Goodwin Procter announced that it acted as a financial advisor to Gilde Healthcare in its acquisition of Koscher & Würtz. The financial terms were not disclosed. 

Koscher & Würtz is a German medical device company that specializes in the manufacturing of precision surgical hand instruments. The company was founded in 1983. 

Gilde Healthcare is a specialized healthcare investor with two fund strategies: venture and growth and private equity fund. Gilde Healthcare Private Equity participates in profitable lower mid-market healthcare companies based in North-Western Europe. The Private Equity fund targets healthcare providers, suppliers of medical products and service providers in the healthcare market.  

Gilde Healthcare Venture & Growth invests in medtech, healthtech and therapeutics in Europe and North America. Gilde Healthcare Service is based in Utrecht, Netherlands and has offices in Cambridge, United States and Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 

According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction represents the 102nd Medical Devices acquisition of 2023. This is also the 35th transaction that Goodwin Procter has worked on in 2023.