Hamburg / Werl — Menold Bezler has advi­sed the specia­list and retail book­sel­ler A. Stein’sche Medi­en­gruppe GmbH from Werl on the acqui­si­tion of ims Inter­na­tio­na­ler Medien Service GmbH & Co. KG based in Hamburg.

The A. Stein’sche Medi­en­gruppe, which has been in exis­tence since 1713, is thus conti­nuing its stra­te­gic expan­sion stra­tegy and further expan­ding its B2B busi­ness in parti­cu­lar. With the take­over, the loca­tion in Hamburg with 42 jobs as well as the company name will be retai­ned. The manage­ment will be taken over jointly by the current Mana­ging Direc­tor Phil­ipp Woer­mann and Alex­an­der Stein, Mana­ging Part­ner of A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe.

ims was foun­ded in 2007 as a joint venture between Axel Sprin­ger and the press whole­sa­ler PVG Group GmbH & Co. KG and was a subsi­diary of the PVG Group from 2015. The busi­ness acti­vi­ties cover the area of analog and digi­tal specia­list media procu­re­ment and use in compa­nies and the public sector.

Follo­wing the acqui­si­tion of Haufe Disco­very (now LSL) and Thieme subsi­diary froh­berg in 2020, Menold Bezler also provi­ded legal and tax advice to A. Stein’sche Medi­en­gruppe in connec­tion with this transaction.

Advi­sors to A. Stein’sche Medi­en­gruppe GmbH: Menold Bezler (Stutt­gart)
Jens Schmelt, Photo (Part­ner, Corporate/M&A), Nico Haldy (Part­ner), Clemens Mauch (both Tax)

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