Flick Gocke Schaumburg advises One Equity Partners on its agreement to acquire BARTEC

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised private equity firm One Equity Partners on the definitive agreement to acquire BARTEC from a consortium led by Bridgepoint Credit and Alcentra, which acquired the company in 2019. BARTEC is one of the global leaders in explosion protection and safety technology for hazardous areas.

The parties have agreed not to disclose any financial terms of the transaction.

Advisor to One Equity Partners: Flick Gocke Schaumburg

Matthias Full, Corina Hackbarth; Associates: Tomke Zeeh, Simon Lösel, Sophie Frombeck, Mauritz Müller (all Private Equity/Tax)

The advice comprised all tax aspects of the transaction including Tax Due Diligence, SPA advice, and structuring.

Founded in 1975 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany, BARTEC is one of the leading players in the engineering and manufacturing of mission-critical safety and security equipment and personnel protection solutions. The Company operates through five business units with more than 1,000 employees, providing its protection products and services to several end markets, including hydrocarbon processing, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrogen energy, and energy and power.

One Equity Partners is a middle market private equity firm focused on the industrial, healthcare, and technology sectors in North America and Europe. The firm seeks to build market-leading companies by identifying and executing transformative business combinations. Since 2001, the firm has completed more than 400 transactions worldwide. Founded in 2001, the firm spun out of JP Morgan in 2015. <<<