Orrick Advises Quip Group on Acquisition of Parts of Zimmermann Personalservice in a Distressed M&A Transaction

December.22.2017

Deutsch: Orrick berät Quip Gruppe beim Erwerb von Teilen der Zimmermann Personalservice aus der Insolvenz

Orrick has advised mit-uns GmbH, subsidiary of Quip AG, on the acquisition of parts of Zimmermann Personalservice GmbH.

mit-uns is a personnel service provider belonging to Quip Group. mit-uns supports clients in all areas of human resources management while reducing overall personnel management expenses.

Zimmermann Personalservice is a personnel service provider with a specialization on transfer of personnel, recruitment, on-site management and project development.

mit-uns GmbH was advised by a Düsseldorf-based Orrick team led by M&A and Private Equity partner Sven Greulich. Sven also advised Quip AG on its most recent add-on acquisitions, including Kolumbus Personalmanagement GmbH in 2016 and mit-uns GmbH in 2017. The team also included partner André Zimmermann (Employment), partner Till Steinvorth (Antitrust), counsel Nikita Tkatchenko (M&A and Private Equity) and associate Johannes Rüberg (M&A and Private Equity).

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Dr. Sven Greulich, LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions, Technology Companies Group

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Dr. Sven Greulich, LL.M. (Cantuar), EMBA Partner

Düsseldorf

Sven advises technology companies on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital as well as growth investments, and provides general corporate counseling.

His clients include technology companies of all stages and their investors. Supported by a global and cross-practice team, he also counsels major corporations and scale-ups on international expansion and growth projects and has a special focus on in- and outbound German/US investments and joint ventures.

Sven is passionate about building a bridge for his clients from Germany to the US and other international technology hubs and to help them succeed in the international market. With a dual background in business and law, an entrepreneurial spirit, and experience in over 200 M&A transactions and financing rounds across many industries, Sven has a unique perspective, which inspires him to find the best strategic and commercially viable solution for his clients.

Sven volunteers with entrepreneur groups at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and the RWTH Aachen and regularly lectures at the WHU and the RWTH incubation and innovation centers on venture capital financings, start-up growth and corporate venture capital.

Sven's work has been repeatedly awarded, inter alia

the leading German market publication JUVE ranks him as "frequently recommended for M&A, PE and corporate advice. Since 2019, JUVE ranks Sven as one of Germany's top 15 attorneys for venture capital (the highest recognition for this category awarded by JUVE);
Legal500 recommends Sven in its 2023 ranking for "mid-sized international Corporate M&A deals (€100m-€500m)" and venture capital and lists him as an exceptional practitioner for venture capital;
Chambers recommends Sven for M&A as well as venture capital and lists him as an exceptional practitioner (2023);
Best Lawyers and Handelsblatt recommend him as top lawyer for M&A transactions (2023); and
in the 2017 edition of its Innovative Lawyers Report Europe, the Financial Times named Sven's work to connect start-ups with Germany's Mittelstand (mid-sized companies) a standout “for making bridges between Silicon Valley and Germany”.

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