Cross-border team advises Sanner Group on Springboard Pro acquisition

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Sanner Group (Sanner), a healthcare packaging manufacturer and medical device CDMO headquartered in Germany, on its acquisition of UK medical device design and development specialist Springboard Pro. 

The acquisition will enhance the design and development capabilities of Sanner – a portfolio company of specialist healthcare investor Global Healthcare Opportunities, or GHO Capital Partners LLP - supporting its continued growth in the MedTech and Diagnostic CDMO segments.

The Norton Rose Fulbright team advising on the deal included London-based Partner Claire O’Donnell and Associate Carl Boulva, Frankfurt-based Partner Nils Rahlf, and Munich-based Senior Associate Alexander Mathes.

Partner Claire O’Donnell said:

“We were delighted to assist our client Sanner with this strategically important deal, which will help to support its ongoing growth within the medical technology, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals sectors.”

Norton Rose Fulbright’s global corporate, M&A and securities practice advises corporations and financial institutions across the full spectrum of industry matters, including public takeovers, private M&A, joint ventures, disposals, debt and equity capital markets, governance, general commercial and corporate advisory matters. Its lawyers, who are located in more than 50 offices across the world, are well positioned to provide strategic, business-oriented legal advice on complex domestic, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions in both emerging and developed markets. In the M&A space, the firm regularly represents buyers, sellers, financial advisers, funds and shareholders.