Munich \u2014 The commer\u00adcial law firm LUTZ | ABEL has provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive legal advice to Alpha\u00adPet Ventures GmbH, a leading European
\ndigi\u00adtal brand plat\u00adform for premium pet food, on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Berlin-based brand Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion streng\u00adthens Alpha\u00adPe\u00adt\u2019s posi\u00adtion in the fast-growing animal health segment and conti\u00adnues its successful buy-and-build strategy. <\/p>\n
Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber<\/strong> was foun\u00added in 2016 and has estab\u00adlished itself as the leading German brand for nutri\u00adtio\u00adnal supple\u00adments and func\u00adtional snacks for pets. The company stands for natu\u00adral, high-quality products for preven\u00adtive animal health and distri\u00adbu\u00adtes its range via digi\u00adtal chan\u00adnels and B2B part\u00adner\u00adships. The previous share\u00adhol\u00adders have sold their shares as part of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion. The manage\u00adment team will remain on board and will drive the future deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of the company. <\/p>\n For Alpha\u00adPet<\/strong>, the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion repres\u00adents an important stra\u00adte\u00adgic step in the targe\u00adted expan\u00adsion of its exis\u00adting brand port\u00adfo\u00adlio to include the Health & Well\u00adness segment. Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber ideally comple\u00adments the exis\u00adting range and streng\u00adthens the posi\u00adtion in the func\u00adtional animal health products segment in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar. With this acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion, Alpha\u00adPet is conti\u00adnuing its expan\u00adsion stra\u00adtegy and further expan\u00adding its leading posi\u00adtion in the Euro\u00adpean market for premium pet food and animal health. <\/p>\n The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was finan\u00adced through a combi\u00adna\u00adtion of equity and debt. Patria Invest\u00adments<\/strong> acted as lead inves\u00adtor, supported by Venture Stars<\/strong> and exis\u00adting share\u00adhol\u00adders of Alpha\u00adPet. The debt finan\u00adcing was provi\u00added by CVC<\/strong>. <\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Alpha\u00adPet Ventures GmbH: LUTZ | ABEL<\/strong><\/p>\n Phil\u00adipp Hoene (lead, Munich), Constanze Hach\u00admann (Hamburg), Lars Dieball and Roman Krug (both Munich, all M&A) as well as Ute Schenn and Simon Kopp (Stutt\u00adgart, Commer\u00adcial), Corne\u00adlius Renner and Jonas Klei\u00adne\u00adb\u00adrahm (Berlin, IP\/IT) as well as Clau\u00addia Knuth and Jasper Barkow\u00adski (Berlin, Employ\u00adment). The advice covered all aspects of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, inclu\u00adding struc\u00adtu\u00adring, contract nego\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adons and implementation. <\/p>\n Alpha\u00adPet was also advi\u00adsed by A&O Shear\u00adman<\/strong> (Debt Finan\u00adcing Legal) and Deloitte<\/strong> and The seller, Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber, was legally advi\u00adsed by G\u00d6RG<\/strong> under the leader\u00adship of Dr. Phil\u00adipp Grzimek.<\/p>\n About LUTZ | ABEL Munich \u2014 The commer\u00adcial law firm LUTZ | ABEL has provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive legal advice to Alpha\u00adPet Ventures GmbH, a leading Euro\u00adpean digi\u00adtal brand plat\u00adform for premium pet food, on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Berlin-based brand Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion streng\u00adthens Alpha\u00adPe\u00adt\u2019s posi\u00adtion in the fast-growing animal health segment and conti\u00adnues its successful buy-and-build stra\u00adtegy. Tier\u00adlieb\u00adha\u00adber was [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60145,"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-60147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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