Vinge, together with Kirkland & Ellis, has advised Bain Capital in acquiring a majority stake in Aktiebolaget Tingstad Papper (“Tingstad”) and its subsidiaries.
Tingstad is a leading Swedish family-owned specialist distributor of non-food consumables, serving a broad and diversified customer base across retail, facilities management and grocery. Tingstad has built deep, long-standing customer relationships anchored in strong category expertise, a differentiated private label portfolio and a best-in-class warehousing and logistics infrastructure.
Bain Capital is a leading global private investment firm with deep expertise in the Nordics through current portfolio companies. The investment will be effectuated by way of Bain Capital acquiring a majority stake in Tingstad, partnering with owner Paul Jigberg who will retain a minority ownership stake, as well as the leadership team and employees, to support Tingstad’s next phase of growth.
Vinge’s team consisted mainly of Jonas Bergström, Matthias Pannier, Per Kling, Johanna Barfoed and Nora Karlsson (M&A), Mathilda Persson, Siri Blomberg, Dante Lalouni, Christoffer Nordin and Therese Baltzarsson (IT/CC), Niclas Winnberg and Hedvig Merkel (Real Estate), Filippa Eriksson and Emma Gustavsson (IP), William Karo Persson and Linn Aho (Employment) and David Olander (EU, Competition and Regulatory).
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