal trai­ning through its trai­ning acade­mies and can streng­then this posi­tion through the acqui­si­tion of Berger Bildungs­in­sti­tut GmbH. 

Advi­sor Odewald KMU II: HEUKING

Dr. Pär Johans­son (lead, corpo­rate law/M&A),
Dr. Verena Hoene, LL.M. (IP Media & Technology),
Dr. Sascha Sche­wiola (Employ­ment Law),
Susanne Monsig, Elisa Schü­lert (both Public Sector & Public Procurement)
Svea Kunz, Lena Kurth, LL.M. (both IP Media & Technology),
Julien Krause, Chiara Diek­mann (both Corporate/M&A), all Cologne.