Martijn van de Hel and Annabel Kingma have assisted Standard Investment in obtaining approval from the ACM and the Bundeskartellamt for the acquisition of New Office Centre Beheer.
Standard Investment is an investment company that has portfolio companies in several different sectors. New Office Centre Beheer is a supplier of office supplies to small and medium-sized B2B customers, freelancers, micro-enterprises and B2C customers.
The acquisition of New Office Centre Beheer by Standard Investment was notified to the ACM on 31 May 2021. The ACM approved the acquisition on 8 June 2021. The acquisition was also notified to the Bundeskartellamt in Germany on 31 May 2021. The Bundeskartellamt approved the acquisition the following day, on 1 June 2021.
