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Wednesday 21st February 2007

Leading private equity firm SJ Berwin LLP advised Beaufort Capital GmbH on the closing of its independent private equity fund BO4 Investment Partnership I GmbH & Co. KG. The fund has attracted well-known international investors and has secured commitments for €60 million. The fund will focus on minority investments into medium-sized technologically innovative companies in the German-speaking area/in Germany and its neighbouring countries.

Beaufort Capital was founded in the year 2000 and focuses on management and consulting services for private equity funds. Beaufort Capital is independent and owned by its partners Anja Moje, Dr. Johann David Herstatt and Stefan Friese.

The SJ Berwin team was led by corporate partner Dr. Jan Dirk Heerma assisted by Dr. Christian Schatz (tax law) and Simon Hans-Jörg Mag. iur. (corporate).

For further information please contact:

Dr. Jan Dirk Heerma on +49 (0)30 88 71 71 44 or by emailing jan.dirk.heerma@sjberwin.com 
Aurelia Spivey on +44 (0)20 7111 2060 or by emailing aurelia.spivey@sjberwin.com
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Founded in 1982, SJ Berwin is a leading City corporate and commercial law firm with more than 450 lawyers working across its offices in London, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Turin, with 23 full-time funds formation partners across Europe.

With more than 200 corporate finance lawyers, the depth and breadth of expertise of our pan-European Corporate Finance Department is considerable.  We offer the complete range of corporate finance services, which extends to all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A and buy-outs, private equity, equity capital markets, financial services and tax.

In particular, the SJ Berwin funds formation team has been heavily involved in a number of secondary transactions both at primary fund and direct investment level and whether using conventional or so-called ‘synthetic’ transactions.

SJ Berwin was created and thrives as a leading-edge legal services business, focusing on the European and international market place. Our clients are sophisticated buyers of legal services, principally entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions, whom we advise on a comprehensive range of services including Corporate Finance, Commercial, Real Estate, Banking, Reconstruction & Insolvency, Financial Services, Litigation, Employment & Pensions, EU & Competition and Tax.

Our approach has resulted in the firm winning a number of recent awards including “Fund Formation Team of the Year” 2006 at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Private Equity Advisory Services, “Law Firm of the Year" 2005 at the EVCA/Real Deals European Private Equity Awards,” European Law Firm of the Year" (fund formation) by subscribers to PrivateEquityOnline and Private Equity International, "Private Equity Law Firm of the Year 2004"  at the European Venture Capital journal awards 2004, "LBO Firm of the Year" 2004 at the Finance and Law Awards in Paris, "Real Estate Team of the Year" at The Lawyer Awards 2004, and "World's Leading Firm for Private Funds Expertise" in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2003/4.

SJ Berwin LLP was named ‘UK Firm of the Year’ at the 2005 Legal Week Awards on 30th November. The awards recognised SJ Berwin’s five years of international expansion and its involvement in a series of high quality deals.

In April 2005 Head of Private Equity, Jonathan Blake, was named Global Lawyer of the Year in the Private Funds category by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2004/2005. In November 2004, Jonathan Blake, was admitted to the British Venture Capital Association “Hall of Fame” for his services to the private equity industry over the last 20 years.

On 1 June 2005, SJ Berwin became SJ Berwin LLP, a limited liability partnership.  www.sjberwin.com.  SJ Berwin LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris and Turin.