PPLAW Advises PFENNIG Reinigungstechnik on Its Sale to Schülke & Mayr

Munich — Schülke & Mayr GmbH (“Schülke & Mayr”), a hygiene and disin­fec­tion specia­list based in Norder­stedt, has acqui­red PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik GmbH (“PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik”), the leading Euro­pean specia­list in manual clea­ning systems for clean­rooms, health­care, and faci­lity manage­ment. With this acqui­si­tion, Schülke & Mayr is further expan­ding its acti­vi­ties in the life scien­ces sector and streng­thening its exper­tise in conta­mi­na­tion control for regu­la­ted phar­maceu­ti­cal and biotech envi­ron­ments. The manage­ment team at PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik is expec­ted to conti­nue guiding the company through the inte­gra­tion process. — POELLATH provi­ded legal and tax advice to the Pfen­nig family, the owners of PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik, in connec­tion with the transaction. 

PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik, based in Durach (Allgäu), is one of the leading provi­ders of clean­room clea­ning solu­ti­ons. The family-owned company’s range of services includes the deve­lo­p­ment and manu­fac­ture of high-quality clea­ning systems as well as comple­men­tary services. PFENNIG Reini­gungs­tech­nik combi­nes many years of indus­try exper­tise with regu­la­tory know-how and a strong presence in the Euro­pean market. 

Schülke & Mayr is one of the worl­d’s leading provi­ders in the field of infec­tion preven­tion and control. For more than 135 years, the company has been deve­lo­ping products and solu­ti­ons for the health­care, life scien­ces, over-the-coun­­ter, and direct pati­ent care sectors, and supports custo­mers world­wide with compre­hen­sive stra­te­gies for infec­tion preven­tion and conta­mi­na­tion control. 

Advi­sors to the Pfen­nig family of owners in the sale of PFENNIG Clea­ning Tech­no­logy: PPLAW 

Dr. Frank Thiä­ner (Part­ner, M&A/PE, Munich)
Dr. Matthias Durst (Part­ner, Real Estate Tran­sac­tions, Berlin)
Dr. Katha­rina Hemmen, LL.M. (Part­ner, Private Clients, Frank­furt am Main)
Gerald Herr­mann (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Tax, Munich)
Dr. David Hötzel, LL.M. (San Diego) (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Tax, Berlin)
Dr. Andreas Reuther (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Employ­ment Law, Munich)
Daniel Wied­mann, LL.M. (NYU) (Asso­cia­ted Part­ner, Anti­trust Law, Frank­furt am Main)
Dr. Katha­rina Pich­ler (Senior Asso­ciate, Private Clients, Frank­furt am Main)
Daniel Hoppen (Senior Asso­ciate, Anti­trust Law, Frank­furt am Main)
Jannis Lührs (Senior Asso­ciate, Tax, Munich)
Michael Grun­wald (Asso­ciate, Tax, Munich)
Arthur Linde­mann, LL.M., Maître en droit (Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich)
Marvin Ritt­meier (Asso­ciate, M&A/PE, Munich) 

Wendel­stein (led by Part­ner Niko­laus Hofstet­ter and Senior Asso­ciate Maxi­mi­lian Ried, both from the M&A/Corporate prac­tice in Frank­furt am Main) acted as advi­sor to the buyer.

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