Highlighted Mergers & acquisitions 2nd half 2019 and Q1 2020

SD Worx acquires Pointlogic HR – 7 February 2020

SD Worx, a Belgian based salary and HR administration software company, has acquired, Pointlogic HR, a developer of software for the HR business, from Pointlogic Holding. Pointlogic HR, offers clients servicesto help improve the employee engagement via data-driven communication on their reward packages. With this acquisition Pointlogic hopes to be able to explore new and more international markets. Assisting our client Pointlogic in the sale Pointlogic HR to Belgian company SD Worx. Pointlogic HR is a developer of software for HR solutions. We drafted and negotiated the legal documents and coordinated the closing. Albert Wiggers

Dias Software acquires Unit4 Financial Intermediaries from Unit4 – 08 January 2020

Dias Software, a Dutch provider of software for financial intermediaries and insurance brokers, has acquired UNIT4 Financial Intermediaries from our client Unit4, a Netherlands-based software company that designs and delivers enterprise software and ERP applications and related services for people in services organizations. With the acquisition of Unit4 Financial Intermediaries, 50% of the shares in Aplaza, a Dutch software company, have also been taken over. Stephan Sluijters

Peinemann Holding, a Netherlands-based transport and logistics company, has acquired the Dutch industrial relocation company G. van Harten from its shareholders – 29 November 2019

We assisted purchaser Peinemann Holding in the transaction. We conducted the legal DD, drafted and negotiated the transaction documentation, and coordinated the closing of the transaction. Peinemann Holding, a Netherlands-based transport and logistics company, has acquired the Dutch industrial relocation company G. van Harten from its shareholders. Albert Wiggers

Volta Ventures invests in Widget Brain – 26 November 2019

Volta Ventures, an Amsterdam based seed and early stage venture capital fund, has acquired a stake in Widget Brain: a fast-growing startup based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands offering technology to optimise rostering. Widget Brain will employ the investment to expand their operations worldwide, intensifying existing partnerships and creating new ones in Australia, Europe and North America at a faster rate. Van Campen Liem advised Volta on the participation. The Van Campen Liem team included Aston Goad, Coen Sip and Edward van Leeuwen Boomkamp. Joost Kool en Lucas Lustermans

Pantheon acquires UNIT4's FIS/FMS business – 13 November 2019

Pantheon Automatisering, a Dutch IT solutions and ERP business software provider for wholesalers, production companies and service providers, has acquired UNIT4's FIS/FMS software business. UNIT4 is a Dutch business software provider. Stephan Sluijters en Geert de Nijs

Volkswagen Pon Financial Services and The Van Tilburg Bastianen Groep acquire Auto Borchwerf – 12 November 2019

Netherlands-based car leasing service providers Volkswagen Pon Financial Services and The Van Tilburg Bastianen Groep have acquired Auto Borchwerf from its shareholders. Auto Borchwerf is a Netherlands-based car dealer. Nick Hessels

Concordia de Keizer acquires Employee Benefits Consultants Nederland (EBCN) – 01 October 2019

We assisted Purchaser ConcordiadeKeizer in the acquisition of Employee Benefits Consultants Nederland (EBCN), a financial adviser to companies in the HR field. We conducted the legal DD, drafted and negotiated the transaction documentation, and coordinated the closing of the transaction. Albert Wiggers

James Fisher & Sons acquires Ortega Submersibles – 14 August 2019

JFD, a full subsidiary of the LSE listed James Fisher & Sons, a UK-based provider of specialist services to the marine, oil and gas and other high assurance industries, has acquired all the assets of the bankrupt estate of Ortega Submersibles, a Netherlands-based submersible boat designer and manufacturer. JFD hopes that the acquisition will enable the company to further expand its offering of advanced Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (SDVs) and to develop new vehicles and capabilities in order to meet increased market demand for specialised small and medium-sized craft. Geert de Nijs

ENGIE Services acquired Holland Systemen from VolkerWessels – 3 July 2019

Our client ENGIE Services, a Dutch provider of technology solutions, has acquired Holland Systemen, a Dutch supplier of integrated security systems, from VolkerWessels, a Dutch construction company. The acquisition of Holland Systemen reflects Engie's intention to focus on integral technological solutions and digitalisation. Engie hopes that the acquistion will strenghten their market position in the security industry. Holland Systemen will become a part of ENGIE Fire Safety & Security. With the new partnership of Engie, Holland Systemen hopes to able to accelerate its growth process and further optimalize its services. Nick Hessels en Alette Brehm

Matrans Holding acquires SCA Logistics from SCA – 03 June 2019

Matrans Holding, a Dutch logistics company, acquires SCA Logistics, a Rotterdam-based logistic company, from SCA, a Swedish company holding private forests. SCA Logistics has around 80 employees in the Rotterdam terminal. The acquisitions provides the companies with the opportunity to maintain their high service level towards customers. Albert Wiggers en Deborah Nizamoeddin

Unit4 acquires shares of JSKS Software-ontwikkeling B.V. – May 2019

This company has developed a tax software program that is well known and widely used in the Netherlands. Since mid-2014, the two software suppliers have been working together for the sale of the fiscal cloud solution Fiscaal Gemak. More than 30,000 professionals process no less than 1.7 million tax returns every year with this software, which makes Fiscaal Gemak the market leader. With this acquisition, Unit4 underlines and accelerates its number 1 position in the accountancy Stephan Sluijters en Geert de Nijs

Dura Vermeer sells Dura Vermeer Vastgoed Services to Jansen Huybregts. – May 2019

Ploum assisted Dura Vermeer in the sale of its service company Dura Vermeer Vastgoed Services to Jansen Huybregts. We drafted and negotiated the transaction documentation, and assisted our client in the closing of the transaction. Albert Wiggers

Crayon Group acquires Sequint – 8 May 2019

Ploum assisted the shareholders of Sequint, a Dutch IT channel software service provider, in the sale of Sequint to Crayon Group. We drafted and negotiated the transaction documentation, and assisted our client in the closing of the transaction. Albert Wiggers