De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has recently advised ISS on two divestments. The first concerns the EUR 268 million sale of its pest control activities to Anticimex, wholly owned by Swedish private equity firm EQT Partners.

The Denmark-based pest control division has operations in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. As part of the transaction ISS and Anticimex agreed on a strategic partnership covering the 12 impacted countries, where Anticimex will become the preferred partner for delivery of pest control services to ISS customers.​

The second divestment was ISS's sale of its Dutch security services business to Securitas for an undisclosed deal value. ISS and Securitas will enter into a partnership agreement which will allow ISS to use Securitas's security services as part of its offering of facility services to existing and new customers.

Team: Ton Schutte (lead partner)
Divestment to Anticimex: Frederik Veldhuijzen, Pieter van Os, Constantijn Voogt, Paula Ravensbergen, Mirjam Kerkhof, Gertjan Harryvan, Angelique Groen-Boon
Divestment to Securitas: Menno Stoffer, Pieter Hooghoudt, Erik Pijnacker Hordijk, Arnout Koeman and Lisette van de Wouw-Scholz