Allgemein – DUBAG Group

Case Study: Carve-out of Catensys

14. March 2023

In 2022, our LEO II Fund – advised by DUBAG – acquired and carve-out the chain drive business from the stock-listed conglomerate Schaeffler Gruppe. The DUBAG team conducted the carve-out of the automotive supplier, establishing Catensys as a successful stand-alone entity.

Watch our Operations Executive Dr. Markus Ottmüller and the DUBAG Partner Christoph Mödder share their experiences with the carve-out of Catensys.

A short video about a long-term success story:

About Catensys:

With around 560 employees, Catensys ranks among the leading global suppliers for chain dirve systems.

Chain drives systems are installed as part of the drive system in the internal combustion engines of passenger cars and other vehicles such as motorcycles as well as modern and environmentally friendly hybrid drives.Being an integral part of a drivetrain, the chain drive systems ensure smooth running and reduced fuel consumption along the entire life cycle of a vehicle.

Commercial activities in chain drive systems have been expanding within the Schaeffler Group since 1986. Due to a strategic portfolio review, Schaeffler seeked the divestment of the business unit and choose DUBAG as the ideal partner for the company’s future.

Research and development as well as production take place at nine different locations in Europe, Asia and North and South America.

Learn more about Catensys here.

DUBAG acquires Eurovision Services from the European Broadcasting Union

7. February 2023

Munich, January 31^st 2023 – DUBAG Group is proud to announce the closing of a new transaction within their exclusively managed LEO II fund.

The Geneva based company Eurovision Services SA was acquired by LEO II. GmbH & Co. KG from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Eurovision Services orchestrates the global media content value chain with outstanding hybrid network capabilities, servicing sports federations, right holders and media companies around the world and allowing hundreds of millions of viewers to enjoy high calibre (sports) events. The Company has presences in North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia to ensure coordination across time-zones and 24/7 service availability and employs approx. 250 employees. Among ES’s biggest customers are sports federations and right holders like UEFA, Formula 1 or the NBA.

The European Broadcasting Union is an alliance of public service media organisations. As of 2022, it is made up of 112 member organizations from 54 countries, and 30 associate members from further 19 countries. It was established in 1950 and has its administrative headquarters in Geneva.

The DUBAG team looks forward to re-creating value and is welcoming Eurovision Services into their portfolio.

“With the takeover of Eurovision Services we extend our portfolio with a promising venture. We are convinced ES will be the first-choice provider for event organizers, media organizations and sport federations. We are looking forward to a successful collaboration with all employees and customers.” says Emanuel Cattanei, Partner at DUBAG Group.

DUBAG Group is further growing dynamically 📈

1. February 2023

We are able to proudly look back on a very successful 2022 and sharing some of our major highlights:

🔵🫵🏼First of all, we are very happy that Jennifer Micheller, Marvin Brian, Moritz Rösger & Maximilian Thiel joined our team during 2022. Our new colleagues were already a valuable contribution to the team and the success of DUBAG in 2022.

🔵✔️Furthermore, we are proud of having successfully executed 5 transactions throughout the year, having contributed an additional EUR 400 million in revenue to our portfolio:

🔵✍🏼We added ATOZ Group and CATENSYS – Chain Drive Systems in July 2022 to our portfolio.

🔵✍🏼We signed the intended acquisition of Emitec G.m.b.H. October 2022, and

🔵🤝🏼We closed 2022 with 2 exciting transactions: On the one hand, we were able to find in DEBA a renown partner for the takeover of Holzwerke Pfarrkirchen GmbH. The transaction marks the first and very successful exit of our LEOII fund and for our investors within less than 3 years since inception. On the other hand, we signed the intended acquisition of a major player in the media and broadcasting environment, which we are super excited to officially disclose within the coming days, so stay tuned💥
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DUBAG welcomes Moritz Rösger to the team

20. October 2022

On October 1st 2022, Moritz Rösger joined the DUBAG team as Operations Manager.

Prior to joining DUBAG, Moritz worked as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte’s M&A Transaction Services team where he supported a variety of clients on different M&A-related projects such as Carve Outs or Post Merger Integrations. 

He started his career with a combined course of study at Hamburg Commercial Bank and Duale Hochschule Schleswig-Holstein from which he graduated with both a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a qualification as a banking professional.

We are delighted to have Moritz on the team!

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A short video about a long-term success story:

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