Rödl & Partner Romania advises Austrian Group KUHN within the acquisition of MARCOM

Bucharest, Romania, 24.3.2022: Rödl & Partner successfully assisted the Austrian Kuhn Group, a dynamic market player leading strategic areas of construction machinery, with the acquisition of Marcom RMC'94 SRL, a Romanian family company. Marcom RMC'94 SRL is one of most important distributors in the field of construction and industrial equipment operating on the Romanian market. Rödl & Partner's professionals provided the complete mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory throughout all stages of the transaction. The transaction shaped as an opportunity for Kuhn Group to explore new strategic locations and expansion into emerging attractive international markets.

Rödl & Partner's assignment included legal assistance on all stages of the acquisition process – due diligence, negotiation of transaction documents, closing – as well as tax and financial assistance on the due diligence process. Bogdan Frățilă, Managing Partner of Rödl & Partner Romania, coordinated the multidisciplinary team of lawyers, tax consultants and financial advisors, which included Ioan Radu, Associate Partner and Co-Head Legal, Andreea Stănică, Associate Partner and Head of Tax and Cătălin Ghiță, Associate Partner and Head of Audit. The negotiation of transaction documents was closely assisted by Bogdan Frățilă and Ioan Radu.

About KUHN Group

Kuhn is an Austrian family-owned company founded by Günter Kuhn in 1973. The headquarter of the globally active company is located in Eugendorf, near Salzburg. The Kuhn Group is divided into three strategic organizational units: construction machines, material handling and EMCO (production of metal working machines). All three areas operate independently of each other in organizational and operational terms and are organized both in Austria and internationally by separate companies under the umbrella of Advisor KUHN Group. In 2019, the Group recorded an annual turnover of more than 600 million Euro. Kuhn is a top performer in this particular industry, setting the course for intelligent construction. Currently, the Group operates in 53 branches with six production sites and employs around 1,600 people.

About MARCOM RMC'94 SRL

Marcom is a Romanian company founded in 1992 based on the solid principles of a family business. The company has grown into a leading distributor of industrial and construction equipment manufactured by famous companies with tradition in this sector. The history of Marcom is closely linked to the development of the construction sector in Romania. With more than 60 employees, Marcom supports clients by distributing a wide range of equipment and machinery.

Advisor KUHN Group

Rödl & Partner Romania

Bogdan Fratila, Attorney at law and Partner, project coordinator and teamleader

Legal

Ioan Radu, Associate Partner, Attorney at law, Co-Head of Legal

Iulia Rezeanu Baron, Senior Associate, Attorney at law

Andreea Lates, Attorney at law

Tax

Andreea Stanica, Associate Partner, CCF, ADIT, Tax Consultant, Head of Tax

Dragos Badescu, VAT -Manager

Robert Muscoi, Senior Tax Consultant

Financial

Catalin Ghita, Associate Partner, Auditor, CPA, Tax Consultant, Head of Audit

Marilena Hamza, Senior Audit Manager, Auditor, Tax Consultant

Madalina Sarban, Audit Manager