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Vinge advises the shareholders of OptiGroup AB in connection with the divestment to FSN Capital

Vinge advises the shareholders of OptiGroup AB in connection with the divestment of a majority shareholding to FSN Capital. Current majority shareholders Triton, Altor and RoosGruppen will retain a minority holding in the company.

Headquartered in Mölndal, Sweden, OptiGroup is a leading European distribution group with presence in 16 countries that provides customised supply solutions to more than 90,000 B2B customers. The companies in the group’s three business areas Facility, Safety & Foodservice, Packaging and Paper and Business Supplies offer reliable and sustainable supply solutions for players in the cleaning and facility management, hotel and restaurant, health and medical care, manufacturing industry and the graphic sector.

The transaction is subject to applicable competition law approvals.

Vinge’s team consisted of Christina Kokko, Johanna Wiberg, Elsie Nassar, Nando Basic and Egil Svensson (M&A), Jolinn Uhlin (Banking and Finance), Isabell Nielsen and Mario Saad (Commercial Agreements), Gustav Lindgren (Employment), Mathilda Persson and Martin Boström (IT), Karl-Hugo Engdahl (GDPR), Sofia Bergenstråhle (Intellectual Property), Kristoffer Larson (Real Property), Lina Österberg (Environmental Law), Tove Lövgren Frisk (Compliance) and Viktoria Owetz (VDR Specialist) and Jasmina Skandrani (Project Assistant).

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