Vinge assists global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Group Holdings plc in connection with its acquisition of a controlling stake in Max Matthiessen. Willis acquires approximately 75 % of the Swedish employee benefits advisor for approximately SEK 1.357 billion from Altor Fund III (50 %) and employees (25 %). Approximately 25 % is retained by employees.
Willis is listed on NYSE and operates on every continent with more than 18,000 employees in over 400 offices. Willis Sweden has 140 employees in four offices and is headquartered in Stockholm.
Max Matthiessen operates in retirement savings, health plans and personal insurance. The company has around 420 employees in 23 locations across Sweden. Gross turnover in 2013 exceeded SEK 1 billion. The combined business of Willis and Max Matthiessen will create the biggest risk adviser and broker in the Nordic region.
The acquisition is conditional upon customary regulatory approvals and conditions to closing.
Vinge’s team consisted of among others responsible partner Carl Gustaf De Geer, partner Malin Ohlin, project manager Peter Sundgren and associates Filip Brosset and Sofie Bjärtun (M&A), as well as associates Axel Hedberg (financial regulatory), Nina Farrahi (compliance), Emil Fahlén Godö (competition law) and Evelina Tejle (employment law).
