Inflexion PE Partners subsidiary Nodor Group acquires Autodarts

Düssel­dorf — The Welsh darts equip­ment manu­fac­tu­rer Nodor Group, in which Infle­xion Private Equity Part­ners holds a majo­rity stake, has acqui­red Auto­darts GmbH. Auto­darts is a hard­ware and soft­ware plat­form for auto­ma­tic scoring in darts. The aim of the acqui­si­tion is to estab­lish darts not only as an analog pub game and in profes­sio­nal sport, but also to enable global online games. Auto­darts’ modern scoring tech­no­logy comple­ments the Nodor Group’s range of premium darts products. — Infle­xion was compre­hen­si­vely advi­sed by ARQIS on this transaction. 

The parties invol­ved have agreed not to disc­lose details of the tran­sac­tion, such as the purchase price.

The Nodor Group, based in Bridgend, Wales, is a leader in the manu­fac­ture of dart­boards, darts and access­ories. The group of compa­nies, which includes the Winmau and Red Dragon brands, employs around 1,000 people world­wide and exports its products to over 100 count­ries. At the end of 2024, Infle­xion Private Equity Part­ners acqui­red a majo­rity stake in Nodor. 

Auto­darts GmbH, based in Erzhau­sen, Hesse, manu­fac­tures systems for auto­ma­tic scoring. Came­ras are moun­ted above or around the dart­board to detect where the darts land and auto­ma­ti­cally calcu­late the score. This enables seam­less online play and a networked, data-driven, global darts community. 

An ARQIS team led by Dr. Jörn-Chris­­tian Schulze provi­ded compre­hen­sive legal advice to the Nodor Group on this tran­sac­tion. Infle­xion Private Equity Part­ners is thus once again rely­ing on ARQIS’ advice, as was recently the case with the acqui­si­tion of the finanzen.net Group from Axel Springer. 

Advi­sor Nodor Group/Inflexion Private Equity Part­ners: ARQIS (Düssel­dorf)

Core team: Dr. Jörn-Chris­­tian Schulze (Lead Part­ner), Chris­tos Chou­de­lou­dis (Mana­ging Asso­ciate), Ivo Erte­kin (Asso­ciate, all Tran­sac­tions), Part­ners: Tobias Neufeld (HR Law), Marcus Noth­hel­fer (IP, Munich), Coun­sel: Chris­tian Judis (Compli­ance, Munich), Jens Knip­ping (Tax), Nora Strat­mann (Commer­cial, Munich), Martin Wein­gärt­ner (Tran­sac­tions), Mana­ging Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Back­haus (Tran­sac­tions), Marina Bume­der (HR Law, Munich), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Asso­cia­tes: Rebecca Gester (Commer­cial, Munich), Paulina Hütt­ner (IP, Munich), Johanna Klin­gen (Data Law), Tim Meyer-Meisel (Tran­sac­tions), Senior Legal Specia­list: Qing Xia (Tran­sac­tions)

About INFLEXION

INFLEXION Private Equity Part­ners Holdings LLP is a leading inde­pen­dent private equity firm head­quar­te­red in London. With over 20 years’ expe­ri­ence and £2.5 billion of assets under manage­ment, we work with excep­tio­nal manage­ment teams to build market-leading busi­nesses across multi­ple sectors and geogra­phies. — https://inflexionprivateeph.app

About ARQIS

ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent commer­cial law firm that opera­tes inter­na­tio­nally. Around 80 lawy­ers and legal specia­lists advise dome­stic and foreign compa­nies at the highest level on German, Euro­pean and Japa­nese commer­cial law. With its focus groups Tran­sac­tions, HR Law, Japan, Data Law, Risk and Regu­la­tory, the firm is geared towards provi­ding its clients with compre­hen­sive advice. The law firm was foun­ded in 2006 and has offices in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo as well as a talent hub in Berlin. — www.arqis.com.