Taylor Wessing advises fund managed by ECM in its investment in YellowFox GmbH

German Equity Partners V (GEP V), a fund managed by independent German investment company ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH (ECM), has invested in the telematics software provider YellowFox GmbH (YellowFox) in the context of a partnership investment. A team led by the two Frankfurt partners Dr. Lars-Gerrit Lüßmann and Dr. Michael Lamsa of the international law firm Taylor Wessing advised GEP V in the investment in YellowFox. The parties have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.

ECM is a trusted partner for medium-sized companies and entrepreneurs in DACH region. Since 1995, ECM has raised the GEP I-V equity funds with a total volume of more than €1 billion and is currently investing from the fifth fund GEP V (€325 million). The funds invest primarily in leading medium-sized companies with attractive growth potential in the course of succession arrangements, partnership investments and corporate spin-offs.