Toronto, Frank\u00adfurt, L\u00f6bau \u2014 Cana\u00addian intel\u00adli\u00adgent trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion systems provi\u00adder Quar\u00adterhill Inc. through its wholly owned subsi\u00addiary Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Road Dyna\u00admics Inc. (\u201cIRD\u201d) acqui\u00adred all shares in VDS Verkehrs\u00adtech\u00adnik GmbH, a German-based provi\u00adder of high-precis\u00adion traf\u00adfic moni\u00adto\u00adring equipment.<\/p>\n
VDS, based in L\u00f6bau, Germany, deve\u00adlops, manu\u00adfac\u00adtures and distri\u00adbu\u00adtes statio\u00adnary and mobile traf\u00adfic moni\u00adto\u00adring devices that measure vehicle speed and record red light viola\u00adti\u00adons. VDS\u2019s devices are curr\u00adently the only radar-based products certi\u00adfied under the new regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons in Germany, allo\u00adwing direct track\u00ading of traf\u00adfic viola\u00adti\u00adons. VDS has a produc\u00adtion faci\u00adlity and two service centers in Germany and will be inte\u00adgra\u00adted into Sensor Line GmbH, which was acqui\u00adred by Quarterhill\/IRD in Janu\u00adary 2021. Sensor Line is one of the largest suppli\u00aders of VDS for opto\u00adelec\u00adtro\u00adnic sensors (www.vds-verkehrstechnik.de).<\/p>\n
Quar\u00adterhill is a growth-orien\u00adted company in \u201cIntel\u00adli\u00adgent Trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion Systems\u201d and a leader in intellec\u00adtual property licen\u00adsing (for more infor\u00adma\u00adtion: www.quarterhill.com). IRD is a dyna\u00admic ITS tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company enga\u00adged in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of key compon\u00adents and advan\u00adced systems for the next gene\u00adra\u00adtion of trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion networks (for more infor\u00adma\u00adtion: www.irdinc.com).<\/p>\n
In the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, the share\u00adhol\u00adder and the mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor of VDS were compre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00advely legally advi\u00adsed by an M&A team of the commer\u00adcial law firm Fried\u00adrich Graf von West\u00adpha\u00adlen & Part\u00adner (FGvW)<\/strong> in Frei\u00adburg and Frank\u00adfurt under the leader\u00adship of part\u00adner Dr. Hendrik Thies<\/strong>. The share\u00adhol\u00adder was exten\u00adsi\u00advely advi\u00adsed in the area of commer\u00adcial, stra\u00adte\u00adgic and orga\u00adniza\u00adtio\u00adnal M&A tran\u00adsac\u00adtion advice by MNI Part\u00adners LLC under the leader\u00adship of part\u00adner Domi\u00adnik Lutz. FGvW regu\u00adlarly carries out complex, often inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal M&A projects toge\u00adther with MNI Partners.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Quar\u00adterhill: Norton Rose Fulbright<\/strong> Advi\u00adsor to share\u00adhol\u00adder and mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor VDS Verkehrs\u00adtech\u00adnik GmbH: Fried\u00adrich Graf von West\u00adpha\u00adlen & Part\u00adner, Frei\u00adburg and Frankfurt<\/strong> MNI Part\u00adners LLC<\/strong> About MNI Part\u00adners: MNIP is a specia\u00adli\u00adzed boutique M&A stra\u00adtegy and tran\u00adsac\u00adtion advi\u00adsory firm in the U.S., Germany and India with a focus on smal\u00adler and mid-sized tran\u00adsac\u00adtions that are hand-picked, often cross-cultu\u00adral and below the radar of typi\u00adcal market parti\u00adci\u00adpants and invest\u00adment banks. MNIP\u2019s clients, prima\u00adrily on the sell side, are profi\u00adta\u00adble compa\u00adnies owned by fami\u00adlies and foun\u00adders or smal\u00adler corpo\u00adrate spin-offs with $3 \u2014 $30 million in annual revenues.<\/p>\n About Fried\u00adrich Graf von West\u00adpha\u00adlen & Partner<\/strong> Toronto, Frank\u00adfurt, L\u00f6bau \u2014 Cana\u00addian intel\u00adli\u00adgent trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion systems provi\u00adder Quar\u00adterhill Inc. through its wholly owned subsi\u00addiary Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Road Dyna\u00admics Inc. (\u201cIRD\u201d) acqui\u00adred all shares in VDS Verkehrs\u00adtech\u00adnik GmbH, a German-based provi\u00adder of high-precis\u00ad\u00adion traf\u00adfic moni\u00adto\u00adring equip\u00adment. VDS, based in L\u00f6bau, Germany, deve\u00adlops, manu\u00adfac\u00adtures and distri\u00adbu\u00adtes statio\u00adnary and mobile traf\u00adfic moni\u00adto\u00adring devices that measure vehicle speed [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1371,1372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-deals-en","category-consultant","news-category-deals-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPaul Amirault (Part\u00adner, Corpo\u00adrate, Ottawa), Nils Rahlf (Part\u00adner), Dr. Ariane Theis\u00adsen (Asso\u00adciate) and Andre Hart\u00admann (Asso\u00adciate) (Corpo\u00adrate, Frank\u00adfurt); Clau\u00addia Poslu\u00adschny (Coun\u00adsel), Micha\u00adels Zenkert (Asso\u00adciate); Olivia Reinke (Asso\u00adciate) (Employ\u00adment, Munich); Michael Mehler (Coun\u00adsel), Daniela Kowalsky (Senior Asso\u00adciate) (Real Estate, Frank\u00adfurt); Tino Duttin\u00e9 (Part\u00adner), Sarah Heufel\u00adder (Asso\u00adciate) (Tax, Frank\u00adfurt); Tiffany Zilliox (Senior Asso\u00adciate, Intellec\u00adtual Property, Munich).<\/p>\n
\nDr. Hendrik Thies (Lead Part\u00adner, Corpo\u00adrate Law, M&A)
\nDr. Till B\u00f6tt\u00adcher (Real Estate Law)
\nAnnette R\u00f6lz (Labor Law)<\/p>\n
\nDomi\u00adnik Lutz, Part\u00adner (Lead Part\u00adner, M&A Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion Advisory)<\/p>\n
\nFried\u00adrich Graf von West\u00adpha\u00adlen & Part\u00adner is one of the leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent German commer\u00adcial law firms. The firm\u2019s appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 100 lawy\u00aders, 35 of whom are part\u00adners, advise compa\u00adnies world\u00adwide from offices in Colo\u00adgne, Frei\u00adburg, Berlin, Frank\u00adfurt am Main, Alicante and Brussels. In total, the firm has around 250 employees. www.fgvw.de.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"