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The manage\u00adment of WOW Tech Group as well as the exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors will remain share\u00adhol\u00adders of WOW Tech Group and will conti\u00adnue to hold stra\u00adte\u00adgic and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal func\u00adtions. WOW Tech Group was advi\u00adsed by<strong> ARQIS Attor\u00adneys at Law <\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading suppli\u00aders, WOW Tech Group specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, manu\u00adfac\u00adture and marke\u00adting of high-quality products for lovemaking.<\/p>\n<p>CDH, with offices in Singa\u00adpore, Hong Kong and Beijing, mana\u00adges assets of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately USD 20 billion. The company has invest\u00adments in over 150 compa\u00adnies focu\u00adsed on consu\u00admer goods and health\u00adcare industries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latham &amp; Watkins LLP advi\u00adsed CDH with the follo\u00adwing&nbsp;team:<\/strong><br>\n<strong>Dr. Rainer Trau\u00adgott<\/strong>  (Part\u00adner, Lead, Munich), Susanne Decker (Part\u00adner, Frank\u00adfurt), Hanno Witt, Dr. Thomas Diek\u00admann, Dr. Hendrik Ley, Anja Schind\u00adler, Dr. Andreas Holzgreve, (all Asso\u00adciate, Private Equity), Dr. Ulf Kieker (Coun\u00adsel, Tax), Thomas Weit\u00adkamp (Part\u00adner), Ludwig Zesch, Phil\u00adipp B\u00fcch\u00adler (both Asso\u00adciate, all Banking and Finance, all Munich), Joachim Gritt\u00admann (Coun\u00adsel, Regu\u00adla\u00adtory, Frank\u00adfurt), Dr. Jana Dammann (Coun\u00adsel, Hamburg) Jan Voll\u00adkam\u00admer (Asso\u00adciate, both Anti\u00adtrust, Frank\u00adfurt), Anne Kleff\u00admann (Part\u00adner), Annika Juds (Asso\u00adciate, both Labor Law, Munich) as well as lawy\u00aders from Latham\u2019s Hong Kong office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsors WOW Tech Group: ARQIS Rechts\u00adan\u00adw\u00e4lte <\/strong>(D\u00fcssel\u00addorf)<br>\nARQIS advi\u00adsed Johan\u00adnes Graf Plet\u00adten\u00adberg, the foun\u00adder and CEO of WOW Tech Group (WOW Tech), a Berlin-based sex toy manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer, in connec\u00adtion with the sale of his busi\u00adness shares to Singa\u00adpore-based private equity group CDH Invest\u00adments (CDH) and his subse\u00adquent re-invest\u00adment in the target group.<br>\n<strong>Dr. J\u00f6rn-Chris\u00adtian Schulze<\/strong> (Lead; Corporate\/M&amp;A); Coun\u00adsel: Dr. Stepha\u00adnie Lenze (Labor Law); Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Dr. Maxi\u00admi\u00adlian Back\u00adhaus (Corporate\/M&amp;A); Martin Wein\u00adg\u00e4rt\u00adner (Labor Law)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latham &amp; Watkins LLP advi\u00adsed CDH Invest\u00adments on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant equity stake in WOW Tech Group, a leading global provi\u00adder of premium sensory health and well\u00adness products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Latham &amp; 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