Taylor Wessing advises Macquarie Capital on € 15 million financing round for Lieferando
Berlin-based online meal delivery platform lieferando.de has closed a € 15 million financing round led by Australian investor Macquarie Capital Group Limited. Lieferando has attracted approximately € 20 million in investment since its launch in 2009 and with the current financing round the company for the first time secures the support of Macquarie Capital, part of Macquarie Group, the global financial institution. In addition to Macquarie Capital, the existing shareholders BCM Bruker Capital Mangement, Doultin, DuMont Venture, INVESTER Private Equity, KfW, Mountain Super Angel and Rheingau Ventures also participated in the current financing round.
Lieferando is part of yd.yourdelivery GmbH, which operates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Poland with its online meal order platforms. yd.yourdelivery GmbH is working with more than 8,800 delivery partners across its European markets.
Macquarie Capital Group provides corporate advisory, equity, debt and capital markets services as well as undertaking principal investing activities. Macquarie Capital has offices in more than 24 countries including the world’s major financial centres. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group employs more than 14,200 people in 28 countries. At 31 March 2012, Macquarie had assets under management of € 254 billion.
Taylor Wessing partner Michael Stein (Corporate), together with Frankfurt based lawyer Dr Erich Michel, advised Macquarie Capital on the legal aspects of this transaction.
Further team members from Taylor Wessing were Stephan Doom (Senior Associate, Corporate), Dr Kai Westerwelle (Partner, IT), Thomas Kahl (Associate, IT), Marcus Hartmann (Partner, IP), Dr Nikolai Voß (Associate, IP), Dr Gregor Staechelin (Partner, Commercial), Dr Sabine Bechtel (Partner, Employment), Claus Goedecke (Partner, Banking & Finance), Dr Eva Marie Lischka (Associate, Banking & Finance), Dr Anja Disput (Partner, Real Estate) (all Frankfurt) as well as Dr Philipp von Hülsen (Partner, Competition, EU & Trade, Düsseldorf).
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Lawyers Michael Stein, Stephan Doom, Dr. Kai Westerwelle, Thomas Kahl, Marcus Hartmann, Dr. Nikolai Voß, Dr. Gregor Staechelin, Dr. Sabine Bechtel, Claus Goedecke, Dr. Eva Marie Lischka, Dr. Anja Disput, Dr. Philipp von Hülsen, M. Jur (Oxon.)
