Elms\u00adhorn \u2014 The share\u00adhol\u00adders and foun\u00adders of The Quality Group GmbH (\u201cTQG\u201d), based in Elms\u00adhorn near Hamburg, are selling their shares to CVC Fund VIII, which is mana\u00adged by CVC Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cCVC\u201d). All exis\u00adting share\u00adhol\u00adders parti\u00adci\u00adpate indi\u00adrectly in the company as future mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adders. Menold Bezler advi\u00adsed The Quality Group GmbH on this transaction.<\/p>\n
TQG is a specia\u00adlist in sports nutri\u00adtion such as protein powders, dietary supple\u00adments and low-sugar foods and was formed at the end of 2020 by the merger of seve\u00adral compa\u00adnies, mainly known for the brands \u201cESN\u201d and \u201cMORE NUTRITION\u201d. TQG employs a total of around 360 people. Distri\u00adbu\u00adtion is largely online via the company\u2019s own store, social media and part\u00adner\u00adships with influen\u00adcers, as well as food retail\u00aders. The share\u00adhol\u00adders Benja\u00admin Burk\u00adhardt and Chris\u00adtian Wolf will remain opera\u00adtio\u00adnally active in the company.<\/p>\n
CVC is a leading private equity firm and has been active in the German market for more than 30 years. Toge\u00adther with the foun\u00adders, CVC intends to conti\u00adnue TQG\u2019s growth path via the expan\u00adsion of logi\u00adstics, an expan\u00added product port\u00adfo\u00adlio and the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal CVC network.<\/p>\n
A Menold Bezler team led by Vladi\u00admir Cutura advi\u00adsed the share\u00adhol\u00adders of TQG on all legal aspects of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. The firm alre\u00adady advi\u00adsed TQG in Decem\u00adber 2020 on the merger of the compa\u00adnies behind \u201cESN\u201d and \u201cMORE NUTRITION\u201d and on the subse\u00adquent acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of GOT 7 Nutri\u00adtion GmbH & Co KG.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsors to The Quality Group GmbH: Menold Bezler (Stutt\u00adgart) Advi\u00adsor CVC: Will\u00adkie Farr & Gallagher<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead part\u00adners Georg Linde and Dr. Matthias Schudlo; part\u00adners Patrick Meiisel, Sebas\u00adtian Fitz\u00adGe\u00adrald, Dr. Jasmin Dett\u00admar; coun\u00adsel Timo\u00adthy Sawyer; and asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Phil\u00adipp Oehler\u00adking, Sebas\u00adtian Bren\u00adner and Xian\u00adrui Wang.<\/p>\n About Menold Bezler About CVC<\/strong><\/p>\n CVC is a leading private equity and invest\u00adment advi\u00adsory firm with a network of 25 offices throug\u00adhout Europe, Asia and the U.S. and appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately \u20ac123 billion of assets under management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elms\u00adhorn \u2014 The share\u00adhol\u00adders and foun\u00adders of The Quality Group GmbH (\u201cTQG\u201d), based in Elms\u00adhorn near Hamburg, are selling their shares to CVC Fund VIII, which is mana\u00adged by CVC Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners (\u201cCVC\u201d). All exis\u00adting share\u00adhol\u00adders parti\u00adci\u00adpate indi\u00adrectly in the company as future mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adders. Menold Bezler advi\u00adsed The Quality Group GmbH on this transaction. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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