Munich — FSN Capital V (“FSN”) acquires the majority shares in the Rameder Group. A corresponding purchase agreement was signed with the previous shareholders. Rameder has been active since 1996 and, with 200 employees, is one of the leading B2B and B2C dealers in the areas of trailer hitches, bicycle racks and roof boxes in Europe. The two managing directors Dirk Schöler and Stefan Bertelshofer remain shareholders in the Rameder Group as part of a reverse shareholding.
FSN is one of the leading private equity investors in Scandinavia with a focus on medium-sized companies. In addition to offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen, FSN has had an office in Munich since spring 2018. The acquisition of a majority stake in Rameder is FSN’s first transaction in Germany.
Advisor FSN Capital: Hengeler Mueller provided comprehensive advice to FSN on the transaction.
The partners Dr. Daniel Wiegand (lead), Dr. Daniel Möritz (both Corporate/M&A, Munich), Daniela Böning (Financing), Hendrik Bockenheimer (Labor Law) (both Frankfurt) and Dr. Thorsten Mäger (Antitrust, Düsseldorf), Counsel Dr. Gunther Wagner (Tax, Munich) as well as associates Dr. Achim Spengler, Dr. Veronika Wimmer, Dr. Sebastian Siller, Dr. Johannes Baumann (all Corporate/M&A, Munich), Till Hiemenz-Mueller, Franziska Dechamps (both Financing, Frankfurt), Dr. Marius Mayer (Frankfurt), Vicki Treibmann (Düsseldorf) (both Labor Law), Dr. Anja Balitzki, Laura Delgado Pazos (both Antitrust, Düsseldorf), Dr. Matthias Rothkopf (Intellectual Property/IT) and Dr. Norman Koschmieder (Public Commercial Law) (both Düsseldorf).