28. July 2025

ARQIS provided comprehensive legal advice to CURA Unternehmensgruppe on the sale of its two clinic locations in Bad Saulgau, Baden-Württemberg. Following completion of the transaction, MEDIAN Group will take over Klinik am schönen Moos and Akutklinik Bad Saulgau from CURA, both specialized in acute psychosomatic and rehabilitation medicine. With around 150 employees, the facilities treat approximately 2,200 patients annually. The completion of the transaction is still subject to merger control approval.

CURA Unternehmensgruppe is a private provider of healthcare services and has been operating retirement and nursing homes as well as rehabilitation clinics since 1995. The group employs over 5,300 people at 46 locations across Germany.

MEDIAN Group is a leading European provider of services for mental health, specialized care and rehabilitation. With over 31,000 employees in 410 facilities in Germany, the UK and Spain, MEDIAN cares for more than 309,000 patients and residents annually.

An ARQIS team headed by Dr. Jörn-Christian Schulze advised CURA Unternehmensgruppe on all legal aspects of the transaction. The sale of the hospital sites was the result of a bidding process. Dr. Ulrich Lienhard, partner in the Real Estate practice at ARQIS, advised with a team on real estate law related aspects. ARQIS has provided legal support to CURA on numerous occasions. WMCF acted as M&A advisor to CURA.

Advisor to CURA Unternehmensgruppe
ARQIS (Dusseldorf): Core Deal Team: Dr. Jörn-Christian Schulze (Düsseldorf): Core Deal Team: Dr. Jörn-Christian Schulze (Partner, Lead), Severin Steffens (Managing Associate, both Transactions), Dr. Ulrich Lienhard (Partner, Real Estate), Partner: Thomas Chwalek (Transactions), Counsel: Jens Knipping, Dennis Reisich (Munich, both Tax), Martin Weingärtner (HR.Law), Managing Associates: Laura Ally Rizzi, Dr. Maximilian Backhaus (both Transactions), Tim Bresemann (Real Estate), Marina Bumeder (HR.Law, Munich), Luise Schüling (Regulatory), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Associates: Dr. Bernhard Gröhe (Regulatory), Lia Papismedova (Real Estate), Senior Legal Specialist: Qing Xia (Transactions)