ARQIS advises CONSTELLATION CAPITAL on the acquisition of Abresch

Düssel­dorf — The Swiss inves­tor group CONSTELLATION CAPITAL has acqui­red Abresch Indus­trie­ver­pa­ckung GmbH. This means that Abresch Indus­trie­ver­pa­ckung GmbH will in future be part of the ARCA Group, which belongs to CONSTELLATION CAPITAL. With this step, ARCA Holding GmbH is further expan­ding the ARCA network for indus­trial pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons and streng­thening its own presence in south-west Germany. As a result of the merger, Abresch Verpa­ckung will bene­fit from an expan­ded deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial, the ARCA Group’s supra-regio­nal network and the asso­cia­ted indus­­try-diver­­­si­­fied custo­mer portfolio. 

Abresch Indus­trie­ver­pa­ckung GmbH, based in Viern­heim, employs over 50 people and is one of the estab­lished provi­ders of indus­trial pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons in south-west Germany. The company has parti­cu­lar strengths in process-rela­­ted coope­ra­tion with indus­trial custo­mers. The focus is parti­cu­larly on factory pack­a­ging, intra­lo­gi­stics, series pack­a­ging and spare parts manage­ment for deman­ding indus­trial applications. 

ARCA Holding GmbH, a group of CONSTELLATION CAPITAL, is to be expan­ded to become the market leader in the field of wooden pack­a­ging and pack­a­ging services in German-spea­king count­ries. ARCA’s focus is on imple­men­ting a conso­li­da­tion stra­tegy to create a cohe­sive network of mutually bene­fi­cial compa­nies that offer custo­mi­zed pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons and services. 

CONSTELLATION CAPITAL AG is a Swiss invest­ment group foun­ded in 1992 and based in Frei­en­bach on Lake Zurich. CONSTELLATION pursues a buy & build stra­tegy that focu­ses on majo­rity invest­ments in medium-sized compa­nies in the busi­ness services, educa­tion & life­style and health­care sectors in the DACH region. 

An ARQIS team led by Dr. Lars Laeger provi­ded CONSTELLATION CAPITAL with compre­hen­sive legal advice on this tran­sac­tion. The team advi­ses CONSTELLATION CAPITAL on all plat­form acqui­si­ti­ons for the ARCA Group from a legal and tax perspec­tive as well as on acqui­si­tion finan­cing. ARQIS also provi­ded legal advice on the acqui­si­tion of the platform. 

Advi­sor CONSTELLATION CAPITAL: ARQIS (Düssel­dorf)

Dr. Lars Laeger (Part­ner, Tran­sac­tions, Lead), Part­ners: Johan­nes Landry (Finan­cing), Dr. Ulrich Lien­hard (Real Estate), Coun­sel: Chris­tian Judis (Compli­ance, Munich), Jens Knip­ping (Tax), Fran­ziska Leub­ner (Munich), Martin Wein­gärt­ner (both HR Law), Nora Strat­mann (Commer­cial, Munich), Mana­ging Asso­cia­tes: David Hudde (Tran­sac­tions), Tim Brese­mann (Real Estate), Johanna Klin­gen (Data Law), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Lina Alami (Munich), Dr. Tim Weill (both HR Law), Rebecca Gester (Commer­cial, Munich), Paulina Hütt­ner, Dr. Julia Wild­gans (both IP, Munich), Lia Papis­me­dova (Real Estate)

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