KUCERA has advised Merz Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG on share purchase agreements and an Investment Agreement concerning Noratis AG. In a first step, Merz will acquire 1.06 million shares from Noratis CEO Igor Christian Bugarski and another core shareholder at a price of EUR 21.00 each, corresponding to a 29.4 % stake. In a second step, Noratis AG is planning a capital increase of 4 % to EUR 3.9 million, which Merz will subscribe for EUR 19.80 per share, so that its shareholdings will grow to over 33 %. At the same time, Merz has committed itself to investing approximately 50 million euros in Noratis AG by the end of 2024.Read more…
KUCERA partner Oliver Platt LL.M (UW Madison) (in charge) and Andre Barth (Transaction & Finance) together with Alexander Hanf (Corporate & Finance), Alexander Orth (Real Estate), Raphael Polensky (Real Estate), Gözde Sönmez (Real Estate) and Florian Weber (Employment Law) were responsible for the transaction. KUCERA partner Isabel Tannenberg (Tax) advised on tax law.