YPOG advises Skopos Impact Fund on its investment in JES GROUP

Hamburg — Skopos Impact Fund acqui­res a stake in JES GROUP GmbH, a company specia­li­zing in solar energy. With the help of this invest­ment, JES GROUP intends to acce­le­rate the expan­sion of rene­wa­ble ener­gies in private house­holds and at the same time realize new inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons for the fight against climate change.

The aim is to become the market leader in photo­vol­taic instal­la­ti­ons and the most inno­va­tive energy service provi­der in Germany. In order to bundle the exper­tise, the JES GROUP will in future unite the indi­vi­dual compa­nies JES AG, HK Solar­tec GmbH, Solar Express GmbH, HL GmbH and Holtz & Part­ner GmbH as an umbrella company. With curr­ently more than one million square meters of occu­p­ied roof area in the B2B sector and 1300 reali­zed photo­vol­taic systems in the B2C sector alone in the last 18 months, the JES GROUP can alre­ady draw on a great deal of know-how in the photo­vol­taic sector.

About Skopos Impact Fund

The Skopos Impact Fund is a €200+ million invest­ment fund that supports high-growth tech­no­logy and service compa­nies in Europe with capi­tal, exper­tise and network. The find belongs to the group of C&A owners family Brenn­inkmei­jer. Invest­ments focus on estab­lished compa­nies that support circu­lar economy and resource effi­ci­ency trends. As a proac­tive long-term part­ner with entre­pre­neu­rial expe­ri­ence and track record in support­ing manage­ment teams and foun­ders, the Fund invests as both mino­rity and majo­rity share­hol­der within Europe. Andreas Ernst (photo) is Head of Skopos & Mana­ging Director.

Skopos recei­ved compre­hen­sive legal and tax advice from a YPOG team led by part­ners Jörn Wöbke and Malte Berg­mann on its invest­ment as a mino­rity share­hol­der in JES GROUP.

Consul­tant Skopos: YPOG
Dr. Jörn Wöbke (Lead Part­ner, M&A/Corporate), Partner
Dr. Malte Berg­mann (Taxes), Partner
Dr. Moritz Diek­gräf (M&A/Corporate), Associate
Johan­nes Schmidt (M&A/Corporate), Associate

About YPOG

YPOG is a specia­list tax and commer­cial law firm, opera­ting in the core areas of corpo­rate, funds, liti­ga­tion, tax, tran­sac­tions, IT/IP and nota­rial services. The YPOG team advi­ses a wide variety of clients. These include emer­ging tech­no­logy compa­nies and family-run medium-sized enter­pri­ses as well as corpo­ra­ti­ons and private equity/venture capi­tal funds. Since its foun­da­tion in 2017, the firm has become one of the leading addres­ses for venture capi­tal, private equity and fund struc­tu­ring in Germany. The firm and its part­ners are natio­nally and inter­na­tio­nally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy­ers, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham­bers and Partners.