Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, today announced the acquisition of a material equity stake in Solvares Group GmbH, the leading German provider of Field Service Management, Field Sales Management, and Transport Management & Logistics solutions.
The current Solvares owner, DBAG ECF III, a fund advised by DBAG, will together with DBAG itself hold a material equity stake in Solvares and support the next phase of Solvares’ growth journey in close partnership with Five Arrows.
Hengeler Mueller has advised Five Arrows on this transaction as lead counsel together with Wolf Theiss (Austria) and Travers Smith (UK).
Hengeler Mueller team for Five Arrows
Private Equity/M&A: Andreas Hoger (lead, Frankfurt), Emanuel Strehle (Munich, both partners), Marika Öry, Benedikt Hoegen, André Jahn, Maximilian Schulze, Laurids Schommers, Konrad Schäfer (all Frankfurt), Jakob Sebastian Nicola (Munich, all associates),
Finance: Henning Hilke, Nikolaus Vieten (both partners, both Frankfurt),
Regulatory: Jan Bonhage (partner), Thomas Ruthemeyer, Erasmus Hoffmann (both counsel), Daniel Drescher, Philipp Hentrich, Tassilo Keiber (all associates, all Berlin),
Antitrust: Christoph Wilken (partner, Brussel), Anja Balitzki (counsel, Dusseldorf), Ioana Laura Stoicescu (associate, Brussel),
Tax: Gunther Wagner (partner), Tim Würstlin (associate, both Munich),
Employment: Hendrik Bockenheimer (partner, Frankfurt), Kira Fritsche (associate, Dusseldorf),
IP: Matthias Rothkopf (counsel), Johannes Jäkle (associate, both Dusseldorf).