IK Partners to acquire Lohoff – H&Z advised conducting Commercial Due Diligence and Digital Due Diligence
IK Partners (“IK”) has announced that the IK Small Cap III (“IK SC III”) Fund has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lohoff Pension Services GmbH (“Lohoff” or “the Company”), a German specialist provider of occupational pension administration solutions, from the founding family.
During the transaction process H&Z advised on the commercial due diligence (CDD), as well as on the digital due diligence (Digi.-DD) via its subsidiary H&Z.digital.
Founded in 1992 headquartered in Isernhagen, Germany, Lohoff is a full-service provider of occupational pension administration solutions, offering its clients and their employees a comprehensive, fully digitalised and software-enabled pension administration platform. The Company primarily focuses on managing complex occupational pension schemes for large corporations.
With IK’s support, Lohoff plans to strengthen its market position by expanding its product and software offerings across existing verticals and complementary service areas, while continuing to invest in operational scalability, systems enhancements and digital infrastructure.
Team H&Z (CDD): Dr. Markus Contzen (Partner M&A Advisory und Private Equity), Sascha Tagliaferri, Tobias Kanski
Team H&Z.digital (Digi.-DD): Richard Ranftl (Partner H&Z.digital), Anton Biller, Morten Finck