Constellation Capital Launches a Buy-and-Build Platform for Facility Management

Düssel­dorf — ARQIS provi­ded compre­hen­sive legal and tax advice to Constel­la­tion Capi­tal AG on the struc­tu­ring of the new faci­lity manage­ment plat­form, Altera Faci­lity Solu­ti­ons GmbH, as well as on its first acqui­si­tion, the purchase of DAV Gebäu­de­ser­vice GmbH. With this merger, Constel­la­tion Capital—through its Constel­la­tion VII fund—is laying the foun­da­tion for buil­ding a faci­lity manage­ment group in the DACH region. DAV will conti­nue to operate inde­pendently in the market and, as a foun­ding company of Altera, will play a central role within the group. DAV’s current mana­ging direc­tor and share­hol­der will remain invol­ved in opera­ti­ons and will acquire a stake in Altera as part of the transaction. 

CONSTELLATION CAPITAL AG is a Swiss invest­ment group foun­ded in 1992 and head­quar­te­red in Frei­en­bach on Lake Zurich. CONSTELLATION pursues a buy-and-build stra­tegy focu­sed on acqui­ring majo­rity stakes in mid-sized compa­nies in the busi­ness services, educa­tion & life­style, and health­care sectors within the DACH region. 

Altera Faci­lity Solu­ti­ons GmbH is set to become a leading faci­lity manage­ment services group in the German-spea­king world. The future compa­nies will bene­fit from shared struc­tures, proven opera­tio­nal stan­dards, and the profes­sio­na­liza­tion of proces­ses and systems. 

DAV Gebäu­de­ser­vice GmbH, head­quar­te­red in Biele­feld, is a leading regio­nal provi­der of infra­s­truc­­ture-rela­­ted faci­lity manage­ment services. Foun­ded in 1930, the company specia­li­zes in routine and specia­li­zed clea­ning, floor resto­ra­tion, and faci­lity services for indus­trial, commer­cial, and admi­nis­tra­tive properties. 

Dr. Laeger’s team regu­larly advi­ses Constel­la­tion on tran­sac­tions, most recently inclu­ding the acqui­si­tion of Abresch Indus­trie­ver­pa­ckung GmbH.

Advi­sor to Constel­la­tion Capi­tal AG: ARQIS (Düssel­dorf)

Core Deal Team: Dr. Lars Laeger (Lead Part­ner), David Hudde (Mana­ging Asso­ciate, both Tran­sac­tions); Part­ners: Johan­nes Landry (Finan­cing), Dr. Ulrich Lien­hard (Real Estate); Coun­sel: Chris­tian Judis (Compli­ance, Munich), Jens Knip­ping (Tax), Nora Strat­mann (Commer­cial, Munich), Martin Wein­gärt­ner (HR Law), Mana­ging Asso­cia­tes: Anselm Graf (Tran­sac­tions, Munich), Johanna Klin­gen (Tech.Law), Diana Pucho­wezki (Real Estate), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Lina Alami (Munich), Dr. Phil­ipp Treß (Berlin), Dr. Tim Weill (all HR.Law), Rebecca Gester (Commer­cial, Munich), Lia Papis­me­dova (Real Estate), Dr. Julia Wild­gans (IP, Munich) 

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