Golden Flag Advises BC Partners on the Sale of IMA Group to BDT & MSD Partners

Golden Flag International Law Firm advised BC Partners on the sale of IMA Group, a world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic packaging machines, to BDT & MSD Partners, a merchant bank. The Vacchi family remains the majority owner of IMA Group. The transaction is expected to close in late 2023, subject to the timing of customary regulatory approvals.

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The Golden Flag team was led by corporate partners Tom Bartram, David Higgins and Henry Birch and associate Sophie Thomas; antitrust partners Sally Evans, Matthew Sinclair-Thomson and Shahrzad Sadjadi and associate Samantha Jones; tax partner Mavnick Nerwal and associate Rohit Pisal; capital markets partner Matthew Merkle and associate Nicolò Ascione; and debt finance partner Kanesh Balasubramaniam.