Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Odewald KMU, a German company specializing in the holding of mid-sized companies, on the sale of Mönchengladbach-based MEDIA CENTRAL Group.

MEDIA CENTRAL Group is a leading media agency specializing in complex and custom brochure handling. In addition to coordinating the distribution across Germany of more than 7 billion brochures annually, the company is providing further related services, from planning distribution territories to quality management. Its customers include well-known retailers in different industries. MEDIA CENTRAL Group has subsidiaries in Poland and the Czech Republic.

The Odewald KMU fund, issued with a volume of about EUR 150 million at the end of 2008, invests in medium-sized, established and high-growth companies in German-speaking countries. Investors in Odewald KMU are mainly German institutional investors, but also include asset management companies and private investors.

The Cologne-based M&A team is advising Odewald KMU on a regular basis and had already advised on the acquisition of MEDIA CENTRAL Group in 2011.

Counsel to Odewald KMU
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek:
Dr. Pär Johansson,
Dr. Christoph Schork, LL.M.,
Dr. Christian Groß-Bölting (all M&A), all Cologne