MARCK advised Adelis Equity Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in European IT Consultancy EITCO GmbH (EITCO), an IT consultancy specialized in enterprise content management (ECM). Lead Counsel for the transaction was ARQIS (Jörn-Christian Schulze). MARCK advised on merger control.

Adelis Equity Partners, headquartered in Stockholm, is a leading, growth-focused private equity firm based in the Nordics. Since 2013, Adelis has been one of the most active investors in the Nordic middle-market with 46 platform investments and over 260 add-on acquisitions. Adelis has around € 4.5 billion of capital under management.

European IT Consultancy EITCO GmbH is a leading ECM specialist with headquarters in Berlin. Its clients include public sector organisations, regulatory bodies and enterprises with an increasing demand for digital content and document management. The company, with offices in Berlin, Bonn and Essen and about 200 employed FTEs, offers tailored solutions, based on either its own modern, modular arveo content services platform or leading third-party ECM software products.

MARCK: Dr. Georg Schmittmann (partner), Simon Philipp (Associate)

ARQIS: Core Deal Team: Dr. Jörn-Christian Schulze (lead), Christos Choudeloudis, Katrin Ludwig (Managing Associate, all Transactions), Partner: Thomas Chwalek (Transactions), Dr. Mirjam Boche (Dispute Resolution), Dr. Ulrich Lienhard (Real Estate), Tobias Neufeld (HR Law), Marcus Nothhelfer (IP, Munich), Counsel: Christian Judis (Compliance, Munich), Jens Knipping (Tax), Nora Stratmann (Commercial, Munich), Martin Weingärtner (HR Law), Managing Associates: Rolf Tichy (IP, Munich), Paul Vermeulen (Dispute Resolution), Associates: Ivo Ertekin, Tim Meyer-Meisel, Steffen Schubert (all Transactions), Dr. Lina Alami (Munich), Dr. Tim Weill (both HR Law), Rebecca Gester (Commercial, Munich), Dr. Bernhard Gröhe (Regulatory), Paulina Hüttner (IP, Munich), Lia Papismedova (Real Estate)