Shearman & Sterling has advised Bayerische Landesbank on financing the acquisition of the camano group by the private equity investor AFINUM.

Camano – family run until now and based in Pleinfeld, Franconia – is one of Germany's largest hosiery manufacturers and suppliers and an official licensee of the fashion brand s.Oliver. AFINUM is one of the leading medium-size private equity investors in the German-speaking market.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partner Winfried M. Carli, counsel Matthias Weissinger and associate Andreas Breu (all Frankfurt-Finance).