Shearman & Sterling advised HF Private Debt on the financing of the acquisition of Marcus Transport GmbH by AURELIUS Growth Investments.

Marcus Transport GmbH is a medium-sized company in the industrial services sector based in Wuppertal, Germany. The company specializes in the execution of industrial installations, machine rentals (especially forklifts, wheeled cranes and lifting platforms), special logistics as well as maintenance and service of industrial trucks. Approximately 100 employees at the headquarters in Wuppertal are in charge of these tasks. The family company was founded in the 1930s.

As part of the AURELIUS group, AURELIUS Growth Investments focuses on buyouts/succession solutions as well as on the transfer of business assets of larger medium-sized companies and groups (spin-offs).

HF Debt GmbH (www.hf-debt.de) is the exclusive advisor to Luxemburg-based HF Private Debt Fund SCSp, which specializes in private debt financing for medium-sized companies and supports growth financing, succession solution and buyouts by private equity investors. Geographically, it focuses on German, Western European and Northern European companies with a long-standing history.

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