Munich\/ Paris \u2014 EMZ Part\u00adners acqui\u00adres majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder, the leading provi\u00adder of visua\u00adliza\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for early skin cancer detec\u00adtion and aesthe\u00adtics. Co-foun\u00adder and main share\u00adhol\u00adder Rudolf Mayer with\u00addraws from his share\u00adhol\u00adder posi\u00adtion and entrusts the future success of Foto\u00adFin\u00adder to co-foun\u00adder Andreas Mayer, other members of the Mayer family and selec\u00adted members of the manage\u00adment team. All of the latter reinvest a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant portion of their proceeds or become new shareholders.<\/p>\n
The Euro\u00adpean private equity firm EMZ Part\u00adners has ente\u00adred into a binding agree\u00adment to acquire a majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Bad Birn\u00adbach, Germany. The company\u2019s foun\u00adder, Rudolf Mayer, who toge\u00adther with his son and co-foun\u00adder Andreas Mayer has driven the successful deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the company and shaped Foto\u00adFin\u00adder into the leading and pionee\u00adring brand in the field of early skin cancer detec\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, will fully retire from his role as mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor and shareholder.<\/p>\n
The signi\u00adfi\u00adcant (re)investments of all other exis\u00adting family share\u00adhol\u00adders as well as other members of the manage\u00adment team clearly under\u00adline the promi\u00adsing pros\u00adpects of the company and the firm belief in its future success.<\/p>\n
Foto\u00adFin\u00adder was foun\u00added in 1991 and provi\u00addes products and services to derma\u00adto\u00adlo\u00adgists, derma\u00adto\u00adlogy clinics, hospi\u00adtals, scree\u00adning centers and rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adtes. Foto\u00adFin\u00adder systems combine proprie\u00adtary AI-based soft\u00adware with indus\u00adtry-leading Auto\u00adma\u00adted Total Body Mapping and Video Derma\u00adto\u00adscopy tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to form inte\u00adgra\u00adted skin visua\u00adliza\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons. The company main\u00adta\u00adins close colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with univer\u00adsi\u00adties and leading experts in derma\u00adto\u00adlogy and has access to a global network of derma\u00adto\u00adlo\u00adgists through its Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Online Academy. The service offe\u00adring is comple\u00adted by a service port\u00adfo\u00adlio inclu\u00adding main\u00adten\u00adance, trai\u00adning and second opinion services.<\/p>\n
Although Foto\u00adFin\u00adder\u2019s core market is Germany and the DACH region, the company opera\u00adtes globally and gene\u00adra\u00adtes more than 70% of its reve\u00adnue abroad in over 90 count\u00adries. Products and services are sold directly, through subsi\u00addia\u00adries, and through a world\u00adwide network of distri\u00adbu\u00adtors and agents.<\/p>\n
Driven by rising global aware\u00adness of skin cancer, Foto\u00adFin\u00adder is pursuing attrac\u00adtive growth opti\u00adons in highly regu\u00adla\u00adted regio\u00adnal medi\u00adcal tech\u00adno\u00adlogy markets. This includes further inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion, a stron\u00adger focus on tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcally advan\u00adced solu\u00adti\u00adons (ATBM Master), proprie\u00adtary AI-supported tech\u00adno\u00adlogy, and consis\u00adtent culti\u00adva\u00adtion of the adja\u00adcent aesthe\u00adtics and beauty market.<\/p>\n
Shear\u00adman & Ster\u00adling<\/strong> advi\u00adsed EMZ Part\u00adners (EMZ) on the finan\u00adcing of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of a majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Systems GmbH (Foto\u00adFin\u00adder), a leading provi\u00adder of visua\u00adliza\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for early skin cancer detec\u00adtion and aesthetics. About Foto\u00adfin\u00adder<\/strong> About EMZ<\/strong><\/p>\n EMZ is a leading Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment company that sees itself as a part\u00adner to medium-sized compa\u00adnies. The focus of acti\u00advi\u00adties is on invest\u00adments along\u00adside foun\u00adders, family share\u00adhol\u00adders and mana\u00adgers. EMZ is majo\u00adrity control\u00adled by its own employees and invests the money of insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors from Europe. From the current fund with a volume of more than one billion euros, EMZ makes invest\u00adments in the amount of 10 to 150 million euros.<\/p>\n About Shear\u00adman & Sterling<\/strong><\/p>\n Shear\u00adman & Ster\u00adling is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm with 25 offices in 13 count\u00adries and appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 850 lawy\u00aders. In Germany, Shear\u00adman & Ster\u00adling has offices in Frank\u00adfurt and Munich. The firm is one of the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal market leaders in advi\u00adsing on complex cross-border tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. World\u00adwide, Shear\u00adman & Ster\u00adling prima\u00adrily advi\u00adses inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and large natio\u00adnal compa\u00adnies, finan\u00adcial insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons, and large mid-sized compa\u00adnies. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.shearman.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich\/ Paris \u2014 EMZ Part\u00adners acqui\u00adres majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder, the leading provi\u00adder of visua\u00adliza\u00adtion tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for early skin cancer detec\u00adtion and aesthe\u00adtics. Co-foun\u00ad\u00adder and main share\u00adhol\u00adder Rudolf Mayer with\u00addraws from his share\u00adhol\u00adder posi\u00adtion and entrusts the future success of Foto\u00adFin\u00adder to co-foun\u00ad\u00adder Andreas Mayer, other members of the Mayer family and selec\u00adted members of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Shear\u00adman & Ster\u00adling team included part\u00adner Winfried M. Carli and asso\u00adciate Daniel Wagner (both Munich Finance). The team led by part\u00adner Winfried M. Carli regu\u00adlarly advi\u00adses EMZ on finan\u00adcings, such as the recent invest\u00adments in Hermann Pipers\u00adberg, cele\u00adbrate company and Ankerkraut.<\/p>\n
\nFoto\u00adFin\u00adder, foun\u00added in 1991, provi\u00addes products and services to derma\u00adto\u00adlo\u00adgists, derma\u00adto\u00adlogy clinics, hospi\u00adtals, scree\u00adning centers and rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adtes. The systems sold combine proprie\u00adtary AI-based soft\u00adware with indus\u00adtry-leading Auto\u00adma\u00adted Total Body Mapping (ATBM) and video dermo\u00adscopy tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to form inte\u00adgra\u00adted skin visua\u00adliza\u00adtion solutions.<\/p>\n