London\/ Berlin \u2014 The Euro\u00adpean family office Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners from London has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in the Berlin-based company AMV. the foun\u00adders of AVM, provi\u00adder of the well-known Fritz\u00adbox routers. Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is supported by promi\u00adnent figu\u00adres from the busi\u00adness world, inclu\u00adding Dutch\u00adman Teun van Rappard. Van Rappar\u00add\u2019s father, Rolly van Rappard, is a co-foun\u00adder of the well-known private equity firm CVC.<\/p>\n
AMV, foun\u00added by four students in Berlin in 1986, is regarded as a model company in the German IT sector. It has always specia\u00adli\u00adzed in in-house deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments and is conside\u00adred a pearl of the German IT indus\u00adtry. The company, which specia\u00adli\u00adzes in in-house deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments and is best known for its \u201cFritz\u00adbox\u201d, gene\u00adra\u00adted reve\u00adnue of \u20ac580 million in 2023 with its 890 employees. Indus\u00adtry experts esti\u00admate AVM\u2019s enter\u00adprise value at up to \u20ac 1 billion.<\/p>\n
AVM has now arran\u00adged the gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal change for the company. The foun\u00adders and mana\u00adging part\u00adners Johan\u00adnes Nill, Peter Faxel and Ulrich M\u00fcller-Albring will remain mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adders and members of the company\u2019s advi\u00adsory board.<\/p>\n
The inves\u00adtor Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners acqui\u00adres the majo\u00adrity of the shares. The foun\u00adders Johan\u00adnes Nill, Peter Faxel and Ulrich M\u00fcller-Albring remain loyal to AVM as share\u00adhol\u00adders. In future, you will hold a mino\u00adrity inte\u00adrest of an undis\u00adc\u00adlo\u00adsed amount.<\/p>\n
The finan\u00adcial terms of the deal have not yet been disc\u00adlo\u00adsed. It is known that Nill, Faxel and M\u00fcller-Albring will leave the manage\u00adment board on Septem\u00adber 1. The trio will then accom\u00adpany the company\u2019s further deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in a newly formed advi\u00adsory board. Regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adoval is requi\u00adred before the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion can be comple\u00adted, but the deal is expec\u00adted to be fina\u00adli\u00adzed in the second half of the current year.<\/p>\n
The neces\u00adsary gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal change has been \u201cactively and syste\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcally approa\u00adched\u201d, Nill, curr\u00adently still CEO and spokes\u00adman of the manage\u00adment board at AVM, is quoted as saying in a press release. Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners shares the foun\u00adders\u2019 vision for the future of AVM.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsors to AVM foun\u00adders: Skad\u00adden, Arps, Slate, Meag\u00adher & Flom<\/strong> Advi\u00adsor Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners: Weil, Gotshal & Manges<\/strong> Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is conside\u00adred a well-connec\u00adted finan\u00adcial investor<\/strong><\/p>\n Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in London, also holds a stake in SAP Fioneer via the Luxem\u00adbourg-based company Rucio. Teun van Rappard, a promi\u00adnent Dutch\u00adman, is one of the share\u00adhol\u00adders of Imker. His father, Rolly van Rappard, is a co-foun\u00adder of the globally active private equity company CVC, which holds a stake in the Douglas perfu\u00admery chain in Germany and makes invest\u00adments in Europe such as the Maltese book\u00adma\u00adker Tipico. Teun van Rappard is a regu\u00adlar guest at the World Econo\u00admic Forum in Davos, but remains largely with\u00addrawn from the public eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London\/ Berlin \u2014 The Euro\u00adpean family office Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners from London has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in the Berlin-based company AMV. the foun\u00adders of AVM, provi\u00adder of the well-known Fritz\u00adbox routers. Imker Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners is supported by promi\u00adnent figu\u00adres from the busi\u00adness world, inclu\u00adding Dutch\u00adman Teun van Rappard. Van Rappar\u00add\u2019s father, Rolly van Rappard, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51888,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51890","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
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