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In this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, SIGNA was advi\u00adsed by McDer\u00admott Will &amp;&nbsp;Emery.<\/p>\n<p>The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to appr\u00adoval by the rele\u00advant anti\u00adtrust autho\u00adri\u00adties and is sche\u00addu\u00adled for the first quar\u00adter of 2024. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Sport\u00adScheck, the British retail group Frasers is expan\u00adding its presence in Germany as one of the largest sports markets in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Sport\u00adScheck is repre\u00adsen\u00adted at more than 30 loca\u00adti\u00adons in Germany and gene\u00adra\u00adtes annual sales of around 350 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>SIGNA had acqui\u00adred Sport\u00adScheck from the Otto Group at the begin\u00adning of 2020. McDer\u00admott Will &amp; Emery also acted as legal advi\u00adsor to SIGNA Retail in this transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsor SIGNA Retail Group: <\/strong><strong>McDer\u00admott Will &amp; Emery, D\u00fcsseldorf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jan H\u00fcckel (Lead), Dr. Matthias Kamp\u00ads\u00adhoff, Dr. Bj\u00f6rn Biehl (Munich; all Corporate\/M&amp;A), Dr. Florian Schie\u00adfer, Marcus Fischer (Coun\u00adsel; both Tax Law, Frank\u00adfurt), Chris\u00adtian Krohs, Carina Kant (Coun\u00adsel; both Anti\u00adtrust Law, D\u00fcsseldorf\/Cologne); Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Dr. Alex\u00adan\u00adder Hoppe, Darius M. Mosleh, LL.M. (D\u00fcsseldorf\/Cologne), Tjark Pogoda (all Corporate\/M&amp;A), Le<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00fcssel\u00addorf \u2014 The SIGNA Retail Group has sold the sports retailer Sport\u00adScheck to Frasers Group plc in a bidding process. 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