Latham & Watkins has advised the pan-European private debt investor Apera Asset Management (Apera) on the financing of the acquisition of Factor Eleven GmbH (Factor Eleven), a leading German software company in the field of digital marketing, by Armira Investment Holding (Armira). The debt financing was structured via a unitranche loan.
Latham & Watkins frequently advises Apera on transactions, most recently on the acquisition financing of Vice Sporting Goods GmbH (Vice Golf) by Oakley Capital and on the refinancing of Valley IT Group.
The Latham team was led by finance Munich partner Thomas Weitkamp and counsel Ludwig Zesch. Advice was also provided on corporate matters by Munich partner Stephan Hufnagel, with Munich associate Chris Freitag and Hamburg associate Jana Maué; and on tax matters by Munich partner Ulf Kieker.
