NWI Acquires Interest in Maturus Finance GmbH

NWI Nordwest Industrie Finance GmbH, a holding of Bremen-based Zech Group, acquires an interest in Maturus Finance GmbH, a bank independent leasing company headquartered in Hamburg. Maturus Finance developed an innovative business model of property-based financing by means of sale & leaseback of used mobile assets which it offers primarily to medium-sized companies. Due to its large expertise in the evaluation of assets (in particular, machines and equipment), financing is largely independent of their clients' credit rating.

Internationally active Zech Group deals in construction, real estate, hotel development and operation, environment/technology as well as in industry holdings and now expands its business activities to the leasing area. The material interest acquired in Maturus Finance also occurs with a view to the turmoil currently prevalent in worldwide financial markets.  The injection of fresh capital will allow Maturus to accept heavily expanding business even better and to develop alternative financing options.

Legal advice to MATURUS Finance GmbH was provided by Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Dr. Stefan Duhnkrack, Hamburg (Corporate, M&A).

For information: Zech Group was represented by its corporate counsel, attorney Christoph Möller.