Stein Media Group acquires trade media specialist ims
Hamburg / Werl — Menold Bezler has advised the specialist and retail bookseller A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe GmbH from Werl on the acquisition of ims Internationaler Medien Service GmbH & Co. KG based in Hamburg.
The A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe, which has been in existence since 1713, is thus continuing its strategic expansion strategy and further expanding its B2B business in particular. With the takeover, the location in Hamburg with 42 jobs as well as the company name will be retained. The management will be taken over jointly by the current Managing Director Philipp Woermann and Alexander Stein, Managing Partner of A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe.
ims was founded in 2007 as a joint venture between Axel Springer and the press wholesaler PVG Group GmbH & Co. KG and was a subsidiary of the PVG Group from 2015. The business activities cover the area of analog and digital specialist media procurement and use in companies and the public sector.
Following the acquisition of Haufe Discovery (now LSL) and Thieme subsidiary frohberg in 2020, Menold Bezler also provided legal and tax advice to A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe in connection with this transaction.
Advisors to A. Stein’sche Mediengruppe GmbH: Menold Bezler (Stuttgart)
Jens Schmelt, Photo (Partner, Corporate/M&A), Nico Haldy (Partner), Clemens Mauch (both Tax)
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