Frank­furt — McDer­mott Will & Emery advi­ses Joh. Beren­berg, Goss­ler & Co. KG (Beren­berg) as Sole Global Coor­di­na­tor and Sole Book­run­ner on the sale of shares in Derm­a­ph­arm Holding SE by Themis Betei­li­gungs-Akti­en­ge­sell­schaft. The tran­sac­tion volume amounts to appro­xi­m­ately EUR 250 million.

Derm­a­ph­arm is a leading manu­fac­tu­rer of off-patent bran­ded phar­maceu­ti­cals for selec­ted markets in Germany.

The McDer­mott team led by part­ners Simon Weiß and Joseph W. Marx regu­larly advi­ses Beren­berg on capi­tal market tran­sac­tions, most recently on the capi­tal increase of CORESTATE Capi­tal Holding S.A. and the capi­tal measure of CompuGroup Medi­cal SE & Co. KGaA.

Advi­sor Beren­berg: McDer­mott Will & Emery (Frank­furt)
Simon Weiß (Capi­tal Markets) and Joseph W. Marx (US Capi­tal Markets, both Lead), Andrea Adele Stock­horst (Finan­cial Regu­la­tory); Asso­ciate: Isabelle Müller (Corpo­rate)

Inhouse Beren­berg: Dr. Martin Knie­hase (Head of Invest­ment Banking Legal Conti­nen­tal Europe, Direc­tor) and Vanessa Harms, LL.M. (Asso­ciate Direc­tor, Invest­ment Banking Legal)

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