The Swedish investor EQT is involved since early 2014 in bakery discounter Backwerk via its mid-market fund. EQT carried out a complex refinancing of the equity financing of BackWerk group.

P+P advised EQT with regard to the management participation with the following Munich team:

    * Barbara Koch-Schulte (partner, private equity/M&A, management participation)
    * Julian Winkler (associate, private equity/M&A, management participation)

In November 2014, EQT acquired together with the family Strüngmann as co-investor Siemens Audiology Solutions, the hearing device division of Siemens for EUR 2.15b. Only recently followed the 100% acquisition of the EIS Aircraft Group. P+P Pöllath + Partners regularly advises EQT with regard to the management participation program, as was the case in these transactions.