Goodwin has advised WEKA Media Group GmbH (“WEKA”), a portfolio company of The Paragon Fund IV GmbH & Co. geschlossene Investment KG (“Paragon”) in connection with a debt financing made available by Partners Group for the refinancing of the acquisition of WEKA.
Paragon was founded in 2004 and is an independent private equity firm investing in established, mid-sized businesses, creating value for companies, people and investors. Paragon currently manages a total of EUR 2.4bn in equity capital. Paragon's investors include institutional organisations, such as life insurance companies, pension funds and university foundations, as well as the Paragon team.
WEKA, headquartered in Kissing, Germany, is an innovative provider of compliance and regulatory solutions. WEKA delivers a broad range of software and workflow products to B2B clients in EHS, Construction, and Corporate & Public Compliance verticals. The company employs around 250 people.
Partners Group, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, is a leading global private markets investment firm, that has invested around USD 244bn in private markets opportunities and has a total AuM of USD 174bn. Partners Group is investing across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit and royalties for institutional and private clients, known for its thematic approach and building market-leading companies through an entrepreneurial focus.
The Goodwin deal team was led by partners Folko Moroni and Winfried M. Carli and included associate Jakob Lutzenberger and senior transaction lawyer Anna Zoth (all Private Equity/Finance, Munich), as well as associate Philipp Lauer (Tax, Munich).