Press Release: Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of CPA by Cinven

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of George Topco Limited (CPA), a Jersey company active in patent renewal services related to intellectual property rights (IPr), by Cinven, a private equity fund.

The Commission approved the transaction in particular because there is no overlap between the activities of CPA and any of the companies in the Cinven portfolio, and the limited vertical relationships which are existing between the parties are not capable to cause any anticompetitive effect.