09. January 2026

ARQIS advised the Swiss investor group CONSTELLATION CAPITAL on all legal aspects of the acquisition of Abresch Industrieverpackung GmbH. Abresch Industrieverpackung GmbH will become part of the ARCA Group, which belongs to CONSTELLATION CAPITAL. With this step, ARCA Holding GmbH is systematically expanding the ARCA network for industrial packaging solutions and strengthening its own presence in southwestern Germany. Through the merger, Abresch Verpackung will benefit from expanded development potential, the ARCA Group's supraregional network and the associated diversified customer portfolio.

Abresch Industrieverpackung GmbH, based in Viernheim, employs over 50 people and is one of the established providers of industrial packaging solutions in southwestern Germany. The company has strengths in process-oriented cooperation with industrial customers. The focus is on factory packaging, intralogistics, series packaging and spare parts management for demanding industrial applications.

ARCA Holding GmbH, a group of CONSTELLATION CAPITAL, is to be expanded into the market leader in the field of wooden packaging and packaging services in German-speaking countries. ARCA's focus is on implementing a consolidation strategy to create a coherent network of mutually beneficial companies offering tailor-made packaging solutions and services.

CONSTELLATION CAPITAL AG is a Swiss investor group formed in 1992 and based in Freienbach on Lake Zurich. CONSTELLATION pursues a buy & build strategy that focuses on majority investments in medium-sized companies in the business services, education & lifestyle and healthcare sectors in the DACH region.

An ARQIS team headed by Dr. Lars Laeger provided comprehensive legal advice to CONSTELLATION CAPITAL on this transaction. The team advises CONSTELLATION CAPITAL on all platform acquisitions for the ARCA Group in legal and tax matters as well as on acquisition financing. ARQIS also provided legal advice on the acquisition of the platform.

ARQIS (Dusseldorf): Dr. Lars Laeger ARQIS (Düsseldorf): Dr. Lars Laeger (Partner, Transactions, Lead), Partner: Johannes Landry (Financing), Dr. Ulrich Lienhard (Real Estate), Counsel: Christian Judis (Compliance, Munich), Jens Knipping (Tax), Franziska Leubner (Munich), Martin Weingärtner (both HR Law), Nora Stratmann (Commercial, Munich), Managing Associates: David Hudde (Transactions), Tim Bresemann (Real Estate), Johanna Klingen (Data Law), Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Associates: Dr. Lina Alami (Munich), Dr. Tim Weill (both HR Law), Rebecca Gester (Commercial, Munich), Paulina Hüttner, Dr. Julia Wildgans (both IP, Munich), Lia Papismedova (Real Estate)