Renzenbrink & Partner advises Apheon on acquisition of Hager & Meisinger Group

Renzenbrink & Partner advises Apheon on the acquisition of Hager & Meisinger Group, a global provider of premium dental instruments and workflow solutions with its two established brands, Meisinger and Jota. The current shareholders and co-CEOs of Hager & Meisinger Group, Dr. Burkard Höchst and Sebastian Voss, will re-invest in the combined group and retain a meaningful shareholding.

Founded in 1888 and headquartered in Neuss, Germany, Hager & Meisinger has grown into a leading independent specialist in high-precision dental rotary instruments. Together with Jota AG, based in Rüthi, Switzerland, the Group offers more than 12,000 product references spanning all major rotary instrument categories, with particular strength in diamond and carbide products. Beyond Rotary Instruments, the Group has established differentiated positions in bone management and implantology through procedure-specific solutions developed in close collaboration with leading clinicians and key opinion leaders. Vertically integrated manufacturing operations in Germany and Switzerland underpin the Group’s engineering expertise and product quality. The Group serves dental practices, oral surgeons and laboratories in more than 100 countries through its international distribution network.

Apheon is a pan-European mid-market private equity investment group managing approx. EUR 4.5 billion of assets from select global institutional investors and families. With Apheon as a partner, Hager & Meisinger intends to accelerate its growth organically and through selective acquisitions, with a particular focus on expanding its presence in the U.S. and strengthening its international commercial reach and distributor partnerships.

Renzenbrink & Partner advised Apheon on all legal and contractual tax aspects of the transaction, including the sellers’ reinvestment, the shareholders’ agreement and related ancillary agreements. The Renzenbrink & Partner team consisted of Dr. Dennis Schlottmann, Dr. Ulf Renzenbrink, Dr. Alexander Haunschild, Jannis Dany and Sophie Raming (all Corporate/PE) as well as Marc Holger Kotyrba and Dr. Jens Wrede (both Tax).

R&P worked with Rocan on antitrust law and involved Cattwyk on trade compliance. In addition, Wenger Vieli for Swiss law as well as Barnes & Thornburg LLP and Nixon Peabody LLP for US law were part of the legal advisor team.