Eurazeo finances DBAG’s controlling stake in UNITY AG

Munich — McDer­mott Will & Emery has advi­sed Eura­zeo Global Inves­tor as sole lender on the finan­cing of an acqui­si­tion of shares in the manage­ment consul­tancy UNITY AG by Deut­sche Betei­li­gungs AG (DBAG). DBAG is acqui­ring a control­ling stake in UNITY AG through a fund advi­sed by it. The previous share­hol­der, UNITY Inno­va­tion Alli­ance, acqui­res an almost equal stake. In addi­tion, UNITY AG employees are inves­t­ing directly in the company as part of the tran­sac­tion. The stra­te­gic part­ner­ship with DBAG will enable UNITY to make future acqui­si­ti­ons and M&A tran­sac­tions. UNITY Akti­en­ge­sell­schaft für Unter­neh­mens­füh­rung und Infor­ma­ti­ons­tech­no­lo­gie specia­li­zes in tech­no­logy consul­ting and digi­ta­liza­tion proces­ses. Around 400 consul­tants at 14 loca­ti­ons gene­ra­ted a total output of more than 72 million euros in 2023. The listed DBAG, based in Frank­furt am Main, tradi­tio­nally invests in well-posi­­tio­­ned medium-sized compa­nies with deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial, prima­rily in the DACH region. Eura­zeo, which is listed on Euron­ext Paris, is a global invest­ment company focu­sed on SMEs with assets under manage­ment of over EUR 35 billion inves­ted in more than 600 companies.

About DBAG

We invest in promi­sing compa­nies with a proven and scalable busi­ness model in the DACH region. Deve­lo­p­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties can result, for exam­ple, from streng­thening the stra­te­gic posi­tio­ning — for exam­ple through a broa­der product range or regio­nal expan­sion. Deve­lo­p­ment stra­te­gies often also include company acqui­si­ti­ons that acce­le­rate the trans­for­ma­tion of compa­nies or drive conso­li­da­tion in an indus­try. — Our focus is on invest­ments in compa­nies with an enter­prise value of between 50 and 250 million euros. Howe­ver, the struc­ture of our funds also allows us to struc­ture invest­ments with a company value of up to 400 million euros.
https://www.dbag.de Advi­sor Eura­zeo: McDer­mott Will & Emery, Munich Ludwig Zesch, Dr. Matthias Weis­sin­ger (both Finance, both lead), Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Meyer (Coun­sel, Tax Law, Frank­furt); Asso­cia­tes: Tim Becker, Romy Lanz (Düssel­dorf; both Finance); Eva Kanela (Tran­sac­tion Lawyer) 

About EURAZEO

Eura­zeo is a leading global invest­ment group mana­ging diver­si­fied assets of around €35 billion, inclu­ding €25 billion for insti­tu­tio­nal and private clients in the private equity, private debt, real estate and infra­struc­ture sectors.
The Group supports around 600 compa­nies, rely­ing on the commit­ment of its 400+ employees, its indus­try exper­tise, its privi­le­ged access to global markets through 13 offices in Europe, Asia and the United States, and its respon­si­ble, growth-based approach to value crea­tion. https://www.eurazeo.com

About McDer­mott Will & Emery

McDer­mott Will & Emery is a leading inter­na­tio­nal law firm with more than 1,400 lawy­ers in more than 20 offices in Europe, North America and Asia. Our lawy­ers cover the entire spec­trum of commer­cial and corpo­rate law with their advice. The German prac­tice is mana­ged by McDer­mott Will & Emery Rechts­an­wälte Steu­er­be­ra­ter LLP. https://www.mwe.com/de/