{"id":46828,"date":"2025-01-20T08:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=46828"},"modified":"2025-01-20T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T08:33:23","slug":"bpv-huegel-advises-founder-and-shareholders-on-the-sale-of-all-shares-in-evk-di-kerschhaggl-gmbh-to-headwall-photonics-inc","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/bpv-huegel-advises-founder-and-shareholders-on-the-sale-of-all-shares-in-evk-di-kerschhaggl-gmbh-to-headwall-photonics-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"bpv Huegel advises founder and shareholders on the sale of all shares in EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH to Headwall Photonics, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The bpv Huegel team led by Elke Napokoj advised the founder and the shareholders of EVK DI Kerschhaggl GmbH (\u201cEVK\u201d).<\/strong> <!--more-->The bpv Huegel team provided comprehensive advice including deal structuring, contract drafting, contract negotiations and all steps up to the closing.<\/p>\n<p>EVK is an Austria-based technology company specializing in industrial sensor-based sorting and inspection systems.\u00a0Among other applications, EVK&#8217;s innovative technology is used in food processing, plastics recycling and material sorting.<\/p>\n<p>Headwall Photonics, Inc. (\u201cHeadwall\u201d), part of the Headwall Group and a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, an American private equity fund, is a global leader in high-performance spectral imaging solutions and optical components.<\/p>\n<p>EVK\u2019s innovative hyperspectral and inductive sensor technologies as well as data analysis expertise complement Headwall Group\u2019s existing products and commitment to advancing hyperspectral imaging applications and AI-driven interpretation software in machine vision and remote sensing markets.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction was closed on 31 December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Advisors to\u00a0EVK: bpv Huegel \u2013 Elke Napokoj (Lead, Corporate\/M&amp;A), Victoria Huf (Corporate\/M&amp;A), Sonja D\u00fcrager (IP\/IT), Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber (Competition Law), Gerhard Fussenegger (Competition Law), Sebastian Reiter (Competition Law), Walter Niederm\u00fcller (Labour Law), Raphael Lehner (Corporate\/M&amp;A).<\/p>\n<p>EVK M&amp;A Team: Rabel &amp; Partner GmbH Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft \u2013 Markus Pellet.<\/p>\n<p>Advisors to the Buyer: Sch\u00f6nherr Rechtsanw\u00e4lte.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46828","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/46828","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=46828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}