Outpatient healthcare: Meliva consistently pursues buy & build strategy with support from Luther

Since 1 October 2024, Gelenkzentrum Rhein-Main GmbH, a specialised healthcare provider in the field of extremity surgery and orthopaedics at the Hochheim, Wiesbaden and Mainz locations, with almost 150 employees, has been part of the Meliva GmbH group. A total of almost 16 doctors, 10 of whom are highly specialised surgeons, offer the complete spectrum of conservative and, in particular, surgical orthopaedics and trauma surgery. The takeover of the individual operations by Meliva GmbH is intended to ensure stable and sustainable healthcare in the region.

With the acquisition of the joint clinic in Hochheim, also on 1 October 2024, the Meliva Joint Centre Rhine-Main now also has an independently operated private clinic for surgical outpatient and inpatient procedures. This means that Meliva GmbH has not only succeeded in expanding its local and national presence, but also in developing its interdisciplinary health network.

Luther's experienced health care team, led by transaction specialists Dr Oliver Kairies, Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy and Dr Karina Wojtowicz, carried out the transaction for the Meliva Group, negotiated the respective transaction contracts with the various seller parties and provided comprehensive advice on the implementation of the transaction. The Luther team was also able to fully utilise its expertise in medical law and regulatory matters, particularly in connection with the complex transfer of practice structures to several medical care centres and the establishment of a cross-regional care structure (i.e. care across the regions of several associations of statutory health insurance physicians).

About Meliva:

Meliva GmbH is a group company of the Finnish Mehiläinen Oy, one of the largest providers of health and social services in Finland with around 37,000 employees. CVC Capital Partners is currently the largest shareholder in Mehiläinen. Luther has already supported Mehiläinen's expansion into Germany through the acquisition of the Dalberg Klinik and other significant acquisitions to expand its business.

On behalf of Meliva GmbH:

Luther, Corporate/M&A: Dr Oliver Kairies (Partner), Dr Karina Wojtowicz (Senior Associate), Dr Daniel Schubmann (Counsel)

Luther, Panel Doctor Law/Private Clinic Law: Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy (Counsel), Frances Wolf (Senior Associate), Martina Steude, LL.M. (Senior Associate)

Luther, Construction and Real Estate: Dr Thomas Gohrke (Partner), Tatjana Giutronich, LL.M. (Senior Associate)

Luther, Labour: Dr Eva Rütz, LL.M. (Partner), Lisa Kraayvanger (Senior Associate)

Luther, IP/IT: Dr Kay Oelschlägel (Partner), Dr Christian Rabe (Senior Associate)

Luther, Merger Control Law: Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (Partner)