Linklaters advises Compass Group on the acquisition of Pro Care Management from Vivecti

Linklaters advised Compass Group on the acquisition of German Pro Care Management GmbH (PCM) by Compass Group Europe from Vivecti Group. Compass Group is a global leader in food services and operates group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in the UK and North America. PCM is a tech-enabled procurement and software service provider for large scale kitchens in the healthcare and other sectors, and one of the largest independent food GPOs in Germany. PCM manages approximately €630 million in client spend.

With the acquisition of PCM Compass Group wants to accelerate European growth in its core business through the German market. Vivecti Group, an integrated healthcare technology company, will focus on its core business around medical processes. PCM and Vivecti Group will continue their partnership. The transaction has been completed as all regulatory approvals and other closing conditions have been fulfilled.

An international cross-practice Linklaters team was led by Partner Martina Farkas and Managing Associate Dominik Wegener (both Corporate/M&A). Further team members were Partners Dr Julian Emmerich (Financial Regulatory, Frankfurt), Christoph Barth(Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Dr Michael Leicht(TMT, Munich), Oliver Rosenberg (Tax, Düsseldorf), Matthew Devey(Employment, Frankfurt), Dr. Christian Schmitt(Litigation/Arbitration, Frankfurt), Dr. Jana Hager (Regulatory, Berlin), Simon Branigan (Corporate/M&A, London), Michael Fanner(Corporate/M&A, London), Elly Proudlock (Litigation/Arbitration, London), Harry Eddis (Financial Regulatory, London), Marleen Wessel (Notary, Amsterdam), Counsel Sinziana Ianc (Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Atif Wolfgang Bhatti (IP, Frankfurt), Managing Associates Fionna Ng (Corporate/M&A, London), Sebastian Plötz (Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Dr Ferry Bühring (Regulatory, Berlin) as well as Associates Fabian Wasl (Corporate/M&A, Munich), Dr Clemens Böhm (Financial Regulatory, Frankfurt), Dr Jonas Baumann (TMT, Frankfurt), Dr Marcel Scholz (Tax, Düsseldorf), Antonia Mertens(TMT, Frankfurt), Florian Kopp (Regulatory, Berlin), Maximilian Kühn(Real Estate, Munich), Julia Funke (Antitrust and Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Dr Charlotte Kieslich (IP, Frankfurt) and Mieke Bastiaansen (Employment, Amsterdam).

Most recently, a Linklaters Team had advised Compass Group on the acquisition of Dupont Restauration, one of the leaders in contract catering in France.