CornerstoneCapital sells shares in EppsteinFOILS with GvW
GvW Graf von Westphalen has advised CornerstoneCapital and the other shareholders on the sale of their shares in EppsteinFOILS to the Swiss industrial group Artum AG.
EppsteinFOILS has been successfully active on the market for over 165 years and has developed over decades into the world market leader in the production of high-quality and extremely thin technical non-ferrous metal foils. The films are used especially in the fields of medical technology, materials testing, the packaging industry and electronics.
CornerstoneCapital invests in established, technology-orientated growth companies in the D-A-CH region. Since its foundation in 2001, the private equity company has successfully invested in 25 companies.
GvW advised CornerstoneCapital and the other shareholders under the leadership of M&A practice group head Dr Markus Sachslehner with Dr Bettina Schmitt-Rady (real estate law) and Dr Michael Engel (tax law). The Frankfurt partner has been advising the company on M&A transactions for many years, most recently on the sale of the Infoniqa Group to Elvaston(more).
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