Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised its longstanding client Rivean Capital (‘Rivean’), a pioneer in European mid-market private equity, on the intended acquisition of a majority stake in Acture Group (‘Acture’), a leading provider of holistic employee welfare solutions, from IK Partners. The stake is being acquired from the IK Small Cap II Fund, with Co-Founder and current CEO Maudie Derks, as well as the management team, reinvesting alongside Rivean.
Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Acture is a specialised outsourced service provider supporting corporates and staffing agencies in managing employee absence. With Rivean’s support, Acture will continue along its international growth trajectory, accelerating the execution of its strategic growth plan and transforming from a leading Dutch player in the social security market, to a European total employee welfare platform. The Clifford Chance core team was led by Tim Heerschop and further consisted of Femke Buijs, Nancy Stoke, Bruno Weisser Lopez, Amber Breugem, Jasper Leistra (Corporate M&A), Folko de Vries, Jeroen Kolthof (Global Financial Markets), Stern Flik, Cile Arnoldy (Tax), Astrid van Ommeren, Najib Muslem (Employment), Jurre Jurriens, Fiorri Michael (Antitrust), Laura Stegeman, Sabrina Spoor (Notary) and Erwin Schreuder (GFM/Regulatory).
Other team members who supported this transaction are Jurgen van der Meer, Robert Smits (Global Financial Markets), Wijnanda Rutten (Pensions), Chris in t Veld, Viola Lam, Laura Bredschneijder (Tech//Digital), Gülsah Vural, Liselotte Hommels and Berend Schoemaker (Energy & Infrastructure) in Amsterdam, and Moritz Petersen, Natalie Hemberger, Fabienne Held, Kingsley Duru (Corporate M&A), Holger Lutz, Michael Kummel, Stephanie Giek (Tech//Digital), Christopher Fischer, Sandra Grundmann (Employment), Thomas Reischauer, Magda Pawela-Häusler and Sabrina Fornataro (Real Estate) in Frankfurt.
