Latham & Watkins Advises Inflexion on Acquisition of Finanzen.net From Axel Springer

Latham & Watkins LLP has advised Inflexion Partners, a leading European mid-market private equity firm, on its acquisition of the digital broker and market leading financial information portal Finanzen.net Group, alongside its founders, from Axel Springer. The investment is being made by Inflexion’s Buyout Fund VI and is the second investment in the DACH region after Tierarzt Plus Partner since Inflexion opened its German office in Frankfurt earlier this year. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

The Latham team was led by private equity partners Burc Hesse and Maximilian Platzer with associates Dominik Waldvogel, Corinna Freudenmacher, Chris Freitag, Philipp Gärtner, and Dominique Brieger. Advice on tax matters was provided by partner Stefan Süß with associate Johannes Lieb; on finance matters by partner Christian Jahn with associate Johanna Wörle; on employment matters by associate Kristina Hufnagel; on corporate/IP matters by partner Susan Kempe-Müller; on financial regulatory matters by partner Axel Schiemann; and on antitrust matters by partner Max Hauser with associate Friederike Hammwöhner.