Astera Legal advised T2Y Capital on the financing of the acquisition of a majority stake in ACKERMANN Anwendungstechnik & Vorrichtungsbau GmbH (“ACKERMANN”), a European leader in high-voltage testing systems. The financing will be provided by NORD/LB who are advised by Noerr. The company’s existing management team will reinvest a significant stake alongside T2Y Capital, underscoring their conviction in ACKERMANN’s growth trajectory.
Headquartered in Weinstadt (Germany), the testing specialist and system integrator combines deep high-voltage expertise with advanced automation know-how. Its team of more than 40 technicians and engineers serves blue-chip global cable component and energy infrastructure OEMs, with a consistent pattern of expanding from initial installations to long-term, multi-site partnerships.
This makes ACKERMANN a natural fit for T2Y Capital’s focus on market-leading companies at critical nodes of the energy transition value chain and its portfolio of high-voltage and grid-infrastructure relevant companies, including Wetrax, Prime Batteries and Tretau.
T2Y Capital will help ACKERMANN scale operations, accelerating its profitable growth.
Background: T2Y Capital is a buyout and growth investor focused on the energy transition and adjacent industries. The fund aims to scale innovative companies with a proven business model by providing capital and expertise, thereby generating superior returns for its investors. T2Y Capital invests along the entire value chain and helps to build European champions in the energy transition. As an SFDR Article 9 fund, T2Y Capital meets the highest standards of the EU Disclosure Regulation. The Munich-based investment firm was founded in 2022 by former investment bankers Patrick Bettscheider and Andreas Haindl. Bettscheider was the founder and majority shareholder of the European investment boutique MainFirst Bank AG and subsequently majority shareholder of Kommunalkredit Austria AG from 2015 to 2024. Haindl was CEO of MainFirst and previously held positions at Deutsche Bank and McKinsey.
Advisors T2Y Capital
Astera Legal (Financing Legal)
Isabell Hitzer (Partner)
Benedikt Ruck (Senior Associate)
Daniel Kriesmair (Associate)
Claudia Kupka (Transaction Analyst)
yami advisory (Debt Advisory)
Andreas Schmidt (Director)
Alexander Wehrhahn (Associate Director)
Advisors NORD/LB
Noerr
Michael Schuhmacher, LL. M. (Partner)
Pinar Turkac-Christmann (Associated Partner)
Doreen Pape (Counsel)
Paulina von Hülsen (Associate)
About Astera Legal
Astera Legal is a high-end boutique law firm specializing in advising on all types of national and international complex financing structures and restructurings. The experienced team is one of the leading units for acquisition financing in Germany with an excellent track record. Clients include private equity firms, debt funds and financial institutions, as well as nationally and internationally operating companies. With its international network, Astera Legal offers a real alternative to major law firms.
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Isabell Hitzer
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isabell.hitzer@astera-legal.com