Bad Birnbach\/ London (UK) \u2014 Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group wins GHO Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners as new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder. Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group starts a new chap\u00adter toge\u00adther with GHO Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners. GHO, a Euro\u00adpean specia\u00adlist inves\u00adtor in the Global Health\u00adCare sector, has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder. EMZ Part\u00adners remains on board as a mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder. \u2014 Henge\u00adler Muel\u00adler advi\u00adsed GHO compre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00advely on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion in an inte\u00adgra\u00adted team with Slaugh\u00adter and May (Harry Bacon, Alee\u00adzeh Liaqat). <\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 1991 by Andreas and Rudolf Mayer<\/strong>, Foto\u00adFin\u00adder has deve\u00adlo\u00adped into one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading provi\u00adders of inno\u00adva\u00adtive skin imaging solu\u00adti\u00adons. The port\u00adfo\u00adlio includes tech\u00adno\u00adlogy for the early detec\u00adtion of skin cancer using total body mapping and AI-supported dermo\u00adscopy as well as solu\u00adti\u00adons for hair analy\u00adsis and aesthe\u00adtics. With the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Derm\u00adLite 2024, Foto\u00adFin\u00adder has added market-leading analog dermo\u00adsco\u00adpes to its product port\u00adfo\u00adlio and crea\u00adted a unique offering. <\/p>\n \u201cI am proud of what we have built toge\u00adther over more than 30 years,\u201d says Andreas Mayer, CEO of the Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group<\/strong>. \u201cWe have taken important steps with EMZ, espe\u00adci\u00adally the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Derm\u00adLite. The part\u00adner\u00adship with GHO now marks a new mile\u00adstone. Their indus\u00adtry expe\u00adri\u00adence and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal network will give us a tail\u00adwind to conti\u00adnue our growth, drive inno\u00adva\u00adtion and further expand our inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal presence.\u201d <\/p>\n Klaus Maurer, Senior Part\u00adner at EMZ Part\u00adners<\/strong>, also empha\u00adsi\u00adzes this: \u201cSince our entry, Foto\u00adFin\u00adder has consis\u00adt\u00adently expan\u00added its market leader\u00adship. Toge\u00adther with GHO and the strong manage\u00adment team, we have crea\u00adted the best condi\u00adti\u00adons to take advan\u00adtage of the next growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties. We look forward to conti\u00adnuing to support Foto\u00adFin\u00adder as a share\u00adhol\u00adder in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Ken Eich\u00admann and Stuart Quin, part\u00adners at GHO Capi\u00adtal<\/strong>, empha\u00adsize: \u201cFoto\u00adFin\u00adder is a pioneer in the field of skin imaging and has set stan\u00addards with the highest level of inno\u00adva\u00adtion. We see great poten\u00adtial to utilize the syner\u00adgies between Foto\u00adFin\u00adder and Derm\u00adLite to further deve\u00adlop the plat\u00adform globally. We are very much looking forward to working with Andreas Mayer, John Bott\u00adjer and the entire team.\u201d<\/p>\n Rising skin cancer rates, an ageing popu\u00adla\u00adtion and growing aware\u00adness of the need for regu\u00adlar skin checks are incre\u00adasing the demand for precise diagno\u00adstic tools world\u00adwide. Foto\u00adFin\u00adder offers solu\u00adti\u00adons that speed up diagno\u00adses, opti\u00admize work\u00adflows and improve care \u2014 making an important contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to early detection. <\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to conti\u00adnuing on this path toge\u00adther with our teams in Bad Birn\u00adbach and Aliso Viejo as well as our part\u00adners and custo\u00admers,\u201d empha\u00adsi\u00adzes Andreas Mayer. \u201cGHO has all the prere\u00adqui\u00adsi\u00adtes to accom\u00adpany the Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group into the next phase of inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expansion.