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KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (KPMG Law) and KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (KPMG) jointly advised the GOLDBECK Group on the acquisition of Weiser GmbH Brandschutz & Technik. As part of the acquisition of Weiser GmbH Brandschutz & Technik by GOLDBECK, KPMG Law conducted a legal due diligence and supported the purchase agreement negotiations.
KPMG Law worked with a cross-location team, primarily from the areas of corporate/M&A and employment law.
As part of the transaction, KPMG advised on all transaction-related issues in the areas of tax and finance/deal advisory with a cross-location team.
In the run-up to the transaction, KPMG carried out a due diligence for tax and finance.
Founded in 2005, Weiser GmbH Brandschutz & Technik is a company in the field of sales, installation and maintenance of fire protection and sprinkler systems with over 50 employees and headquarters in Munich as well as further operating sites in Augsburg and Penzberg.
Weiser GmbH Brandschutz & Technik is mainly active in the federal state of Bavaria and is a VdS-tested and certified company for sprinkler systems.
The GOLDBECK Group is a German construction and real estate company headquartered in Bielefeld and operating at over 100 locations in Europe.
GOLDBECK offers a comprehensive range of services.
The focus is on office buildings, logistics properties, parking garages, schools and halls.
The group employs around 12,500 people.
Inhouse GOLDBECK: Konstantina Kanellopoulos (Managing Director, GOLDBECK Services GmbH), Dr. Sven Mettner (Head of Corporate Development), Thorben Thiesen (Project Manager Corporate Development), Andreas Stephan Ernst (in-house lawyer GOLDBECK), all Bielefeld.
Advisors to the GOLDBECK Group: KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH: Dr. Christian Nordholtz (Partner, lead partner), Marlon Wehrenberg (Manager), Markus Zawalich (Senior Associate), Linus Baar (Associate), all Hanover, all Corporate/M&A; Dr. Martin Trayer (Partner, Frankfurt am Main), Liza Rauter (Senior Associate), Franciska Kieft (Associate), both Hanover, all employment law.
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Tax: Stefan Bethlehem (Partner), Linda Barth (Senior Manager),
Gabriele Toepffer (Senior Manager), Jannick Becker (Manager), Jasmin Weinreich (Assistant Manager), Sandra Lauscher-Troyke (Assistant Manager), all Bielefeld, Pinar Gönültas (Assistant Manager, Düsseldorf).
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Finance/Deal Advisory: Torben Kiemann (Partner, Hanover), Sebastian Frucht (Senior Manager, Hanover), Jan Dethlof (Assistant Manager, Bielefeld).
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