Noerr advises IK Partners on acquisition of DATAPART

A Noerr team led by Karl-Alexander Neumann advised IK Partners comprehensively on financial market regulation, owner control procedures and factoring regarding the acquisition of DATAPART Factoring GmbH.

The IK Small Cap IV fund acquired the DATAPART shares from German Equity Partners V, a fund managed by ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH. DATAPART is a leading provider of technology-supported business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions for driving schools. The service portfolio includes billing, payment and administrative processes as well as liquidity management.

IK Partners is a leading European private equity firm specialising in investments across the Benelux, DACH, France, the Nordics and the UK. IK Partners has raised over EUR 19 billion in capital and invested in more than 200 European companies since 1989.

Noerr is recognised as one of the top law firms in financial market regulation and regularly advises on M&A transactions within the financial sector.

Advisors to IK Partners/IK Small Cap IV Fund: Noerr

Team lead: Karl-Alexander Neumann (partner, Financial Market Regulation, Hamburg)

Financial Market Regulation/Owner Control Proceedings: Dirk Erdelkamp (senior associate, Hamburg), Jan Lohse (senior associate, Hamburg), Juri Stremel (senior associate, Hamburg), Serkan Aslan (associate, Hamburg)

Factoring/Distribution Systems: Wolf Stumpf (partner, Frankfurt), Tom Billing (partner, Berlin), Sven Vetter (associate, Berlin)