{"id":56776,"date":"2025-09-14T23:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/mcdermott-advises-consortium-of-lenders-on-takeover-of-schell\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:21:49","slug":"mcdermott-advises-consortium-of-lenders-on-takeover-of-schell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/mcdermott-advises-consortium-of-lenders-on-takeover-of-schell\/","title":{"rendered":"McDermott advises consortium of lenders on takeover of Schell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Munich\/Olpe <\/em>- McDer\u00admott Will &amp; Schulte advi\u00adsed the syndi\u00adcate of lenders, consis\u00adting of ABN Amro, CIC Private Debt, LBBW and ODDO BHF, on the refi\u00adnan\u00adcing of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Schell GmbH &amp; Co KG by Para\u00adgon Partners.<\/p>\n<p>After 93 years of successful company history in family hands, the siblings Andrea and Joachim Schell signed an agree\u00adment in April to sell their company to the owner-mana\u00adged, private <strong>Para\u00adgon Group<\/strong> to secure the company\u2019s succes\u00adsion and keep SCHELL on course for growth.<\/p>\n<p>The inno\u00adva\u00adtive and fast-growing Schell GmbH &amp; Co KG employs 450 people world\u00adwide. With its water-saving fittings, SCHELL offers future-proof solu\u00adti\u00adons for sustainable and resource-conser\u00adving water use. Whether in public faci\u00adli\u00adties, commer\u00adcial enter\u00adpri\u00adses or private house\u00adholds \u2014 SCHELL solu\u00adti\u00adons help to opti\u00admize water and energy consump\u00adtion, effec\u00adtively reduce costs and at the same time make a valuable contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal and climate protection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy handing over our company to Para\u00adgon Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs\u00adge\u00adsell\u00adschaft, we are ensu\u00adring that our company remains stable in the long term and will conti\u00adnue to operate successfully in the future. The new owners will actively conti\u00adnue the exis\u00adting growth stra\u00adtegy,\u201d explain Andrea and Joachim Schell, share\u00adhol\u00adders of Schell GmbH &amp; Co&nbsp;KG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schell<\/strong>, based in Olpe, is the global market leader in water manage\u00adment systems and angle valves. A specia\u00adlist in fittings, sani\u00adtary tech\u00adno\u00adlogy products and digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons for main\u00adtai\u00adning drin\u00adking water quality. The company employs around 450 people and is active in more than 80 countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para\u00adgon<\/strong> is an owner-mana\u00adged invest\u00adment company that has been inves\u00adt\u00ading in estab\u00adlished medium-sized compa\u00adnies in German-spea\u00adking count\u00adries since it was foun\u00added in 2004. The Munich-based company mana\u00adges equity capi\u00adtal of more than 2.4 billion euros.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advi\u00adsors to lenders: <\/strong><strong>McDer\u00admott Will &amp; Schulte, Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ludwig Zesch, Dr. Matthias Weis\u00adsin\u00adger (both Finance, both lead), Dr. Maxi\u00admi\u00adlian Meyer (Coun\u00adsel, Tax, Frank\u00adfurt), Asso\u00adciate: Bastiaan Wolters (Finance, Frank\u00adfurt), Konstan\u00adtin Stro\u00adbel (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtion Lawyer)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Munich\/Olpe \u2014 McDer\u00admott Will &amp; Schulte advi\u00adsed the syndi\u00adcate of lenders, consis\u00adting of ABN Amro, CIC Private Debt, LBBW and ODDO BHF, on the refi\u00adnan\u00adcing of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Schell GmbH &amp; Co KG by Para\u00adgon Part\u00adners. 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