Frankfurt a.M., April 1, 2022 – McDermott Will & Emery advised Imfarr Beteiligungs GmbH of Austria and SN Beteiligungen Holding AG of Switzerland in connection with the financing of the acquisition and project development of the former Postbank-Karree from Credit Suisse.

The former Postbank-Karree near Munich’s main train station will be transformed into a mod-ern office complex called “Elementum”, setting new urban accents in the. Among other things, the ensemble will consist of 67,000 square meters of office, retail and restaurant space, as well as 80 by 30 meters of hillside and woodland, in keeping with the concept of sustainability and climate protection. The total investment volume will be around 1 billion euros.

A McDermott team led by Christoph Coenen and Kian Tauser advised on the tax structuring and financing of the acquisition and project development.

Imfarr Beteiligungs GmbH is a family-owned company, founded in 2007 in Vienna, which specializes in real estate development and real estate investments in Austrian and German cities such as Vienna, Munich, Frankfurt, and Berlin.

McDermott had already advised Imfarr Beteiligungs GmbH on the acquisition of the “Highlight Towers” in Munich, the Frankfurt “Silberturm”, the Nestlé Campus and Development Partner AG, among others. Here, too, the Swiss SN Beteiligungen Holding AG acted as co-investor. The Elementum transaction marks another highlight of the cooperation.

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Düsseldorf, Germany, March 31, 2022 – McDermott Will & Emery advised Berlin-based mobility start-up Door2Door GmbH on the sale of all shares in the company to Dubai-based Swvl Inc. The transaction is expected to close within the second quarter of 2022.

This is the first investment in the German market for transportation-as-a-service provider Swvl Inc. The company was launched five years ago in Cairo as a booking platform for local transport and now offers an app for booking bus rides in 115 cities worldwide. Via a SPAC, Swvl, which is valued at $1.5 billion, plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange shortly.

Door2Door offers complete solutions for a city’s local transport. This involves coordinating journeys using different means of transport. The offering is currently available in ten European countries.

McDermott advised Door2Door from its founding through all financing rounds to its exit.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. Our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and more than 20 locations to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,200 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.

Frankfurt a.M., March 31, 2022 – McDermott Will & Emery advised Main Capital Partners and its portfolio company Pointsharp on the acquisition of Cryptshare AG.

The acquisition of the Freiburg-based cybersecurity specialist is the second add-on acquisition for Sweden-based Pointsharp since Main Capital’s entry in 2020, strengthening Pointsharp’s position as a leading security software provider in the European market with currently more than 3,000 customers.

Cryptshare AG, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Freiburg, Germany, develops and sells software solutions for organizations, in particular a communication solution for the secure exchange of information.

Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor in Benelux, German-speaking Europe and the Nordics with over €2.2 billion in assets under management (as of October 2021). Main has invested in more than 130 software companies to date.

The McDermott team led by partner Norman Wasse is particularly experienced with software and tech transactions. The team advised Main Capital on various transactions, most recently on the acquisition of FormSolutions and DataPlan by machgruppe and Audimex by Swedish portfolio company Blika Solutions. McDermott Partner Dustin Schwerdtfeger is advising on all financing matters in connection with the transactions.

McDermott Will & Emery partners with leaders around the world to fuel missions, knock down barriers and shape markets. Our team works seamlessly across practices, industries and more than 20 locations to deliver highly effective—and often unexpected—solutions that propel success. More than 1,200 lawyers strong, we bring our personal passion and legal prowess to bear in every matter for our clients and the people they serve.