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Key deals at a glance.
March 2025 - KPMG provided value-focused financial due diligence as well as tax structuring, tax diligence and SPA advice in connection with its acquisition of Motel One, a leading budget design hotel chain in Europe, marking a new phase of international growth. PAI will become the majority owner of Motel one, with a share of around 80% in the operating business.
Ansprechpersonen:
- Tilman Ost - Partner, EMA Head of Private Equity
- Stephan Ploke - Director, Deal Advisory
- Marcel Prümmer - Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
- Tobias Ackert - Partner, Corporate Tax Services
- Roman Meissner - Partner, International Transaction Tax
March 2025 - KPMG provided tax sell-side assistance to Investcorp on their sale of Contentserv, a leading provider of AI-fueled Product Information Management (PIM) and Product Experience Management (PXM) solutions, to US-based Centric Software, a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes.
Ansprechpersonen:
- Fabian Böser – Partner, International Transaction Tax
- Svetlana Jeganathan, Senior Manager, International Transaction Tax
February 2025 - KPMG provided value-focused ESG vendor due diligence services to PAI Partners on their sale of Apleona Group, an integrated facility manager with extensive technical expertise. This transaction meets the increasing demand for ESG solutions and products designed to lower energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions in buildings.
Ansprechpersonen:
- Frank Hengelbrock – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Elsa Stetinger – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
June 2024 - KPMG has provided financial vendor due diligence to Nordic Capital on the sale of Sunrise Medical to Platinum.
Ansprechpersonen:
Philip Pejic - Partner, Advisory, Head of Private Equity
Christoph Großmann - Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
April 2024 – KPMG provided financial vendor assistance services to Afinum in connection with the sale of its stake in FAST LTA, a leading provider of cutting-edge, high-security archiving, storage and recovery solutions for business-critical and sensitive personal data.
Ansprechpersonen:
Armin Pohl – Partner, Deal Advisory
Paolo Bergamo – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
March 2024 - KPMG provided financial due diligence assistance to CVC in connection with its investment in Sunday Natural, a German-based brand for premium vitamins, minerals and nutrition supplements
Ansprechpersonen:
Tilman Ost – Partner, Deal Advisory
Stephan Ploke – Director, Deal Advisory.
February 2024 - KPMG provided financial and tax due diligence assistance as well as SPA and tax struc-turing support to Maguar Capital Partners in connection with the acquisition of TimeTac, an Austrian based HRTech software firm active in DACH. The investment, which includes a substantial roll-over from existing shareholders, marks the second investment of Maguar Fund II.
Contact persons:
Claus Buhmann – Partner, Deal Advisory
Julian Kitkowski – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
Roman Meissner – Partner, M&A Tax
January 2024 - KPMG provided tax due diligence assistance and further tax buy-side assistance to Chequers Capital in connection with the acquisition of Nayak Group, a leading independent European aircraft safety and line maintenance provider generating €120m in revenues with 1000+ people active across 50+ stations.
Ansprechpersonen:
Ulrich Tobias Ackert – Partner, Tax, International Transaction Tax
Roman Meissner – Partner, Tax, International Transaction Tax
April 2023 - KPMG provided financial and tax due diligence assistance in addition to tax structuring advice to Nordic Capital in connection with the acquisition of Corpuls, a German emergency medical technology manufacturer.
Contact persons:
- Philip Pejic – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Julius Ebrecht – Partner, Tax
August 2022 - KPMG provided tax due diligence and tax structuring assistance to Tritons small- and midcap fund (Triton Mittelstandsfonds II) in connection with the acquisition of Kälte Eckert GmbH, a German provider of cooling systems using natural refrigerants.
Contact persons:
- Julius Ebrecht – Partner, Tax
- Daniel Rehm – Manager, Tax
August 2022 - AURELIUS announced the successful signing of an agreement with AGFA Gevaert Group for the acquisition of its AGFA offset solutions division, the leading global supplier of prepress solutions to the offset printing industry. Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in Q1 2023. KPMG Germany, together with KPMG colleagues in Belgium, Brazil, China and Hong Kong, supported AURELIUS with tax due diligence services and pension advice.
Contact persons:
- U. Tobias Ackert, Partner International Transaction Tax
- Martina Füchsl, Senior Manager, International Transaction Tax
- Sibylle Kernbichler, Manager, Deal Advisory – Pensions
June 2022 - KPMG provided tax due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring and post deal services to Ingenio in connection with its acquisition of Aviqo, a service provider in the field of spiritual life counselling.
Contact persons:
- Dr Markus Gsödl – Partner, Tax
- Lars Mahler – Partner, Tax
April 2022 – KPMG provided financial due diligence assistance to Permira in connection with the investment in SonarSource, a Swiss vendor of static source code analysis software.
