Latham & Watkins LLP routinely supports IT transactions, including carve-outs and the sale of software platforms thanks to the cooperation with the M&A experts. The practice also regularly assists with outsourcing projects in the financial sector, including related regulatory matters. Interfacing data protection issues are handled by Wolf-Tassilo Böhm and Joachim Grittmann. Susan Kempe-Müller's and Thies Deike's expertise in contract drafting and IP matters is frequently requested in a transactional context with a focus on software and data.

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Key clients

  • Hg
  • Partners Group
  • EG Group
  • Keysight Techologies
  • Yapily
  • Chemondis GmbH

Work highlights

  • Advising Hg on the sale of Transporeon, a leading cloud-based transportation management software platform, to Trimble.
  • Advising Partners Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Cloudflight, a leading full-service provider for industrial digital transformation in Europe, from Deutsche Beteiligungs AG.
  • Advising the EG Group on the IT carve-out as part of the acquisition of the OMV petrol station business in Germany.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Susan Kempe-Müller, Thies Deike, Wolf-Tassilo Böhm

Other key lawyers

Joachim Grittmann