Renzenbrink & Partner advises majority shareholder Uwe Matthiesen on the sale of the traditional Hamburg-based company BORCO-Marken-Import to the Stock Spirits Group
7. July 2023The long-established Hamburg-based company BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG was sold in its entirety by the owner family to the Stock Spirits Group. As a family business, BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG has continuously developed into one of the largest German importers as well as producers and marketers of spirits. The company’s own brands include SIERRA Tequila de México, HELBING, FINSBURY, YENI RAKI and DISARONNO.
Stock Spirits Group, part of CVC Capital Partners’ portfolio since November 2021, strengthens its market position as one of the largest Central European marketers and producers of alcoholic beverages with this acquisition.
Completion of the transaction is still subject to approval by the relevant antitrust authorities.
Hengeler Mueller advised the entire owner family as “Counsel to the Project”.
The Renzenbrink & Partner team advised the majority family tribe of Uwe Matthiesen and consisted of Dr. Ulf Renzenbrink and Bastian Harms.