Latham & Watkins Advised DECATHLON PULSE on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Bikeleasing Group
Latham & Watkins Advised DECATHLON PULSE on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Bikeleasing Group
Latham & Watkins LLP has advised DECATHLON PULSE, a fully owned subsidiary of global leading sports brand DECATHLON, on an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Bikeleasing Group. The transaction involves the acquisition of approximately 65% of Bikeleasing Group, including the 52% stake currently held by Brockhaus Technologies AG. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026 and is subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of the shareholders’ meeting of Brockhaus Technologies AG.
DECATHLON PULSE is the investment arm and startup studio of DECATHLON. Bikeleasing Group is one of the leading providers of sustainable bicycle mobility and modern employee benefits in German-speaking countries. The Group will continue to operate as an independent entity with its established brands, including Probonio, Bike2Future, Lesora, and Bikeleasing.
The Latham & Watkins team was led by Frankfurt M&A Maximilian Platzer (Partner), and Christina Mann (Partner), with Katharina Intfeld (Associate), Lara Stelmach (Associate), Nils Horst (Associate), and Antanas Grimalauskas (Associate). Advice was also provided on antitrust matters by Paris Adrien Giraud (Partner), and Düsseldorf Tilman Kuhn (Partner), with Kamilla Zembala (Associate) on financial regulatory matters by Frankfurt Axel Schiemann (Partner), with Lasse Winzer (Associate), and Marie Claire Mollenkopf (Associate) on capital markets matters by Frank Bierwirth (Counsel), on tax matters by Munich Ulf Kieker (Partner), with Henning Kleymann (Associate), on real estate matters by Sven Nickel (Counsel), with Marie-Christine Welp (Associate), on finance matters by Munich Christian Jahn (Partner), with Thomas Stüber (Associate), and Valentin Mezger (Associate), on litigation matters by Viviane Opitz (Associate), on ESG matters by London Paul Davies (Partner), and Michael Green (Partner), with Toon Dictus (Associate), on IP matters by Frankfurt Susan Kempe-Müller (Partner), with Andreas Wolf (Associate), on data protection law matters by Wolf-Tassilo Böhm (Counsel), with Clemens Ganz (Associate), and Cenk Nickel (Associate), on employment matters by Munich Tobias Leder (Partner), with Julian Traub (Associate), on compliance matters by Stefan Bartz (Counsel), and on regulatory matters by Joachim Grittmann (Counsel). Local counsel advice was provided by E+H Rechtsanwälte GmbH.
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