\u201d <\/p>\n The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals and is expec\u00adted in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n About EMZ Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n EMZ is a leading Euro\u00adpean invest\u00adment firm with offices in Paris and Munich. Over the last 25 years, EMZ has backed more than 160 compa\u00adnies with invest\u00adments of more than \u20ac5 billion. EMZ covers the small and mid-cap segments with invest\u00adments between \u20ac15 million and \u20ac150 million. EMZ is owned by its partners. About GHO<\/strong><\/p>\n GHO Capi\u00adtal is a leading Euro\u00adpean private equity inves\u00adtor specia\u00adli\u00adzing in health\u00adcare, buil\u00adding leading global health\u00adcare compa\u00adnies that deli\u00adver better, faster and more acces\u00adsi\u00adble health\u00adcare. \u2014 https:\/\/ghocapital.com\/ <\/p>\n Henge\u00adler Muel\u00adler team for GHO Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n Corporate\/M&A: Dr. Martin Ulbrich (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Dr. Ingo Berner (Berlin, both lead), Dr. Katha\u00adrina Hesse (all part\u00adner), Dr. Okan Isikay (both D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Dr. David Negen\u00adborn (Munich, both senior asso\u00adciate), Oleg Gold\u00adschmidt (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Elmar Willem\u00adsen (Berlin), Leon\u00adhard Kappen\u00adha\u00adgen, Van Nguyen (both D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, all associate),<\/p>\n Tax law: Dr. Markus Ernst (Part\u00adner, Munich), Jan Adami (Senior Asso\u00adciate, Frankfurt), About Henge\u00adler Mueller<\/strong><\/p>\n Henge\u00adler Muel\u00adler is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm with offices in Berlin, Brussels, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, Frank\u00adfurt, London and Munich. With around 354 lawy\u00aders, 93 of whom are part\u00adners, the firm specia\u00adli\u00adzes in provi\u00adding legal advice in complex tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, conten\u00adtious dispu\u00adtes and special situa\u00adtions. Henge\u00adler Muel\u00adler\u2019s clients include major commer\u00adcial enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as leading inves\u00adtors and family busi\u00adnesses in Europe and worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bad Birnbach\/ London (UK) \u2014 Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group wins GHO Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners as new majo\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder. Foto\u00adFin\u00adder Group starts a new chap\u00adter toge\u00adther with GHO Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners. GHO, a Euro\u00adpean specia\u00adlist inves\u00adtor in the Global Health\u00adCare sector, has acqui\u00adred a majo\u00adrity stake in Foto\u00adFin\u00adder. EMZ Part\u00adners remains on board as a mino\u00adrity share\u00adhol\u00adder. \u2014 Henge\u00adler Mueller [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56467,"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-56469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEMZ views manage\u00adment teams as the primary drivers of value crea\u00adtion and places them at the center of its invest\u00adment stra\u00adtegy. Our approach supports mana\u00adgers, foun\u00adders and family share\u00adhol\u00adders in their growth projects. The part\u00adner\u00adships we enter into with them are based on the alignment of inte\u00adrests and balan\u00adced and trust-based gover\u00adnance. \u2014 https:\/\/emzpartners.com\/ <\/p>\n
\nAnti\u00adtrust law: Dr. Anja Balitzki (Coun\u00adsel, D\u00fcsseldorf),
\nFinan\u00adcing: Dr. Henning Hilke (Part\u00adner), Dr. Tobias Chowd\u00adhury (Coun\u00adsel, both Frankfurt),
\nEmploy\u00adment law: Dr. Chris\u00adtian Hoefs (Part\u00adner), Musa M\u00fcjdeci (Senior Asso\u00adciate, both Frankfurt),
\nIP\/IT: Dr. Andrea Schlaffge (Coun\u00adsel, Nina Macken\u00adstedt, Johan\u00adnes J\u00e4kle (both Asso\u00adciate, all D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Andrea Schlaffge (Coun\u00adsel), Nina Macken\u00adstedt, Johan\u00adnes J\u00e4kle (both Asso\u00adciate, all D\u00fcsseldorf),
\nPublic Commer\u00adcial Law\/Healthcare: Dr. Susanne Koch (Coun\u00adsel), Dr. Sandra Pl\u00f6tz (Senior Asso\u00adciate), Tanja Peschen (Asso\u00adciate, all D\u00fcsseldorf),
\nFDI: Jan Sch\u00fcl\u00adting (Senior Asso\u00adciate, D\u00fcsseldorf).<\/p>\n