{"id":46186,"date":"2024-12-11T10:57:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=46186"},"modified":"2024-12-11T10:58:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T10:58:09","slug":"gsk-stockmann-advises-deutsche-giga-access-on-the-sale-of-the-fibre-infrastructure-companies-northern-access-and-gim","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/gsk-stockmann-advises-deutsche-giga-access-on-the-sale-of-the-fibre-infrastructure-companies-northern-access-and-gim\/","title":{"rendered":"GSK Stockmann advises Deutsche Giga Access on the sale of the fibre infrastructure companies Northern Access and GIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With a team led by Berlin partner Robert Kornd\u00f6rfer, GSK Stockmann provided comprehensive legal advice to Deutsche Giga Access GmbH, <\/strong><!--more--><strong>a portfolio company of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, on the sale of Northern Access GmbH (Northern Access) and GIM Glasfaser Infrastruktur Management GmbH (GIM). Buyer is Strategic Fiber Networks GmbH (SFN) in Schw\u00e4bisch Gm\u00fcnd, a portfolio company of the infrastructure investor iCON Infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Northern Access and GIM jointly supply large parts of the district of Nienburg as well as the neighbouring communities of Neustadt am R\u00fcbenberge, Gehrden, Seelze and Petershagen with broadband internet.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition continues the consolidation phase of the fibre optic market. SFN plans to upgrade the existing networks and supply the district of Nienburg and the neighbouring municipalities with a high-performance fibre optic network.<\/p>\n<p>NGN Telecom GmbH, also a subsidiary of Strategic Fiber Networks GmbH, provides the L\u00fcchow-Dannenberg district and parts of the L\u00fcneburg district with internet and telecommunications services via high-performance fibre optic networks in large areas of Lower Saxony. Northern Access and GIM will become part of the Strategic Fiber Networks GmbH group of companies, which already includes ropa GmbH, NGN Telecom GmbH and wisotel GmbH and is realising numerous network projects in Bavaria, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg and Lower Saxony.<\/p>\n<p><u>Advisers of Deutsche Giga Access GmbH at GSK Stockmann:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Robert Kornd\u00f6rfer (lead, private equity\/M&amp;A), Clara L\u00f3pez Hernando (private equity), Dr Dirk Koch and Sebastian Gerhards (both tax law)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/12\/Korndorfer_Robert_portrait_print.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1181\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/12\/Korndorfer_Robert_portrait_print.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/12\/Korndorfer_Robert_portrait_print-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/12\/Korndorfer_Robert_portrait_print-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2024\/12\/Korndorfer_Robert_portrait_print-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46186","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/46186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}