BDO advises the ‘Wer liefert was’ Group on its acquisition of Gebraucht.de GmbH

BDO Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbh (BDO Legal) and BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (BDO) provided an interdisciplinary team led by Dr Daniel Wied to support Wer liefert was? Service GmbH with the acquisition. The advisory spanned legal, financial and tax due diligence, as well as transaction consultancy in the areas of legal and tax.

The wlw Group pursues a long-term growth strategy and is systematically building on its European market-leading position in the B2B segment. The transaction was primarily driven by time-to-market considerations and the opportunity to set up a further centre of excellence for product development in a short space of time by virtue of the acquisition. With its site in Berlin, Gebraucht.de also offers excellent access to IT specialists in the German capital. With Hamburg, Paris and now Berlin, the wlw Group operates in three attractive locations.

Peter F. Schmid, CEO of Wer liefert was: ‘We scour the market on an ongoing basis to find suitable companies, partners and start-ups. With their best-in-class platform, the team at Gebraucht.de have shown that it is possible to develop a high-performance, user-focused marketplace and establish it on the market. Technologies and experience of this kind are vital in the B2B sector – and therefore hugely important to us too. The integrated and professional advisory provided by BDO Legal and BDO played a crucial role in making the transaction a success.’

 

Consultants advising Wer liefert was Service GmbH

 

BDO Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Dr Daniel Wied (lead consultant, M&A, Munich), Dr Konstantin Michelson (M&A, Hamburg), Natascha Grosser (Corporate, Düsseldorf), Peter Bellendorf (M&A/Real Estate, Hamburg), Christian Hülsmann (Corporate, Hamburg), Steffen Reusch (Restructuring, Düsseldorf), Julia Dönch (IP/Commercial, Düsseldorf), Manfred Hack (Employment Law, Berlin)

 

BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Steffen Eube (Corporate Finance, Financial Due Diligence, Frankfurt), Stefan Spruck (Corporate Finance, Financial Due Diligence, Frankfurt), Thomas Bücker (Tax, Düsseldorf), Tanja Cech (Tax, Düsseldorf)

 

Consultants advising the sellers

Röhrborn LLP

Jens Röhrborn (M&A) and Dr Christian Sirch (M&A, both based in Munich)