Private Equity

We advised Forenom, a Nordic leading corporate housing provider and a portfolio company of Nordic private equity investor CapMan, on Forenom's acquisition of Apartment HS, a Swedish serviced apartment provider. Value: over 9 million Euros. Hospitality sector. Lead by Jan Byström. Buy-side.

Our Italian team has recently assisted Giulio Fiocchi S.p.A. (the holding company owned by the Fiocchi family) on the sale of its subsidiary, Fiocchi Munizioni S.p.A (an Italian small caliber ammunition manufacturer) and its controlled entities to Charme III (a fund of the European private equity firm, Charme Capital Partners). It is one of the most significant transactions in the Italian private equity market, both in terms of size and importance of the target company given its leading position in the market. As a consequence of the size of this deal, we have received some strong media coverage.

Our German team advised Vitruvian Partners on its partnership with the German-Swiss doctari Group. In addition to acquiring the shares and setting up the holding structure for the investment, Bird & Bird advised Vitruvian on the partial financing of the purchase price. Likewise we handled the required merger control clearance at the Federal Cartel Office. The new ownership structure and Vitruvian’s expertise with high-growth, technology-enabled companies will enable doctari to further capitalize on the great market opportunity and expand its service offering going forward. In line with our market trends the founders continue to hold a significant stake in the company after the transaction.

Assising Semtech Corporation (a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal) in the frame of its equity stake in IDOSENS, an IoT platform that offers home automation solution.