D\u00fcssel\u00addorf \u2014 Herbert Smith Freeh\u00adills has advi\u00adsed Luft\u00adhansa Group on the sale of its global cate\u00adring divi\u00adsion LSG Group to private equity firm Aure\u00adlius Group. Herbert Smith Freeh\u00adills alre\u00adady advi\u00adsed Luft\u00adhansa Group in 2019 on the sale of LSG Group\u2019s Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness to Swiss-based Gategroup.<\/p>\n
The carve-out tran\u00adsac\u00adtion includes all tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal cate\u00adring acti\u00advi\u00adties as well as the onboard retail and food commerce busi\u00adnesses. The LSG Group has around 19,000 employees and consists of over 100 compa\u00adnies opera\u00adting more than 130 service centers in the Ameri\u00adcas (USA and Latin America), EMMA (emer\u00adging markets) and Asia-Paci\u00adfic. LSG Group also includes onboard retail specia\u00adlist Retail InMo\u00adtion and SCIS Air Secu\u00adrity Services.<\/p>\n
The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion invol\u00adves the trans\u00adfer of shares and assets in more than 30 juris\u00addic\u00adtions world\u00adwide. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to the neces\u00adsary regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals and is expec\u00adted to take place in the third quar\u00adter of 2023.<\/p>\n
LSG Group is head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Neu-Isen\u00adburg near Frank\u00adfurt am Main. In the pande\u00admic year 2021, it gene\u00adra\u00adted conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adted sales of EUR 1.96 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n
The Aure\u00adlius Group is a private equity inves\u00adtor based in Gr\u00fcn\u00adwald, Germany. The invest\u00adment company curr\u00adently opera\u00adtes in eight diffe\u00adrent loca\u00adti\u00adons in Europe, inclu\u00adding Munich, London, Amster\u00addam, Stock\u00adholm, Milan, Madrid, Luxem\u00adbourg and D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor Deut\u00adsche Luft\u00adhansa: Herbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong: Hilary Lau (Corpo\u00adrate) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" D\u00fcssel\u00addorf \u2014 Herbert Smith Freeh\u00adills has advi\u00adsed Luft\u00adhansa Group on the sale of its global cate\u00adring divi\u00adsion LSG Group to private equity firm Aure\u00adlius Group. Herbert Smith Freeh\u00adills alre\u00adady advi\u00adsed Luft\u00adhansa Group in 2019 on the sale of LSG Group\u2019s Euro\u00adpean busi\u00adness to Swiss-based Gate\u00adgroup. The carve-out tran\u00adsac\u00adtion includes all tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal cate\u00adring acti\u00advi\u00adties as well [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369,1372,1377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48292","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","category-corporate-finance-ma"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nD\u00fcsseldorf\/Frankfurt: Dr. S\u00f6nke Becker, Photo<\/strong> (Lead, Corporate\/M&A), Dr. Marcel Nuys (Compe\u00adti\u00adtion), Dr. Marius Boewe (Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Dr. Stef\u00adfen Hoer\u00adner (Tax), Kai Liebrich (Finance); Coun\u00adsel: Dr. Chris\u00adtian Johnen, Lena von Richt\u00adho\u00adfen (both Corporate\/M&A), Dr. Florian Huer\u00adkamp (Compe\u00adti\u00adtion), Dr. Hannes Jacobi (Finance); Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Dr. Niko\u00adlaus Moench, Marjel Dema, Janis Rentrop, Tobias Beuker, Dr. Marius Dicke (all Corpo\u00adrate), Mirko Gleits\u00admann, Anne Ecken\u00adroth, Caro\u00adline Wendt (all Compe\u00adti\u00adtion), David Rasche, Kris\u00adtin Kattwin\u00adkel (both Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Wladi\u00admir Leon\u00adhard, Tatiana G\u00fcns\u00adter (both Tax), Sophia Peter (Finance), Dr. Simone Zieg\u00adler (Data Protec\u00adtion), Dr. Tim Abend\u00adschein, Justus ter Veen (both Finance).<\/p>\n
\nJohan\u00adnes\u00adburg: Rudolph du Ples\u00adsis (Corpo\u00adrate)
\nLondon: Mark Bardell (Corpo\u00adrate), Kris\u00adten Roberts, Gabri\u00adelle Wong (both Finance), Rachel Pinto (Pensi\u00adons)
\nNew York: James Robin\u00adson (Corpo\u00adrate), Joseph Falcone, Jona\u00adthan Cross (both Regulatory)
\nMilan: Pietro Pouche (Dispu\u00adtes)
\nBeijing: Nanda Lau (Corpo\u00adrate)<\/p>\n