Renzenbrink & Partner advised Körber on a participation in BigRep

7 August 2017

As lead investor in a financing round, Körber AG has acquired a stake in the Berlin-based technology start-up BigRep. Körber thereby becomes the second largest shareholder of the company.

BigRep develops and produces the world’s biggest series-produced 3D printer and provides consulting services for additive manufacturing solutions. The technology start-up, which was founded in 2014, currently operates with more than 70 employees at its headquarters in Berlin-Kreuzberg and with offices in New York and Singapore.

Körber AG headquartered in Hamburg is the holding company for an international technology group with approx. 11,500 employees around the world. The Group comprises leading-edge technology companies with more than 130 production, service, and sales entities.

With its investment in BigRep, Körber underlines the great potential of the so-called additive manufacturing being a market of the future. In addition to the financial investment, Körber and BigRep also intend to co-operate in operational areas in the future. Renzenbrink & Partner comprehensively advised Körber AG on the participation in BigRep.

The team of Renzenbrink & Partner comprised Dr Dennis Schlottmann and Dr Ulf Renzenbrink (both Corporate/M&A) as well as the associate Alexander Haunschild (Corporate/M&A).

For IP law matters, Renzenbrink & Partner co-operated with the Hamburg-based law firm KNPZ Rechtsanwälte – Klawitter Neben Plath Zintler.

Dr Rainer Linke (General Counsel) und Dr Christine Maechtel (Corporate/M&A) acted as inhouse legal counsels at Körber.