Gibson Dunn Advises WndrCo on Its Investment in HYROX

Frank­furt and Los Ange­les — Gibson Dunn advi­sed WndrCo on its co-inves­t­­ment in HYROX along­side L Catter­ton in connec­tion with Infront’s acqui­si­tion of a majo­rity stake in HYROX in part­ner­ship with HYROX’s founders.

HYROX World GmbH, head­quar­te­red in Hamburg, opera­tes a global ecosys­tem of compe­ti­ti­ons, trai­ning, and coaching cente­red around HYROX’s signa­ture fitness race format—eight one-kilo­­­me­­ter runs alter­na­ting with eight func­tional trai­ning stati­ons. HYROX was foun­ded in 2017 by Chris­tian Toetzke, a long­time indus­try expert in the inter­na­tio­nal cycling and triath­lon scene, and Moritz Fürste, a three-time Olym­pic meda­list and world cham­pion in field hockey, and has evol­ved into a global pheno­me­non with athle­tes parti­ci­pa­ting in more than 30 countries. 

WndrCo, foun­ded in 2016 by Sujay Jaswa and Jeffrey Katzen­berg, is a U.S.-based holding company and multi-stage tech­no­logy invest­ment firm whose goal is to rethink the way people live and work. WndrCo invests in the areas of the Future of Work, consu­mer tech­no­logy, cyber­se­cu­rity, and deve­lo­per infrastructure. 

Gibson Dunn’s private equity team, led jointly by part­ners Dr. Dirk Ober­bracht (Frank­furt), Sarah Graham (Los Ange­les), and Ari Lanin (Century City), included asso­cia­tes Andreas Rief, Fabiana Ober­meier, Simon Stöhl­ker, and Tilmann Warweg (all in Frank­furt), as well as Blaine Roth (Los Ange­les) and Matt Stau­gaard (Orange County). Part­ner Attila Borsos and Asso­ciate Marcus Seete (both in Brussels) advi­sed on anti­trust matters. Part­ner Sebas­tian Schoon (Frank­furt) advi­sed on finan­cing, and Part­ner Dora Arash (Los Ange­les) advi­sed on tax matters. 

About Gibson Dunn

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