Hanover\/ Munich \u2014 Toge\u00adther with ARCUS Capi\u00adtal from Munich, the HANNOVER Finanz Group acqui\u00adres a majo\u00adrity stake in the L\u00f6wen\u00adstark Group. Toge\u00adther, the inves\u00adtors will hold more than 75 percent of the shares in the leading online marke\u00adting service provi\u00adder from Braun\u00adschweig. In the stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship with company foun\u00adder Marian Wurm \u2014 who remains signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly invol\u00adved \u2014 and the manage\u00adment team around L\u00f6wen\u00adstark CEO Hart\u00admut Deiwick, growth is to be further expan\u00added and long-term succes\u00adsion plan\u00adning is to be arran\u00adged. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvest\u00adments in compa\u00adnies with a focus on digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion are now a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant part of our port\u00adfo\u00adlio. With L\u00f6wen\u00adstark, we have been able to convince another online company to join us. We see a lot of poten\u00adtial in the Braun\u00adschweig-based agency group, which is one of the leading online marke\u00adting service provi\u00adders in the D\u2011A-CH region. The part\u00adner\u00adship with ARCUS, an invest\u00adment company with expe\u00adri\u00adence in the online indus\u00adtry, is also an asset for our network,\u201d says the HANNOVER Finanz Board Spokes\u00adman Goetz HertzEi\u00adchen\u00adrode (photo)<\/strong> on the now comple\u00adted invest\u00adment in the L\u00f6wen\u00adstark Group.<\/p>\n With invest\u00adments in a wide variety of soft\u00adware, e\u2011commerce or digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion specia\u00adlists, such as Corpo\u00adrate Plan\u00adning AG, Media Concept GmbH or the Marken\u00adfilm agency, equity part\u00adner HANNOVER Finanz has a wealth of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the marke\u00adting and digi\u00adtal indus\u00adtries. \u201cL\u00f6wen\u00adstark offers its custo\u00admers a truly holi\u00adstic approach to consul\u00adting and solu\u00adti\u00adons that is unpar\u00adal\u00adle\u00adled, espe\u00adci\u00adally in the SME segment. In addi\u00adtion, we see strong growth poten\u00adtial due to posi\u00adtive market drivers and highly auto\u00adma\u00adted busi\u00adness proces\u00adses. We look forward to working with HANNOVER Finanz and the manage\u00adment to support the company on its successful course in the coming years and to set the course for further growth,\u201d says Stefan Eishold, CEO of ARCUS<\/strong>, about the invest\u00adment in the L\u00f6wen\u00adstark Group.<\/p>\n Marian Wurm, foun\u00adder of L\u00f6wen\u00adstark: \u201cIn ARCUS and HANNOVER Finanz, we have found the right part\u00adners for L\u00f6wen\u00adstar\u00adk\u2019s stra\u00adte\u00adgic deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment. With their exten\u00adsive indus\u00adtry and manage\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence and nume\u00adrous cont\u00adacts in the German SME sector, they will actively support us in our next growth steps.\u201d<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor to the deal team of HANNOVER Finanz:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ebner Stolz GmbH & Co. KG<\/strong> (Finan\u00adcial and Tax Due Diligence) Advi\u00adsor L\u00f6wen\u00adstark Digi\u00adtal GmbH: Norton Rose Fulbright MONTIS Corpo\u00adrate Finance<\/strong> acted as M&A advi\u00adsor to L\u00f6wenstark.<\/p>\n About L\u00f6wen\u00adstark<\/strong> About Norton Rose Fulbright<\/strong><\/p>\n Norton Rose Fulbright is a global busi\u00adness law firm. With more than 4,000 lawy\u00aders in over 50 offices world\u00adwide in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Austra\u00adlia, Africa and the Middle East, we advise leading natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal companies.<\/p>\n We offer our clients compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice in all major indus\u00adtries. These include Finan\u00adcial Insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons; Energy; Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Mining and Commo\u00addi\u00adties; Trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion; Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and Inno\u00adva\u00adtion; and Life Scien\u00adces and Health\u00adcare. 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\nLead Part\u00adner Dr. Phil\u00adipp Grzimek<\/strong> (M&A\/Private Equity, Part\u00adner, Munich).
\nHe was supported by part\u00adners Tino Duttin\u00e9 (tax law), Dr. Chris\u00adtoph Ritzer (data protec\u00adtion law and IT law) and Dr. Andrea Spel\u00adler\u00adberg (banking law). Coun\u00adsel Clau\u00addia Poslu\u00adschny (employ\u00adment law) and Oliver Paasch (banking law), Senior Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Jan-Peter Heise (M&A) and Julia Gallin\u00adger (tax law) as well as Asso\u00adciate Olivia Reinke (employ\u00adment law) were also involved.<\/p>\n
\nwww.loewenstark.com With over 5,000 custo\u00admer projects for 19 years, L\u00f6wen\u00adstark Digi\u00adtal Group GmbH is one of the most expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced and successful digi\u00adtal service provi\u00adders for online marke\u00adting in the DACH region. More than 150 employees are active at ten loca\u00adti\u00adons in all disci\u00adpli\u00adnes of online marke\u00adting for natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal custo\u00admers along the maxim \u201cthorough analy\u00adsis, consis\u00adtent opti\u00admiza\u00adtion and sustainable success\u201d. The focus is on holi\u00adstic solu\u00adti\u00adons in the areas of perfor\u00admance marke\u00adting (search engine opti\u00admiza\u00adtion, search engine marke\u00adting, market\u00adplace marke\u00adting), brand marke\u00adting (repu\u00adta\u00adtion manage\u00adment, social media, affi\u00adliate and e\u2011mail marke\u00adting), and web deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment (CMS, store systems and usabi\u00adlity opti\u00admiza\u00adtion). The custo\u00admer base includes more than 500 natio\u00adnal and international<\/p>\n