Gleiss Lutz advised the French IT service provider Atos SE on the acquisition of the Unify group. Unify is a joint venture between Siemens AG owning 49 percent and the U.S. financial investor Gores Group owning 51 percent. Atos will acquire 100 percent of the shares in Unify. The parties agreed to keep the purchase price confidential.
Unify is the number three world leader of integrated communication solutions. The company was formed in 2008 as Siemens Enterprise Communications with headquarters in Munich and currently generates with business activities in more than 60 countries and 5,600 employees a revenue of € 1.2 billion.
Public listed Atos SE is a leader in digital services with 2014 pro forma annual revenue of approx. € 11 billion and 93,000 employees in 72 countries.
Closing of the transaction is subject to approvals of regulatory and antitrust authorities and is expected in the first calendar quarter of 2016.
Atos was advised by the following team of Gleiss Lutz lawyers: Martin Hitzer (Partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Jan Bauer (Partner, Frankfurt, both lead), Dr. Thomas Menke (Partner, Düsseldorf, all Corporate/M&A), Dr. Tim Weber (Partner, Real Estate, Frankfurt), Dr. Steffen Krieger (Partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Jens Günther (Partner, Munich, both Employment), Dr. Johann Wagner (Partner, Hamburg), Dr. Alexander Werder, (Partner, Stuttgart, both Tax), Dr. Matthias Sonntag (Partner, Intellectual Property, Düsseldorf), Dr. Andreas Spahlinger, Dr. Matthias Tresselt (both Partner, Stuttgart), Dr. Alexander Nagel (Düsseldorf, all Restructuring), Frank Schlobach (Banking and Finance, Frankfurt), Dr. Niels Lutzhöft (Intellectual Property, Munich), Dr. Hendrik Marchal (Tax, Hamburg), Beate Kirchner, Dr. Hilmar Hütten (both Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf).
Der Vollzug der Transaktion steht noch unter dem Vorbehalt der Genehmigung durch die Kartell- und Aufsichtsbehörden und soll voraussichtlich im ersten Quartal des Kalenderjahres 2016 abgeschlossen werden.
Für Atos war das folgende Gleiss Lutz-Team tätig: Martin Hitzer (Partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Jan Bauer (Partner, Frankfurt, beide Federführung), Dr. Thomas Menke (Partner, Düsseldorf, alle Gesellschaftsrecht/M&A), Dr. Tim Weber (Partner, Immobilienrecht, Frankfurt), Dr. Steffen Krieger (Partner, Düsseldorf), Dr. Jens Günther (Partner, München, beide Arbeitsrecht), Dr. Johann Wagner (Partner, Hamburg), Dr. Alexander Werder, (Partner, Stuttgart, beide Steuerrecht), Dr. Matthias Sonntag (Partner, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Düsseldorf), Dr. Andreas Spahlinger, Dr. Matthias Tresselt (beide Partner, Stuttgart), Dr. Alexander Nagel (Düsseldorf, alle Restrukturierung), Frank Schlobach (Bank- und Finanzrecht, Frankfurt), Dr. Niels Lutzhöft (Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, München), Dr. Hendrik Marchal (Steuerrecht, Hamburg), Beate Kirchner, Dr. Hilmar Hütten (beide Gesellschaftsrecht/M&A, Düsseldorf).
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