Frank\u00adfurt a. M.\/ Munich \u2014 McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte has advi\u00adsed the finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor Ardian on the conclu\u00adsion of an agree\u00adment with Solar\u00adpark Blau\u00adtal GmbH on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of its 90 percent stake in cent\u00adro\u00adtherm inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal AG, a leading provi\u00adder for the design and produc\u00adtion of systems for the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of power semiconductors.<\/p>\n
Ardian acqui\u00adres a majo\u00adrity stake in cent\u00adro\u00adtherm via Ardian Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor<\/strong>, an inno\u00adva\u00adtive private equity plat\u00adform specia\u00adli\u00adzing in invest\u00adments in the Euro\u00adpean semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor indus\u00adtry. It was foun\u00added in an exclu\u00adsive stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship with Silian Part\u00adners, a team of reco\u00adgni\u00adzed experts from the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor indus\u00adtry. For Ardian Semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor, this latest invest\u00adment marks the third tran\u00adsac\u00adtion follo\u00adwing the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of IBS in Octo\u00adber 2024 and Syner\u00adgie Cad in Janu\u00adary 2025, and the first tran\u00adsac\u00adtion in Germany. <\/p>\n Solar\u00adpark Blau\u00adtal reinvests part of its proceeds as part of the agree\u00adment, ther\u00adeby remai\u00adning a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant share\u00adhol\u00adder of centrotherm.<\/p>\n Comple\u00adtion of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to custo\u00admary condi\u00adti\u00adons, inclu\u00adding regu\u00adla\u00adtory approvals.<\/p>\n cent\u00adro\u00adtherm specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, manu\u00adfac\u00adture and sale of high-tempe\u00adra\u00adture process systems and has a long history as a supplier to both the semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor and photo\u00advol\u00adtaic industries.<\/p>\n ARDIAN<\/strong> is a leading global inde\u00adpen\u00addent finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Paris with more than 1,860 inves\u00adtors world\u00adwide and appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately USD 192 billion in assets under manage\u00adment or advisement.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Ardian: McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte, Munich<\/strong><\/p>\n Holger H. Ebers\u00adber\u00adger<\/strong>, LL.M. (lead), Dr. Thomas Diek\u00admann (Coun\u00adsel), Alex\u00adan\u00addra Prato (Coun\u00adsel; all Private Equity), Dr. Phil\u00adipp Gren\u00adze\u00adbach (Corporate\/M&A, D\u00fcsseldorf\/Frankfurt), Dr. Matthias Weis\u00adsin\u00adger (Finance), Dr. Felix Ganzer (Private Equity, Frank\u00adfurt), Dr. Chris\u00adtian Dries\u00adsen-Rolf (Employ\u00adment Law, Frank\u00adfurt), Adrian Helfen\u00adstein (Coun\u00adsel, Real Estate Law, Frank\u00adfurt), Holger Mlynek (Coun\u00adsel, Energy & Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Frank\u00adfurt), Dr. Claus F\u00e4rber (Coun\u00adsel, Data Protec\u00adtion Law, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Dr. Alexa Ningel\u00adgen (Public Law, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Stefa\u00adnie Solt\u00adwe\u00addel (Commer\u00adcial, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Ul. Claus F\u00e4rber (Coun\u00adsel, Data Protec\u00adtion Law), Dr. Alexa Ningel\u00adgen (Public Law, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Stefa\u00adnie Solt\u00adwe\u00addel (Commer\u00adcial, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Ulrike Witt, LL.M. (Coun\u00adsel, Restruc\u00adtu\u00adring, D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Stef\u00adfen Woitz, LL.M. (IP\/IT), Dr. Florian Schie\u00adfer (Tax Law, Frank\u00adfurt); Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes: Parsin Walsi, LL.M., Dr. Manuel Wei\u00df, Julia K\u00fclzer, Nicole Kaps, Marion Dalvai-K\u00f6nig (all Private Equity), Carlota Huth (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), Darius M. Mosleh, LL.M (D\u00fcsseldorf\/Cologne), Anna\u00adbelle Juli\u00adette Rau (Colo\u00adgne), Tjark Pogoda (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf; all Corporate\/M&A), Atha\u00adna\u00adsia Eleft\u00adhe\u00adria\u00addou, LL.M. (D\u00fcssel\u00addorf), S\u00f6nke Wasser\u00admann (Frank\u00adfurt; both employ\u00adment law), Constanze G\u00f6tz (Energy & Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Frank\u00adfurt), Tim Becker (Finance), Maren Rimbach (Dispute Reso\u00adlu\u00adtion, Cologne).<\/p>\n About McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte is a leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal commer\u00adcial law firm with more than 1,750 lawy\u00aders in over 20 offices in Europe, North America and Asia. In Germany, the firm has offices in D\u00fcssel\u00addorf, Frank\u00adfurt am Main, Colo\u00adgne and Munich. Our teams cover the entire spec\u00adtrum of commer\u00adcial law with their know-how. The German prac\u00adtice is led by McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte Rechts\u00adan\u00adw\u00e4lte Steu\u00ader\u00adbe\u00adra\u00adter LLP. \u2014 www.mwe.com\/de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank\u00adfurt a. M.\/ Munich \u2014 McDer\u00admott Will & Schulte has advi\u00adsed the finan\u00adcial inves\u00adtor Ardian on the conclu\u00adsion of an agree\u00adment with Solar\u00adpark Blau\u00adtal GmbH on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of its 90 percent stake in cent\u00adro\u00adtherm inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal AG, a leading provi\u00adder for the design and produc\u00adtion of systems for the manu\u00adfac\u00adture of power semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtors. Ardian acquires [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57251,"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-57253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n