svt Group and Ergon again rely on Renzenbrink & Partner for the acquisition of the Rolf Kuhn Group

The svt Group, a portfolio company of Ergon Capital Partners III S.A. (“Ergon”), has acquired the Rolf Kuhn Group. Completion of the transaction is still subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.

The Rolf Kuhn Group is a leading national manufacturer of fire protection materials for the processing industry as well as fire protection accessories. Under the umbrella of the svt Group, the merger creates a strongly positioned national and international supplier of passive fire protection products and systems with over 600 employees and a turnover of more than EUR 150 million.

The svt Group had already mandated Renzenbrink & Partner in 2016 for the acquisition of AIK Flammadur Brandschutz GmbH, which specializes in passive fire protection solutions in the OEM sector, at that time still as a portfolio company of IK Investment Partners (“IK”).

Renzenbrink & Partner led the sale of the svt Group to Ergon, which was completed at the beginning of 2018, for funds advised by IK Investment Partners. Ergon has also relied on the advisory services of Renzenbrink & Partner on several occasions in the past, most recently for the acquisition of Deutsche Intensivpflege Holding GmbH.

As part of the current acquisition process, Renzenbrink & Partner advised on all corporate and tax law aspects of the transaction with a team consisting of partners Dr. Ulf Renzenbrink(Corporate/Private Equity) and Marc H. Kotyrba (Tax) as well as associates Dr. Niels Maier, Alexander Haunschild and Martin Degenhard (all Corporate/Private Equity) and Florian Seitz (Tax).