DLA Piper has advised the Luxembourg-based financial investor, Iberia Industry Capital Group, on the acquisition of all shares in EuroMaint Rail GmbH. The seller is the Swedish parent company EuroMaint AB, which is owned by Ratos AB, a Swedish private equity conglomerate listed on the stock exchange.

Founded in Luxembourg in 2014, Iberia Industry Capital Group (IIC) is a holding company that concentrates on the acquisition of companies in specific situations, such as corporate divestitures and complex carve outs. The Group is planning to further optimise EuroMaint Rail GmbH, which already has a leading market position in the promising railway sector.

EuroMaint Rail GmbH supplies highly qualified technical maintenance services to ensure a high level of operational readiness for the rolling stock fleets of its customers. The company’s complete range of maintenance and refurbishment services includes qualified technical maintenance, provision of spare parts, refurbishment and component servicing.

The DLA Piper team was led by partner Dr Dietmar Schulz (Restructuring, Frankfurt), and included associate Dr Marius Hommer (Restructuring, Berlin), partner Dr Michael Burg (Corporate, Cologne), senior associate Silvio McMiken (Corporate, Munich), partner Dr Konrad Rohde, counsels Dr Raimund Behnes and Dr Björn Enders, as well as associate Andreas Habig (all Tax, Frankfurt). Further support was provided by partners Dr Christian Schneider (Litigation & Regulatory, Cologne) and Geoffrey Scardoni (Tax, Luxembourg), and associate Dr Gregor Schroll (Antitrust, Cologne).