Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
McWin Partners s.r.o; L'Osteria SE
BWB/Z-6198
On 08.02.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
McWin Partners s.r.o., Czech Republic, indirectly through McWin Restaurant Master HoldCo S.á.r.l, Luxembourg, intends to acquire 66% of the shares in and sole control over FR L'Osteria SE, Germany. This transaction also concerns the indirect acquisition of 90% of the shares in and sole control over L’Osteria Private Brands GmbH, Germany.
The concentration concerns full-service restaurants and franchise systems for food services.
Industry sector: I - Gastgewerbe/Beherbergung und Gastronomie
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.03.2023.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 09.03.2023 .