Blätt­chen & Part­ner advi­ses the manage­ment of United Initia­tors on the sale to Equis­tone Part­ners Euro­pe

Munich, 18.08.2016. Equis­tone Part­ners Euro­pe (“Equis­tone”), one of Europe’s lea­ding equi­ty inves­tors, has a majo­ri­ty sta­ke in United Initia­tors (“UI”) tog­e­ther with manage­ment.

Pre­vious owners were Visi­on Capi­tal and Spey­si­de Equi­ty. The par­ties have agreed not to dis­c­lo­se the purcha­se pri­ce. The com­pa­ny, based in Pul­lach near Munich, is one of the world’s lar­gest manu­fac­tu­r­ers of che­mi­cal initia­tors.

Prof. Dr. Alex­an­der Götz, part­ner of Blätt­chen & Part­ner GmbH, advi­sed the manage­ment team of United Initia­tors as part of the tran­sac­tion.

About Blätt­chen & Part­ner

With its inno­va­ti­ve finan­cial stra­te­gies, BLÄTTCHEN & PARTNER GmbH has been one of the lea­ding cor­po­ra­te finan­ce experts in Ger­ma­ny for 30 years. Head­quar­te­red in Munich, the com­pa­ny spe­cia­li­ses in advi­sing on manage­ment invest­ment pro­grams as well as IPOs, bond and pro­mis­so­ry note issues, cor­po­ra­te invest­ments, and M&A tran­sac­tions. Solu­ti­ons tail­o­red to the finan­cing struc­tu­re of cus­to­mers in stra­te­gic inves­tor rela­ti­ons and finan­cial risk manage­ment com­ple­te the offer. More than 350 tran­sac­tions are a tes­ta­ment to the company’s pro­ven exper­ti­se. The gro­wing inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry com­pe­tence net­work, the high level of cus­to­mer satis­fac­tion and the lar­ge num­ber of publi­ca­ti­ons on important cor­po­ra­te finan­ce topics reflect the reco­g­nis­ed repu­ta­ti­on of Blätt­chen & Part­ner.

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