Vinge has, together with Kirkland & Ellis, advised Blue Wolf Capital Partners LLC (“Blue Wolf”), a middle market private equity firm specializing in the healthcare and industrial sectors, in connection with the acquisition of seven manufacturing and development facilities in Sweden, France, and Spain, from Recipharm Group, a contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”) headquartered in Stockholm.
The seven facilities have been a part of Recipharm for over a decade and have focused on the manufacturing and development of oral solid, semi-solid and liquid dosage form pharmaceutical products. The facilities serve over 120 customers around the world and have a strong track record of quality and regulatory compliance. Together these sites are to form a new independent CDMO platform with continued focus on pharmaceutical manufacturing operating under a new corporate name to be announced after the transaction closes.
Vinge’s team consisted of among other Jonas Bergström, Matthias Pannier, Carl Sander, Per Kling and Alexander Rüdén (M&A), Sam Seddigh, Emil Lindwall and Agnes Pigg (Employment), Johan Cederblad, Lina Österberg and Madelene Andersson (Real Estate and Environment) Stojan Arnerstål (Life Science and Regulatory), Mathilda Persson, Fredrika Hjelmberg, Christoffer Nordin, Carla Zachariasson and Elis Allmark (Commercial Contracts and Separation), Daniel Wendelsson, David Olander, Hilda Ivarsson and Hanna Lemne (FDI) and Anna Ekdahl Roos (Transaction Support).
