Goodwin has advised Macquarie Capital Principal Finance (“Macquarie”) as senior lender on the financing arrangements for ATTIKON Finanz AG (“ATTIKON”), a leading German commercial insurance brokerage platform which has recently partnered with Astorg Partners, a leading pan-European private equity firm with over €23 billion of assets under management.
Headquartered in Düsseldorf, ATTIKON focuses on the acquisition and further development of specialized brokerage companies. ATTIKON is already among the top 20 brokers in the corporate and commercial sectors and continues to grow. New brokerage firms are systematically integrated into the group, with strategic consideration given to all aspects—from IT to human resources, finance, and even the company name.
Macquarie is a global financial services group employing over 19,000 people in 31 markets. Macquarie Capital Principal Finance makes investments from Macquarie’s balance sheet, provides flexible primary financing and secondary market investing solutions for corporate and commercial real estate clients across North America, Europe and Australasia.
Goodwin’s transaction team was led by Folko Moroni and included Andreas Breu, Marius Garnatz Maskus, Rebecca Stöcklein, Rina Omura (all Private Equity/Debt Finance, Munich), Philipp Lauer (Tax, Munich) as well as Thomas Plowman and Laura Kelly (Private Equity/Debt Finance, London).