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3 March 2025
WTS Group (“WTS” or the “Company”), a full-service provider of tax and complementary financial advisory services, and EQT, a global private equity firm, have today announced that the EQT X Fund (“EQT”) has become an anchor investor in WTS as part of a long-term strategic partnership. EQT and WTS aim to significantly accelerate the Company’s growth and jointly build a champion in the tax advisory industry.
The strategic partnership is rooted in a shared vision that aims to create a tax advisory champion in Europe with a global reach, with EQT’s capital and M&A expertise used to fuel inorganic growth. This includes strengthening the international tax practice WTS Global and making further investment in new technologies, as well as expanding the breadth of complementary financial advisory services focussed on Office of the CFO activities.
The closing of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to take place in the summer of 2025.
Hengeler Mueller advises EQT comprehensively on the transaction.
Hengeler Mueller-team for EQT
Corporate/M&A/Professional law: Daniel Möritz (Munich), Katharina Hesse (Düsseldorf, both lead, both partner), Ingo Albert (Düsseldorf), Moritz Weidemann, Patrick Hell (both Munich, all senior associate), Rebecca Schlottmann, Alexander Bömer (both associate, both Munich),
Tax: Gunther Wagner (partner), Carina Kämpf (senior associate, both Munich),
Antitrust: Sarah Milde (partner, Munich), Wanja Leo Guenther (associate, Düsseldorf).
