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Leipzig – The Munich-based Venitus Group has acquired a stake in Thinkport, a pioneer in the development of innovative cloud technologies. The founders Dominik Fries and Tobias Drechsel will retain a significant stake in the company and keep their positions unchanged. The partnership with Venitus marks a significant milestone in the development of the cloud consulting company. It will help to further consolidate Thinkport's position as an innovation leader, accelerate growth and lay the foundations for the next phase of development. The parties involved have agreed not to disclose further details of the transaction.A CMS team led by Dr. Kevin Schmidt provided comprehensive legal advice to the Thinkport founders on the transaction. Thinkport, headquartered in Frankfurt/Main with offices in Leipzig, Hamburg and Berlin, has made an impressive journey from a start-up to an established and award-winning player in the cloud technology industry over the past five years. Founded in 2018 and employing around 80 people, the company supports large German-speaking companies and DAX-listed corporations with projects in the areas of cloud migration, development and training. Its customer portfolio includes renowned names such as Edeka, Bayer and Deutsche Bahn. The Venitus Group is a leading digitalization partner for medium-sized and enterprise customers in the DACH region with a focus on the areas of public cloud, data engineering and AI. Venitus complements its organic growth with an acquisition strategy and currently consists of four innovative and fast-growing companies in these areas. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Leipzig – DIVICON MEDIA HOLDING GmbH, a full-service provider for broadcasting companies, has been sold to the radio solutions provider UPLINK NETWORK GmbH. Both companies are leaders in German broadcasting operations for FM and DAB+ and the merger marks a milestone in the development of terrestrial broadcasting in Germany. Under the UPLINK brand, the merged companies will play a leading role in FM and DAB+ and offer a wide range of services in broadcasting operations, radio technology and audio services. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction. In addition to the radio company REGIOCAST, UPLINK is also backed by the family offices COMPASS HEADING GmbH, DOHLBERG GmbH, Quidam Beteiligungen GmbH and Medienpool Beteiligungs GmbH. The UPLINK Group has repeatedly been recognised by the business magazine FOCUS Business and the information service STATISTA as the fastest growing tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions company in Germany.A CMS team headed by Stefanie Pech advised the shareholders of DIVICON MEDIA HOLDING GmbH on all legal aspects of the transaction. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Frankfurt/Main - Die REHA Se­li­genthaler­straße, an ambulatory rehabilitation centre founded in 1995 and based in Landshut, has been acquired by the rehaneo Group, a portfolio company of the Belgian investment company GIMV, as part of a succession agreement with retroactive effect from 1 January 2024. Following the acquisition, rehaneo will continue to operate the facility with all of its 50 employees. With this purchase, rehaneo, a nationwide provider of ambulatory rehabilitation, is strengthening its presence in Bavaria. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction.A CMS team headed by partner Dr Joachim Dietrich advised the shareholders of the ambulatory rehabilitation centre on all legal aspects of the sale of their shares. Rehaneo was able to prevail in a Europe-wide bidding process. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Hamburg – Vance Street Capital, a mid-market private equity fund, based in Los Angeles (USA), has acquired Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH. Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH was founded in 2009 and offers computer systems for the aerospace/de­fense sector as well as for demanding industrial and research applications. The acquisition of the German company complements the portfolio of Vance Street Capital, which had previously acquired an affiliated company of Galleon Embedded Computing GmbH in Norway. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction. CMS advised Vance Street Capital with a team led by lead partner Dr Eckart Gottschalk on all legal aspects of the acquisition. The advice included in particular the structuring of the transaction as well as the drafting and negotiation of the transaction doc­u­ment­a­tion. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com   

Frankfurt/Main - The shareholder of vision tools rental and distributions gmbh, a leading company for audiovisual technical equipment in Europe, has sold a majority stake in the company to the Dutch The Rental Group B.V., a portfolio company of Capital A Investment Partners. The aim of the strategic partnership of the AV rental service company vision tools is to utilize the synergies created by the merger and thus to consolidate sustainable growth and its market position. The parties have agreed not to disclose details of the transaction.A CMS team headed by Dr Joachim Dietrich advised the shareholder of vision tools on all legal aspects of this transaction. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com   

Frankfurt/Main – The HIMA Group, based in Brühl in Baden-Württem­berg, one of the leading providers of safety-related automation solutions for the process and rail industry, has acquired Origo Solutions AS. The Norwegian target company is recognized as a market leader in safety, automation and instrumentation systems for monitoring, control and protection of offshore and onshore installations in Norway and internationally for complete SCADA systems for the renewable energy sector. The technology company has more than 40 years’ of experience. For more than 20 years, Origo Solutions has been HIMA's exclusive representative in Norway. With this transaction, both companies intend to continue their growth strategies and expand their range of solutions for the process industry and renewable energies. Main focus here is the digitalisation of functional safety. For HIMA, the acquisition is another important step in the strategic development of the HIMA Group following the expansion in the UK, which was completed in 2023. Origo Solutions was previously owned by Moreld AS (60,1 %) and Aker Capital AS (39,9 %) and a part of the Moreld Group, a leading industrial multi-dis­cip­lin­ary engineering group in Norway. The agreement was signed on 8 January and is effective as of 31 January. The parties involved have agreed not to disclose further details of the transaction.A cross-border CMS team from Germany and Norway headed by lead partner Dr Hendrik Hirsch and Lead Counsel Dr Berrit Roth-Mingram advised HIMA on all legal aspects of the acquisition. Dr Hendrik Hirsch is the Client Relationship Partner for HIMA. The safety specialist regularly relies on the expertise of CMS, most recently on the acquisition of the British system integrator Sella Controls. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Frankfurt/Main – Global real assets investment management firm CBRE Investment Management has sold around 16,200 square metres of rental space in Dietzenbach near Frankfurt to maincubes, a Frankfurt-based company that specialises in developing and operating data centres. The company plans to convert the acquired property accordingly. The property occupies a site of some 28,800 square metres with excellent transport links, making it an especially appealing proposition for use as a data centre. According to maincubes, demand for digital infrastructure capacity in the Rhine-Main region continues un­abated.  De­tails of the transaction were not disclosed.A CMS team headed by lead partner Philipp Schönnenbeck advised CBRE Investment Management on all legal aspects in this context for the first time. CMS has extensive expertise around data centre sites, which was highly relevant in this case. CMS Germany Philipp Schönnenbeck, Lead Partner Laura Johnsson, Senior Associate, both Real Estate Dr Martin Friedberg, Partner Dr Hendrik Arendt, Senior Associate, both TaxPress Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com

Munich – Invesco Real Estate (IRE), a subsidiary of Invesco Ltd. that specialises in worldwide property investments, has sold an 84,500-square-metre logistics property in Bondorf, south-west of Stuttgart, to the Rewe Group. The retail chain was already one of the facility’s tenants and plans to extensively upgrade it. The aim is to make even greater use of the hub for regional distribution, which requires an expansion of the logistics capacity. The property was acquired by Invesco in 2016 and has now been sold on behalf of one of Invesco’s European strategies in an off-market trans­ac­tion. De­tails of the transaction were not disclosed.A CMS team headed by partner Dr Oliver Thurn advised Invesco Real Estate on all legal aspects of the transaction. The team headed by Munich-based CMS partner Thurn provides Invesco Real Estate with legal support on a regular basis, and the company has been a CMS client for many years. The team also recently advised on the sale of a logistics property in Saxony to a fund managed by Hines. Press Con­tact presse@cms-hs. com