Contact persons:
- Tilman Ost – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Marcel Hummel – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
April 2022 – KPMG provided financial due diligence assistance to Permira in connection with the investment in SonarSource, a Swiss vendor of static source code analysis software.
Ansprechpersonen:
- Tilman Ost – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Marcel Hummel – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
April 2022 - KPMG provided M&A sell-side advice as well as financial, tax and tech vendor assistance to Lucanet in connection with its sale of a majority stake to Hg Capital. Lucanet is a German headquartered financial consolidation and planning software business
Contact persons:
- Ashkan Kalantary – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Dr Michael Kramer – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Timm Rode – Partner, Tax
- Marc Nöcker – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Joost Koedijk – Partner, Deal Advisory
April 2022 - KPMG provided financial and tax due diligence assistance, tax structuring as well as M&A and SPA Advice to BlackRock in connection with the investment in IONITY, a German joint venture of car manufacturers that operates charging parks.
Contact persons:
- Annette Schmitt – Partner, Advisory
- Andreas Heidenreich – Partner, Advisory
- Lars Christian Mahler – Partner, Tax
April 2022 - KPMG provided tax due diligence assistance to Danfoss in connection with their merger with Semikron, a family-owned company from Nuremberg. Both companies are among the leading manufacturers of power modules, which are currently mainly used in solar cells and wind turbines.
Contact persons:
- Lars Mahler – Partner, Tax
- Jacob Lie – Partner, Tax
March 2022 – KPMG provided financial and pension due diligence assistance to The Carlyle Group in connection with the sale of Hunkemöller, a European lingerie brand, as well as to Parcom and Opportunity Partners.
Contact: Stephan Ploke – Director, Deal Advisory
March 2022 – KPMG provided financial vendor assistance to Bayer in connection with the sale of the Environmental Science business to Cinven. Bayer Environmental Science offers environmental solutions to control pests, diseases and weeds in non-agricultural areas.
Contact persons:
- Christian Prokesch – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Tilman Ost – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Luisa Schlitte – Senior Manager, Deal Advisory
March 2022 – KPMG provided tax due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring advice to Triton in connection with the add-on acquisition of The 1810 Company and Marmorin for its portfolio company SCHOCK, a provider of quartz composite kitchen sinks as well as accessories like faucets.
Contact person: Julius Ebrecht – Partner, Tax
December 2021 – KPMG provided tax due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring advice to Paragon in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in KME SPECIAL, a provider of products and services used in the continuous casting of steel and other metals.
Contact persons:
- Julius Ebrecht – Partner, Tax
- Astrid Breycha-Tromp – Partner, Tax
- Jan-Ole Kuers – Partner, Tax
December 2021 - KPMG provided financial and tax due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring to Macquarie Asset Management in connection with the acquisition of Thyssengas, Germany’s second largest gas transmission system operator.
Contact persons:
- Dr Matthias Hogh – Partner, Tax
- Andreas Heidenreich – Partner, Deal Advisory
December 2021 - KPMG provided financial and tax due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring advice to Afinum in connection with the acquisition of Fishing King, the largest fishing school in the German-speaking region.
Contact persons:
- Armin Pohl – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Ulrich Tobias Ackert – Partner, Tax
October 2021 - KPMG provided financial and tax vendor assistance to Afinum in connection with the sale of Garz & Fricke, a provider of standard and custom edge HMI solutions.
Contact persons:
- Armin Pohl – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Ulrich Tobias Ackert – Partner, Tax
September 2021 - KPMG provided tax vendor assistance as well as tax structuring and SPA advice to Waterland in connection with the sale of ATOS to Intermediate Capital Group. ATOS operates a network of specialist orthopaedic clinics across Germany.
Contact person:
- Jörg Ufer – Partner, Tax
August 2021 - KPMG provided financial vendor due diligence assistance to Gilde Buy Out Partners in connection with the sale of Pro Gamers Group to HAL Investments. Pro Gamers Group is a digitally native end-to-end-supplier for high-end performance gaming computer systems and peripherals.
Contact person:
- Armin Pohl, Partner, Deal Advisory
August 2021 - KPMG provided financial, tax and tech due diligence assistance as well as tax structuring advice to The Carlyle Group in connection with the public takeover of Schaltbau Holding, a German supplier of systems and components in the field of transportation technology and the capital goods industry.
Contact persons:
- Tilman Ost – Partner, Deal Advisory
- Dr Heide Gröger – Partner, Tax
- Marc Nöcker – Partner, Deal Advisory
