Renzenbrink & Partner advises the wholesale bakery von Allwörden and its shareholders on the acquisition of the bakery chain Dallmayers Backhus GmbH and on entering into a cooperation with EDEKA Nord

Renzenbrink & Partner has advised the family-owned company Heinrich von Allwörden GmbH and its shareholders on the agreement of a cooperation with EDEKA Nord under which Heinrich von Allwörden GmbH acquires all shares in the bakery chain Dallmeyers Backhus GmbH from EDEKA Nord and EDEKA Nord becomes a minority shareholder of Heinrich von Allwörden GmbH. The transaction is still subject to approval by the Federal Cartel Office.

The Heinrich von Allwörden wholesale bakery, which also includes the Nur Hier bakery chain, was founded in 1906 and is now managed by the fourth generation of the family, Ralf and Manfred von Allwörden. Today, it has more than 1,900 employees and modern production facilities in Mölln and Rellingen.

EDEKA Nord, based in Neumünster, is one of seven cooperative wholesalers within the EDEKA Group. With approx. 700 stores and a total sales area of approx. 785,000 m², it occupies a leading position in northern German food retailing.

Renzenbrink & Partner provided comprehensive legal advice to the von Allwörden Group and its shareholders as part of the transaction. The team consisted of partners Dr. Ulf Renzenbrink, Dr. Andreas Stoll (both Corporate/ Private Equity), Marc H. Kotyrba (Tax) and Dr. Gunnar Schmüser (Finance) as well as associates Dr. Alexander Haunschild and Martin Aisenbrey (both Corporate/ Private Equity) and Dr. Florian Seitz
(Tax).