03 Dec 2025

GÖRG Advises DRS Investment SE on Acquisition Financing for Purchase of Aurena GmbH

"GÖRG and Greenlake Legal advised DRS Investment SE on acquisition financing to acquire Aurena GmbH. DRS will become the new majority owner; Aurena founder Karl Kühberger remains a minority shareholder and managing director. DRS plans to accelerate growth and expand in Germany through organic measures and complementary acquisitions."

GÖRG and Greenlake Legal advised DRS Investment SE on the acquisition financing for the purchase of Aurena GmbH. The transaction involves DRS Investment SE, a private investment company focused on software and technology-based service companies, acquiring a majority stake in Aurena GmbH. Founded in 2012 and based in Styria, Aurena is Austria's leading auction service provider for large-volume asset liquidations, operating an online platform that auctions used goods from insolvencies, business closures, estates and clearance sales. The company currently employs more than 180 people. As part of the acquisition, DRS will become the new majority owner while Aurena founder Karl Kühberger will remain as a minority shareholder and managing director. DRS intends to accelerate Aurena's growth and drive expansion in Germany, pursuing both organic growth and complementary acquisitions as part of a buy-and-build strategy. GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB represented DRS Investment SE with a team composed by: Dr Thomas Lange (Lead, Partner, Financing, Cologne); Dr Adalbert Rödding, LL.M. (Partner, Tax Law, Cologne); Julia Restani, LL.M. (Senior Associate, Financing, Frankfurt am Main); Nele Motzek (Senior Associate, Financing, Cologne); Jannik Gesekus (Associate, Financing, Cologne). Greenlake Legal represented DRS Investment SE with a team composed by its Austrian counsel.
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