Berlin, March 2021 \u2014 The Ameri\u00adcan-French luxury inves\u00adtor L Catter\u00adton has acqui\u00adred a stake in BIRKENSTOCK. The indi\u00adrect share\u00adhol\u00adders of the Birken\u00adstock Group, Chris\u00adtian and Alex Birken\u00adstock, retain an econo\u00admic inte\u00adrest. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the details of the agree\u00adment. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant compe\u00adti\u00adtion authorities.<\/p>\n
The stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship with L Catter\u00adton is the next step for the global life\u00adstyle brand BIRKENSTOCK to conti\u00adnue to grow stron\u00adgly in future markets such as China and India. In Europe and America, BIRKENSTOCK will further streng\u00adthen its leading market posi\u00adtion by inves\u00adt\u00ading in its German sites and expan\u00adding produc\u00adtion, logi\u00adstics and sales. In addi\u00adtion, further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the direct-to-consu\u00admer busi\u00adness and expan\u00adsion of the company\u2019s own e\u2011commerce plat\u00adforms are planned.<\/p>\n
Deloitte provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive support to Birken\u00adstock GmbH & Co KG during the prepa\u00adra\u00adtion of the entry of an inves\u00adtor and the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of a bidding process until the successful sale to the stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner L Catter\u00adton. Thanks to the inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary coope\u00adra\u00adtion of Deloitte Legal\u2019s legal advi\u00adsors with Deloitte experts from the Tax and Finan\u00adcial Advi\u00adsory areas and the compre\u00adhen\u00adsive consu\u00admer goods indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, the rele\u00advant aspects for this complex tran\u00adsac\u00adtion were covered. Seam\u00adless coope\u00adra\u00adtion with the teams of the Ameri\u00adcan invest\u00adment bank Gold\u00adman Sachs, which was brought in to find an inves\u00adtor, also contri\u00adbu\u00adted to the success of the transaction.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor Birken\u00adstock Group: Deloitte Legal<\/strong> Berlin, March 2021 \u2014 The Ameri\u00ad\u00adcan-French luxury inves\u00adtor L Catter\u00adton has acqui\u00adred a stake in BIRKENSTOCK. The indi\u00adrect share\u00adhol\u00adders of the Birken\u00adstock Group, Chris\u00adtian and Alex Birken\u00adstock, retain an econo\u00admic inte\u00adrest. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the details of the agree\u00adment. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant compe\u00adti\u00adtion autho\u00adri\u00adties. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43448","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-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","news-category-private-equity-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDr. Julia Peter\u00adsen<\/strong> (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, Berlin, Lead), Chris\u00adto\u00adfer Mellert (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Albrecht Kind\u00adler (Part\u00adner, Corporate\/M&A, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Dr. Klaus Pilz (Coun\u00adsel, Corporate\/M&A, Berlin), Dr. Juliane Wert\u00adher-Bontje (Coun\u00adsel, Corporate\/M&A Berlin), Dr. Moritz Erkel (Asso\u00adciate, Corporate\/M&A, Berlin), Nata\u00adlia Vost (Asso\u00adciate, Corporate\/M&A, Berlin) Dr. Char\u00adlotte Sander (Part\u00adner Labor Law, Hano\u00adver), Alex\u00adan\u00adder Deja (Asso\u00adciate, Labor Law, Hano\u00adver), Felix Skala, LL.M. (Part\u00adner, Anti\u00adtrust Law, Hamburg), Katha\u00adrina Zicker\u00admann, LL.M. (Asso\u00adciate, Anti\u00adtrust, Hamburg), Sebas\u00adtian von Rueden (Part\u00adner, IT\/IP, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Sonja Baier (Asso\u00adciate, IT\/IP D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) Deloitte Tax: Stefan Grube (Part\u00adner, MP Tax & Legal Deloitte Germany, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Olga Metcher (Direc\u00adtor, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Ann-Pascale Horst\u00admann (Consul\u00adtant, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Marc Puls (Senior Mana\u00adger, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Chris\u00adtian Dohm\u00adgans (Senior Mana\u00adger, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf) Deloitte Finan\u00adcial Advi\u00adsory: Kars\u00adten Holl\u00adasch (Part\u00adner, Sector Lead Consu\u00admer Indus\u00adtry Deloitte Germany, Dussel\u00addorf) Roland Basler (Direc\u00adtor, Dussel\u00addorf), Caro\u00adlin Kopy\u00adciok (Mana\u00adger, Dussel\u00addorf), Jaque\u00adlien Ursprung (Senior Mana\u00adger, Dussel\u00addorf); Felix Bauchro\u00adwitz (Mana\u00adger) and Julian Opfer\u00adkuch (Senior) For USA: Gibbons P.C.: Terry Myers, Frank Cannone, Peter Flagel Invest\u00adment Bank: Gold\u00adman Sachs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"