{"id":43007,"date":"2019-09-26T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/bridgepoint-sells-bike24-to-riverside\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T11:19:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:19:34","slug":"bridgepoint-sells-bike24-to-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/bridgepoint-sells-bike24-to-riverside\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgepoint sells Bike24 to Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank\u00adfurt am Main\/Munich \u2014 <strong>Allen &amp; Overy<\/strong> advi\u00adsed the British private equity firm <strong>Bridge\u00adpoint Europe<\/strong> IV Fund (Bridge\u00adpoint) and the manage\u00adment on the sale of <strong>Bike24<\/strong> GmbH (Bike24) to a subsi\u00addiary of <strong>The River\u00adside Company<\/strong> (River\u00adside). The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is still subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant anti\u00adtrust authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Bike24, based in Dres\u00adden, is one of the leading German online retail\u00aders for cycling, running, swim\u00adming, triath\u00adlon, fitness, outdoor and rela\u00adted products.<\/p>\n<p>Bridge\u00adpoint is a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal private equity firm focu\u00adsed on invest\u00adments in market-leading compa\u00adnies. The company had acqui\u00adred Bike24 at the end of 2017 as part of a trade sale from River\u00adside, which had first joined the Saxon-based online retailer in&nbsp;2015.<\/p>\n<p>Advi\u00adsor Bridgpoint: The team of Allen &amp;&nbsp;Overy<br>\nDr. Astrid Kr\u00fcger, Part\u00adner (Munich), Dr. Roman Kasten, Coun\u00adsel (Frank\u00adfurt, both Corporate\/M&amp;A and Private Equity)<\/p>\n<p>It also compri\u00adsed the part\u00adners Dr. Alex\u00adan\u00adder Veith (Corporate\/M&amp;A and Private Equity, Munich), Dr. Heike Weber (Tax, Frank\u00adfurt), Peter Banks (Corpo\u00adrate, London), Dr. Walter Uebel\u00adhoer (Banking and Finance, Munich), Dr. Jens Matthes (IP\/IT, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) and Charles Yorke (Tax, London), Coun\u00adsel Dr. Udo H. Olgem\u00ad\u00f6l\u00adler (Public Law, Frank\u00adfurt), the senior asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Heiner Meck\u00adlen\u00adburg (Anti\u00adtrust, Hamburg), Dr. J\u00f6rg Weber (Banking and Finance, Munich) and Dr. Sebas\u00adtian Schulz (Labor Law, Frank\u00adfurt), asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Robert Jochim, Bastian Schmack (both Frank\u00adfurt), Michael Haase, Elisa\u00adbeth Pich\u00adler, Johan\u00adnes Gra\u00dfl (all Corporate\/M&amp;A and Private Equity), Dr. Rauni Aham\u00admer (Banking and Finance, all Munich), Sven Bisch\u00adoff, Tobias Eggert (both Tax, Frank\u00adfurt), Catha\u00adrina Glugla (Data Protec\u00adtion, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) and Caro\u00adline Craw\u00adford (Corpo\u00adrate, London).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank\u00adfurt am Main\/Munich \u2014 Allen &amp; Overy advi\u00adsed the British private equity firm Bridge\u00adpoint Europe IV Fund (Bridge\u00adpoint) and the manage\u00adment on the sale of Bike24 GmbH (Bike24) to a subsi\u00addiary of The River\u00adside Company (River\u00adside). The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is still subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant anti\u00adtrust autho\u00adri\u00adties. 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