{"id":46600,"date":"2025-01-09T09:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=46600"},"modified":"2025-01-09T09:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T09:44:28","slug":"gsk-stockmann-advises-fincompare-on-acquisition-of-compeon","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/gsk-stockmann-advises-fincompare-on-acquisition-of-compeon\/","title":{"rendered":"GSK Stockmann advises FinCompare on acquisition of Compeon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A team led by Heidelberg partner Jens Uwe R\u00fcgenhagen advised FinCompare GmbH,<\/strong><!--more--><strong>Germany\u2019s leading financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on its acquisition of Compeon GmbH. Compeon underwent a successful reorganisation under the management of the Dock Financial Group, which it became a part of at the end of 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FinCompare is acquiring the financing portal Compeon from the insolvent Dock Financial GmbH by way of a share deal. The merger will create the leading digital broker of financing and leasing products in the German SME segment. The acquisition will therefore enable FinCompare to significantly strengthen its own market position and expand both its existing range of financing products and its network of banks and brokers. In addition to the network effects, the company anticipates significant growth from the increased opportunities and pooling of expertise. The parties have agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.<\/p>\n<p>GSK\u00a0Stockmann provided comprehensive advice to FinCompare, including financing advice from Frankfurt partner Rebecca Comtesse.<\/p>\n<p><u>Advisers of FinCompare at GSK\u00a0Stockmann:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Jens Uwe R\u00fcgenhagen (lead, corporate\/M&amp;A), Rebecca Comtesse (finance), Nicole Deparade (employment law), Martin Hossenfelder (IP\/IT, data protection), Raoul Kreide (insolvency law), Daniela Eschenlohr (regulatory law); Associates: Lukas Faron (corporate\/M&amp;A), Raphaela Guderian (employment law), Louisa Hecker (finance)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46602\" style=\"width: 1181px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Rugenhagen_Jens_print.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1181\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Rugenhagen_Jens_print.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Rugenhagen_Jens_print-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Rugenhagen_Jens_print-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Rugenhagen_Jens_print-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GSK-Heidelberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46600","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/46600","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=46600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}