Main Capital Partners subsidiary i‑doit acquires CONTECHNET

Munich — McDer­mott Will & Emery has advi­sed Main Capi­tal Part­ners on the acqui­si­tion and finan­cing of the take­over of German soft­ware company CONTECHNET by Main port­fo­lio company i‑doit. The acqui­si­tion marks i‑doit’s first add-on tran­sac­tion since Main Capi­tal Part­ners’ invest­ment in June 2022 and brings i‑doit closer to its goal of beco­ming a leading Euro­pean provi­der in the field of IT Opera­ti­ons Manage­ment (ITOM).

i‑doit, foun­ded in 1996, offers CMDB soft­ware to simplify IT and asset manage­ment. Head­quar­te­red in Düssel­dorf, the company serves around 1,700 custo­mers from various indus­tries, parti­cu­larly from the public sector. 

CONTECHNET, foun­ded in 2007 and head­quar­te­red in Patten­sen, Germany, is a specia­li­zed provi­der of soft­ware solu­ti­ons for ISMS, IT contin­gency plan­ning and data protec­tion. Through a network of over 40 part­ners, the company serves more than 400 custo­mers from indus­tries such as finance, health­care, educa­tion and utilities. 

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a leading soft­ware inves­tor in the DACH region, the Bene­lux count­ries, the Nordic count­ries and the United States. Main Capi­tal mana­ges assets of around EUR 6.5 billion and main­ta­ins an active port­fo­lio of more than 45 soft­ware groups. 

McDer­mott regu­larly advi­ses Main Capi­tal on tran­sac­tions, inclu­ding financing.

Advi­sor Main Capi­tal Part­ners: McDer­mott Will & Emery

Hanno M. Witt, LL.M. (Lead, Private Equity), Ludwig Zesch (Lead, Finance; both Munich), Krasen Kras­tev (Coun­sel, Private Equity, Düssel­dorf), Dr. Thomas Gennert (Employ­ment Law, Düssel­dorf), Dr. Florian Schie­fer, Marcus Fischer (Coun­sel; both Tax Law, both Frank­furt), Dr. Claus Färber (Coun­sel, Data Protec­tion Law, Munich); Asso­cia­tes: Nicole Kaps, Dr. Manuel Weiß, Dr. Armin Teymouri, Julia Külzer (all Private Equity, Munich), Matthias Bosbach (Finance), Janek Joos­ten (Employ­ment Law; both Düssel­dorf), Paulina Simons (Intellec­tual Property, Munich)