LONDON – Global law firm Reed Smith has advised ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners on an agreement to sell a majority stake in FAMAR to MidEuropa, a leading European private equity investor. FAMAR is a European contract development and manufacturing organisation servicing the pharmaceutical industry across a network of six manufacturing sites located across southern Europe with two complementary R&D centres, employing around 1,900 people.

The team at Reed Smith advising ECM Partners and Metric Capital Partners was led by Panos Katsambas and Milan Thakker, who were principally supported by counsel Matthew Bowen and senior associate Victoria Bryden. The Reed Smith team also included partners Guilain Hippolyte, Gareth Amdor, Michaela Westrup, David Ashmore, Natasha Tardif and Maccailein Campbell, as well as associates Saiya Guo, Alia Khalil, Marine Deyrolle, Marco Hazan, Melissa Maynard, Helen Penwill, and Nadja Rünzel.

ECM Partners is a leading investment firm with a strategic focus on Special Situations across the Central and Southeastern European regions.

Metric Capital Partners is a leading pan-European private capital fund manager.

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