KPMG Law advises Adiuva Capital on the acquisition of a majority stake in Advellence Solutions AG and Sharedien AG

KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and KPMG Law Switzerland (KPMG Law) advised the owner-managed investment company Adiuva Capital GmbH (Adiuva) on the due diligence, structuring and execution of the acquisition of a majority stake in Advellence Solutions AG and Sharedien AG.

Adiuva has acquired a majority shareholding in Advellence Solutions AG and Sharedien AG, both based in Switzerland. KPMG Law Germany and KPMG Law Switzerland conducted a comprehensive due diligence in all relevant legal areas, advised on the structuring of the transaction and its implementation. KPMG Law worked together with an international team from Germany and Switzerland. KPMG Tax Switzerland also provided support on tax law issues. Advellence Solutions AG was founded in 1998 and specializes in software integration and digitalization consulting services. The digitalization and transformation provider’s most important fields of activity include product information management (PIM), master data management (MDM), digital asset management (DAM), AI and BI topics, school, course and training management (IM), SAP consulting as well as integration and multichannel management. As a provider of cloud-based software solutions for digital asset management, Sharedien AG supports its users in their daily tasks relating to the management, maintenance and provision of content. In addition to the further development of the software solution, the main business activities are the integration of Sharedien into individual content creation and communication processes as well as the integration of the solution into the digital ecosystem of customers. Adiuva Capital is an owner-managed investment company based in Hamburg. Since its foundation in 2011, Adiuva has successfully invested in more than 20 medium-sized companies in German-speaking countries, mostly in the context of growth financing or succession planning. The investments range from traditional industries to trade and new technologies. Adiuva Capital currently has investments in 12 portfolio companies with a total of over 5,000 employees.

Consultant Adiuva:

KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH: Dr. Christian Nordholtz (partner, lead, Hanover), Marlon Wehrenberg (Manager, Hanover), Markus Zawalich (Senior Associate, Bielefeld), Jesper Wilckens (Senior Associate, Hanover), all Corporate/M&A; Dr. Martin Trayer (Partner, Frankfurt), Hanna Michalak (Senior Manager, Frankfurt) Liza Rauter (Senior Associate, Hanover), all employment law.

KPMG Law Switzerland: Dominique Gottret (Partner, Lead Legal Switzerland), Evgin Yildiz (Senior Manager), both Corporate/M&A, Gaurav Bhagwanani (Director, Employment Law) and Nando Lappert (Senior Manager, IP and Data Protection Law), all Zurich.

KPMG Tax Switzerland: Simon Juon (Partner, Lead Tax Switzerland), Jakob Schurte (Assistant Manager), both Zurich, both M&A Tax.