Frankfurt/Munich — International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has advised London-based investor GHO Capital on the acquisition of Linimed Gruppe GmbH from Vitruvian Partners and the company’s founders. GHO Capital acquires the Linimed Group, a leading provider of out-of-hospital intensive care and home ventilation services operating at 44 locations in Germany, together with the company’s current management. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
GHO Capital is a London-based financial investor specializing in healthcare investments in Europe. GHO Capital was awarded the contract after the financial investor prevailed over various competitors in a bidding competition.
Advisors to GHO Capital:Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
The Weil transaction team was led by Frankfurt Corporate Partners Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schmidt and Dr. Kamyar Abrar and supported by Partner Tobias Geerling (Tax, Munich) and Associates Manuel-Peter Fringer (Corporate, Munich), Thomas Weise (Corporate, Frankfurt), Dr. Konstantin Hoppe, Simone Hagen (both Healthcare, Munich and Frankfurt), Aurel Hille, Julian Schwanebeck (both Labor Law, Frankfurt), Ludger Kempf, Alisa Preissler (both Tax, Frankfurt), Dr. Barbara Sandfuchs (Data Protection, Munich), Patrik Marten (Tax, Munich) and Paralegal Sonja Popp (Corporate, Munich).
The Weil team involved in the acquisition financing was led by Frankfurt Finance Partner Dr. Wolfram Distler and supported by Associate Dr. Dorian Legel (Finance, Frankfurt).
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges is an international law firm with approximately 1,100 lawyers, including about 300 partners. Weil is headquartered in New York and has offices in Boston, Dallas, Frankfurt/Main, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Beijing, Prague, Princeton, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw and Washington, D.C.