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Anticimex is a leading pest control specialist with over 4,500 employees in 17 countries and an enterprise value of SEK 60 billion. For more information, see https://www.anticimex.com/.

Through the transaction, where the selling party is the EQT VI fund, Melker Schörling AB increased its holding in Anticimex from approximately 10 per cent to approximately 20 per cent. The investment is made together with EQT, who will be the largest owner, GIC, AMF, Interogo Holding Long‑Term Equity and Alecta among others.

HWF Advokater has advised Melker Schörling AB in connection with the investment.

MilDef is a producer and supplier of rugged electronics and complete hardware systems for security and defense customers. For more information, see https://mildef.com/.

MilDef was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm on 4 June 2021.

HWF Advokater has advised MilDef in connection with the IPO and listing on Nasdaq Stockholm.

Aventura is a China focused brand and e-commerce accelerator offering an integrated operational platform for starting, managing and assisting international brands to drive their growth in China, which includes capabilities within marketing & branding, e-commerce operations and logistics. For more information, see www.aventura.group.

Aventura Group AB was listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market on 14 June 2021.

HWF Advokater has advised Aventura in connection with the IPO and listing on Nasdaq First North Growth Market.

Lipum is a biopharmaceutical company specialized on a novel way to treat chronic inflammatory diseases. For more information, see www.lipum.se.

Lipum AB was listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market on 22 April 2021.

HWF Advokater advised Lipum in connection with the listing.

When we sum up 2020, we are happy and proud of the trust placed in us to represent the buyer side in the captioned transaction.

Latvian Forest Company AB (publ) acquired during autumn 2020 from a group of private investors all of the shares in Latfolde AB at a purchase price of 2,050,000 euro. The acquisition included Latfolde AB’s Latvian subsidiary Latfolde One SIA with assets consisting of 961 hectares of land in Latvia. The total acquired timber stock is estimated to approximately 105,000 cubic meters.

Latvian Forest Company AB is a Swedish listed company that acquires, sells and conducts forestry on favourably valued forest in Latvia. The three main foundations of the business are, in addition to forest being a sought-after real asset growing on its own, an expected increase in the price levels of Latvian forest and agricultural properties, to create value through active forest management and to create value by building a larger real estate portfolio. The Company’s B-share is traded on Spotlight Stock Market.

Latvian Forest Company was advised by HWF Advokater in the transaction.

When we sum up 2020, we are happy and proud of the trust placed in us to represent the seller side in the captioned transaction.

Beneli AB in Helsingborg was founded in 1991. The company develops, manufactures and sells self-adhesive labels for both groceries and industrial products. The company also has a unique position with regards to medical technology labels that are attached to the skin for monitoring and diagnosis within the healthcare sector. The 2019 revenue was SEK 156 million and the company has approximately 60 employees.

Volati is a Swedish industrial group founded in 2003. The group has operations in 16 countries, over 2,000 employees and an annual turnover of approximately SEK 7 billion. The acquisition was a supplementary acquisition to the Industry business area and the Ettiketto business unit.

Beneli’s owners were advised by HWF Advokater in the transaction and Livingstone acted as financial advisor.

Ortoma AB (publ) makes a directed share issue of a total of 1 801 898 B-shares. Through the directed issue approximately 39,6 MSEK is invested in Ortoma before transaction related costs. The subscribers are a group of professional investors. 

Ortoma was advised by HWF Advokater in connection with the directed share issue.

CWS Group, a complete service provider in the solution areas Hygiene, Workwear and Fire Safety, announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Clean Step AB. Clean Step is a supplier of dust control mats and related services.

HWF Advokater advised the sellers in the transaction.

STF Ingenjörsutbildning focuses its business to provide competence solutions in the areas of Electricity & Energy and Construction & Real Estate, the latter through its subsidiary BFAB. As part of such focusing STF divests its educational business regarding Fiber Network and Telecom to NorthLab Networks AB.

STF Ingenjörsutbildning was advised by HWF Advokater in the transaction.

Tilgmann Group has reorganized its operations and divested Scandiflex Pac AB to Schur Flexibles. Scandiflex, founded in 1985, is a designer and manufacturer of packaging solutions, predominantly for the food industry but also within other product areas. The company has its headquarters in Landskrona, Sweden, and its turnover during 2018 amounted to approximately SEK 175 million.

Tilgmann Group, founded almost 150 years ago, is active within the packaging business in the Nordic countries.

Tilgmann was advised by HWF Advokater in the transaction.