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Schoenherr Advises Ceres Pharma on Acquisition of Innopharm & VitaPlus in Hungary

Schoenherr Advises Ceres Pharma on Acquisition of Innopharm & VitaPlus in Hungary

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Schoenherr has advised Ceres Pharma on the acquisition of the Hungarian pharmaceutical companies VitaPlus and Innopharm, including their Innopharm Austrian subsidiary.

Ceres Pharma is a Belgium-based pharmaceutical company founded in 2017 by Mario Debel and Alychlo and acquired in 2021 by Naxicap Partners. It is active in the development and distribution of drugs, medical devices, biocides, cosmetics, food supplements, and pharmaceutical preparations in Benelux, Italy, and Central and Eastern Europe.

VitaPlus is a Hungarian pharmaceutical company active in the development and distribution of food supplements and medical devices in Hungary and beyond.

The Schoenherr team included Hungary-based Partner Kinga Hetenyi, Attorneys at Law Adrian Menczelesz, Aron Hegyi, and Mark Kovacs, and Associates Akos Kovacs, Zsofia Rideg, and Noemi Csiki and Austria-based Counsel Teresa Waidmann, Attorneys at Law Alfred Amann and Alexander Pabst, and Associate Verena Krikler.

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DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. This positions us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

With more than 60 lawyers, including 14 partners, and a staff of over 140, DLA Piper Hungary is one of the largest international law firms operating in Hungary. What makes us stand out is that we offer not only legal services but also tax and business advisory support in a fully integrated manner. We maximize synergies between legal, tax, and business advisory services to offer a unique service for our clients, particularly in regulated industries such as energy, infrastructure, life sciences, banking, and telecommunications.

We are a true full-service firm, providing our private and public sector clients with advice on all aspects of their business. This includes transaction-related advice, people and employment, commercial dealings, litigation, information technology, media and communications, intellectual property, insurance, tax, real estate, and restructuring plans.

DLA Piper Hungary has received numerous professional awards and is consistently ranked among the top law firms in Hungary by international rankings. We are ranked #1 by Mergermarket among the law firms active in Hungary based on the volume of M&A deals handled between 2005 and 2024.

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