BRANDI advises Porta Group on takeover by XXXLutz

Detmold/Paderborn — The Austrian furni­ture store chain XXXLutz is taking over the Porta Group, a second-gene­ra­­tion family-run furnis­hing company from Porta West­fa­lica with around 140 loca­ti­ons in Germany, the Czech Repu­blic and Slova­kia. The foun­ding fami­lies of the Porta Group, Gärt­ner and Fahren­kamp, are leaving the company as part of the take­over. The sale is still subject to appr­oval by the anti­trust autho­ri­ties. The Porta Group is one of the largest family-run furnis­hing compa­nies in Germany. With over 370 furni­ture stores in 14 count­ries, XXXLutz is one of the largest furni­ture retail­ers in the world. The Porta Group recei­ved compre­hen­sive legal advice on the inter­na­tio­nal tran­sac­tion from a cross-loca­­tion M&A team of the law firm BRANDI Rechts­an­wälte led by Detmold part­ners Dr. Helmut Dröge and Dr. Bern­hard König. The law firm UEPA Advo­káti s.r.o. in Prague and Bratis­lava advi­sed on legal issues in the Czech Repu­blic and the Slovak Repu­blic. The XXXLutz Group was advi­sed on the tran­sac­tion by the law firm Henge­ler Muel­ler in Düsseldorf. 

Advi­sor Porta group of compa­nies: BRANDI Rechts­an­wälte Detmold/Paderborn

Dr. Helmut Dröge (project manage­ment and conduct of nego­tia­ti­ons), Detmold
Dr. Bern­hard König, Part­ner (Co-Project Mana­ger, Corpo­rate Law/M&A), Detmold
Chris­tian Koerdt, Asso­ciate (Real Estate Law, Insu­rance Law), Detmold
Dr. Chris­tian Behrendt, Part­ner (Banking Law), Detmold
Dr. Rüdi­ger Osten, Part­ner (distri­bu­tion law), Detmold
Frank Schem­be­cker, Part­ner (trade­mark and compe­ti­tion law), Detmold
Dr. Sören Kramer, Part­ner (Employ­ment Law), Detmold
Björn Mai, Part­ner (Employ­ment Law), Detmold
Chris­tian Rödding, Asso­ciate (Real Estate Law), Detmold
Feli­cia Deppe-Hietel, Asso­ciate (Public Law), Paderborn
Nina Drüke, Part­ner (Public Law), Paderborn
Dr. Nils Grone­meyer, Part­ner (Public Law), Paderborn

UEPA advo­káti, Prague/Bratislava
Lars Klett, Part­ner (Corpo­rate Law/M&A), Prague
Eliška Valterová, Coun­sel (Corpo­rate Law/M&A), Prague
Lucie Hladě­nová, LL.M., Part­ner (Corpo­rate Law/M&A/Real Estate Law), Prague
JUDr. Marek Hudec, Part­ner (Corporate/M&A/Real Estate), Bratis­lava Advi­sor XXXLutz Group: Henge­ler Muel­ler, Düsseldorf/ Frankfurt

Dr. Georg Seyf­arth, Dr. Thomas Lang (lead)

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