AS Adventure Group, a portfolio company of French private Equity fund PAI, has acquired the majority of the shares in YEAH! AG, which operates inter alia the McTREK stores. The consummation of the transaction is subject to antitrust approval.

AS Adventure Group is currently active in 6 countries with a total turnover of over EUR 500 million.

McTREK is a successful outdoor retailer in Germany with 39 stores and a fast-growing web shop with a total turnover of more than EUR 50 million.

The founder and CEO of McTREK, Ulrich Dausien, was also the founder of Jack Wolfskin.

Transaction Advisors
The Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP team was led by Dr. Axel Wahl and Mario Schmidt (both Corporate, Frankfurt) and included partners Susanne Zuehlke (Antitrust, Brussels), Dr. Bettina Bokeloh (Tax) and Dr. Christian Rolf (HR, both Frankfurt) as well as the associates Johannes Eckhardt, Adrian Dengler, Dr. Stefan Bührle, Lukas Nein (all Corporate) and Tim Bulian (HR, all Frankfurt).

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Frankfurt am Main, August 14, 2017