HEUKING advises investor Legian on the acquisition of vitagroup Health Dialog

Mannheim/ Zug (CH) — The inves­tor Legian Invest­ment Part­ner AG has acqui­red the Health Dialog divi­sion from vita­group AG. As part of a respon­si­ble succes­sion plan for the previous main share­hol­der and SAP co-foun­­der Dr. Hans-Werner Hector, vita­group AG has sold the Health Dialog divi­sion to Legian Invest­ment Part­ner AG, an inves­tor with exten­sive expe­ri­ence in the health­care sector. 

The aim of the tran­sac­tion is to secure the successful deve­lo­p­ment of Health Dialog in the long term and at the same time open up new growth oppor­tu­ni­ties. The company is consciously focu­sing on conti­nuity: the entire Health Dialog manage­ment team will remain on board and will conti­nue on its current course toge­ther with the new part­ner. The two estab­lished loca­ti­ons in Mann­heim and Chem­nitz will also remain central hubs for further deve­lo­p­ment, with Mann­heim remai­ning the company’s head­quar­ters. The previous Mana­ging Direc­tor Emek Altun is also sending a strong signal of trust and future viability. 

Gregor Hilver­kus and Dirk Mühl, Legian Invest­ment Part­ner AG, commen­ted: “We are very impres­sed by the perfor­mance of Health Dialog in recent years and look forward to support­ing Emek Altun and his team in the further deve­lo­p­ment of the company as shareholders.”

Kamilo Kolarz, CEO of vita­group AG, empha­si­zes: “I am very plea­sed for Health Dialog to have found a perfect part­ner for sustainable soli­dity and further growth in Legian. We deli­bera­tely opted for an expe­ri­en­ced inves­tor with proven exper­tise in the health­care indus­try. The decis­ion in favor of Legian — and not a direct market parti­ci­pant as a new share­hol­der — is a clear sign that we want to further expand our leading role as an inde­pen­dent service provi­der and inno­va­tor in healthcare.” 

The Health Dialog helps people to gain direct and easy access to their opti­mal outpa­ti­ent care. The sensi­ble combi­na­tion of analog and digi­tal services impro­ves pati­ent care regard­less of time and loca­tion. With over 300 medi­cal staff and conti­nuous avai­la­bi­lity, the Tele­me­di­cal Center (TMZ) offers compre­hen­sive services for statu­tory health insu­rance compa­nies and asso­cia­ti­ons of statu­tory health insu­rance physi­ci­ans — from the medi­cal emer­gency service to the medi­cal on-call service to the appoint­ment service. The health­Match care plat­form is the comple­men­tary digi­tal access for pati­ents to their opti­mal care, regard­less of time and place. 

About Legian Invest­ment Part­ner AG

Legian Invest­ment Part­ner is a medium-sized invest­ment advi­sory firm based in Switz­er­land. We offer compa­nies a good new home for succes­sion plan­ning or the sale of parts of a group. We invest in econo­mic­ally sound compa­nies in German-spea­king count­ries (DACH region) with a turno­ver of up to €100 million. Our goal is the sustainable and value-orien­­ted further deve­lo­p­ment of our port­fo­lio compa­nies for the mutual bene­fit of share­hol­ders, employees and custo­mers. As long-term inves­tors, we act as a spar­ring part­ner for manage­ment in stra­te­gic corpo­rate deve­lo­p­ment, secure access to equity and debt capi­tal and provide support for follow-up acquisitions.
— www.legian.ch

Advi­sor Legian Invest­ment Part­ner AG: HEUKING

Mark Ross­broich, LL.M. (King’s College London), Dr. Oliver von Rosen­berg, LL.M. (George­town Univer­sity Law Center) (both lead), Chris­to­pher Klei­nert (all M&A / Private Equity), Dr. Lutz Martin Keppe­ler (IT / data protec­tion), all Cologne;
Fabian G. Gaffron, Simon Pommer, LL.M. (both tax law), Sandra Pfis­ter LL.M. (Sydney), Beli­ar­dis Ehlert-Gasde (both finance), all Hamburg;
Chris­toph Hexel (employ­ment law), Düsseldorf.
— www.heuking de