Sidley advised ARDIAN on its acquisition of a majority stake in GBA Group (GBA) alongside GBA’s management team and Quadriga Capital. GBA was founded in 1989 with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. GBA is a leading independent TIC (Testing, Inspection, Certification) provider of bioanalytical laboratory services in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region, with a strong presence in Belgium and Poland.
The Sidley team was led by Dr. Christian Zuleger (Partner) and Nicole Janssen (Partner), with support from Armin Mustafić (Senior Associate), Dr. Stefan Bührle (Senior Associate), Valentin Specht (Associate), Julius Koblitzek (Associate) (all Private Equity/M&A), Dr. Roderic Pagel (Partner, Tax), Dominik P. Weickert (Associate, Restructuring), Dr. Christoph Jensen (Associate, Global Finance) (all Munich), Mateja Maher (Partner), Deirdre Fahy (Associate) (both Investment Funds), Patrick J. Harrison (Partner, Antitrust/Competition) (all London), and Sven De Knop (Partner, Global Arbitration/Trade and Advocacy, Brussels).
