P+P advises DPE on acquisition of majority stake in VTU Engineering
VTU is a leading engineering service provider for the planning and optimization of processing plants and also general planning of large-scale investments in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, metallurgy, petroleum and natural gas industries. The company has 20 locations in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Rumania and employs over 400 highly qualified employees.
DPE is an independent German private equity firm that primarily invests in medium-sized businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. DPE was founded in Munich in 2007 and has since launched three funds – P+P's private funds team advised on and supervised all of these.
P+P Pöllath + Partners advised DPE on the German tax aspects with regard to the acquisition with the following team:
- Dr. Michael Best (partner, tax law, Munich)
- Gerald Herrmann (counsel, tax law, Munich)
