Renzenbrink & Partner advises svt Group and Ergon on the acquisition of the Rolf Kuhn Group

7 February 2018

svt Group, a portfolio company of Ergon Capital Partners III S.A. (“Ergon”), has acquired the Rolf Kuhn Group. The acquisition remains subject to merger control clearance by the relevant antitrust authorities.

The Rolf Kuhn Group is a leading German manufacturer of fire protection materials for industrial application and passive fire protection solutions for construction work. With its latest add-on acquisition, svt Group has now broadened its reach to become both a well-positioned national and international provider of passive fire protection solutions and systems, with more than 600 employees and annual revenues of over EUR 150 million.

Renzenbrink & Partner has previously advised svt Group regarding the acquisition of fire equipment manufacturer AIK Flammadur Brandschutz GmbH in 2016, when svt Group was a part of the IK Investment Partners portfolio.
Companies advised by IK Investment Partners also mandated Renzenbrink & Partner to act as lead counsel on the recent sale of svt Group to Ergon, a deal which closed earlier in 2018. Ergon has also successfully closed a range of transactions with Renzenbrink & Partner acting as lead counsel, including most recently the acquisition of Deutsche Intensivpflege Holding GmbH.

Within the framework of its current acquisition, Renzenbrink & Partner advised on all corporate and taxation law matters as well as tax aspects of the transaction. The Renzenbrink & Partner team is led by Dr Ulf Renzenbrink (Corporate/Private Equity) and Marc H. Kotyrba (Tax), and includes associates Dr Niels Maier, Alexander Haunschild, Martin Degenhard (all Corporate/Private Equity) and Florian Seitz (Tax).