Kaffee Partner Holding GmbH has completed a US$90 million all-senior debt refinancing

Kaffee Partner Holding GmbH, a portfolio company of funds consulted by the two Swiss-based private equity firms Capvis Equity Partners and Partners Group, has completed a debt refinancing transaction amounting to US$90 million.

Kaffee Partner, headquartered in Osnabrück, Germany, is the nationwide market leader in commercial coffee supply to small and medium-sized companies. The successful company distributes a broad range of brewing systems and offers its 70,000 commercial customers comprehensive one-stop services. In addition to coffee machines, the company also distributes a range of water dispensing systems.

Oaklins' team in Germany advised Kaffee Partner on a refinancing transaction amounting to US$90 million. The team acted as the exclusive financial advisor in the recapitalization. The German team had previously advised Kaffee Partner on its primary buy-out with Bridgepoint in 2002, the secondary buy-out with Odewald in 2005, the add-on acquisition of i-Punkt in 2007 and the tertiary buy-out with Capvis and Partners Group in 2010.