Landsteiner has restructured its debt and received an equity injection from BID Group
June 2023 — Landsteiner Scientific has completed the successful restructuring of US$190 million of debt under Chapter 11 and has received an equity injection of US$ 20 million from BID Group.
Founded in 1998, Landsteiner is a Mexican pharmaceutical company leader on the development, manufacture and distribution of generic and biotechnological healthcare products. The company operates two state-of-the-art pharmaceutical plants. Landsteiner has over 100 registered molecules from 16 different therapeutic areas and has over 200 different product presentations.
BID Group is an investment fund founded in Mexico City. The group consists of seven business units successfully built over the past 25 years: payroll loan, financial services, IT projects, energy/power supply, construction and operation of infrastructures, venture capital and medical supply solutions.
Our role in the transaction
Oaklins’ team in Mexico acted as the financial advisor to Landsteiner Scientific in the debt restructuring as well as in the structuring of the stock acquisition by BID Group.
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