SIGNA Sports Group acquires Stylefile

Munich — SIGNA Sports Group acqui­res Style­file, the leading online specia­list for snea­k­ers & ‘Spor­tive Fashion’ in Europe, further expan­ding its e‑commerce port­fo­lio. P+P advi­ses the exis­ting share­hol­ders on the sale of Style­file to SIGNA.

Style­file was foun­ded in 2000 and is an inter­na­tio­nally successful e‑commerce company. Through its online stores with over 20,000 items, Style­file supplies around half a million active custo­mers in more than 30 count­ries. The Style­file Group also owns the outdoor online store Big Tree. The focus of the online store, which was laun­ched in 2014, is on the high-growth market for outdoor clot­hing and access­ories. In 2016, the group of compa­nies excee­ded the mark of 50 million euros in sales for the first time.

Advi­sors Style­file: P+P Pöllath + Partners
Tobias Jäger (Coun­sel, M&A, Munich), Chris­tian Tönies, LL.M. Eur. (Part­ner, M&A, Munich), Alex­an­der Pupe­ter (Part­ner, Tax Law, Munich), Daniel Wied­mann, LL.M. (NYU) (Coun­sel, Anti­trust Law, Frank­furt), Andrea Strei­fen­e­der (Asso­ciate, M&A, Munich), Maren Glaab (Asso­ciate Tax Law, Munich)