White & Case advises Partners Group and Investec on financing of Duke Street’s acquisition of ForLife Group

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Partners Group, acting on behalf of its clients, and Investec Bank (Switzerland) AG on the financing of Duke Street LLP’s (Duke Street) acquisition of ForLife Group (ForLife).

With approximately 1,800 professionals and US$150 billion of assets under management, Partners Group offers investment programmes and customised mandates in private equity, private credit, infrastructure, real estate and royalties.

Investec is a global financial services company providing services including wealth management, asset management and investment banking.

ForLife specializes in the development, manufacture and distribution of medical products with a focus on ostomy care. It includes a development and production site in Berlin and fully integrated downstream direct sales organization Oakmed. ForLife was previously carved out of GHD GesundHeits GmbH Deutschland, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital that was advised by White & Case.

Duke Street is a leading UK private equity firm that has been investing in Western European companies for more than 20 years, focusing on the consumer goods, healthcare, industrial and technology and services sectors.

The White & Case team in Frankfurt which advised on the transaction was led by partner Andreas Lischka and local partner Markus Fischer and included partner Vanessa Schürmann, counsel Sascha Schmidt and associates Angela Fleck, Bethany Davies and Misbah Qamar.

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