McDermott advises Main Capital on takeover of Carano by CarWise

Munich — Main Capi­tal Part­ners has acqui­red Carano, a specia­list in fleet manage­ment and leasing soft­ware, through Main port­fo­lio company CarWise, a leading provi­der of modu­lar ERP solu­ti­ons for the auto­mo­tive leasing and rental indus­try. Main Capi­tal Part­ners was advi­sed on this tran­sac­tion by McDer­mott Will & Schulte. 

The tran­sac­tion marks an important step in CarWi­se’s inter­na­tio­nal expan­sion stra­tegy and streng­thens the company’s presence in the German market.

Carano, foun­ded in 1992 and head­quar­te­red in Berlin, has been driving digi­tal trans­for­ma­tion in the fleet indus­try for over 30 years. The company serves over 170 custo­mers with more than 200,000 vehic­les, inclu­ding well-known compa­nies such as ARI (fleet manage­ment), Santan­der (leasing), BCD (busi­ness travel) and BMW. 

Foun­ded in 1989 and head­quar­te­red in Almere, the Nether­lands, with a strong presence in the Bene­lux region and busi­ness acti­vi­ties throug­hout Europe, CarWise offers an inte­gra­ted ERP plat­form for the entire leasing and rental value chain. CarWise has been backed by Main Capi­tal Part­ners since 2025. 

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a leading soft­ware inves­tor in the DACH region, France, the Bene­lux and Nordic count­ries and the USA with assets under manage­ment of around EUR 6.8 billion.

McDer­mott regu­larly advi­ses Main Capi­tal on tran­sac­tions, inclu­ding financing.

Advi­sor Main Capi­tal Part­ners: McDer­mott Will & Schulte, Munich

Holger H. Ebers­ber­ger, LL.M., Dr. Manuel Weiß (Asso­ciate, both lead, Private Equity), Dr. Chris­tian Dries­­sen-Rolf (Employ­ment Law, Frank­furt), Dr. Claus Färber (Coun­sel, Data Protec­tion Law), Dr. Alexa Ningel­gen (Public Law, Düssel­dorf); Asso­cia­tes: Julia Külzer (Private Equity), Janek Joos­ten (Düssel­dorf; Employ­ment Law), Dr. Merlyn von Hugo, LL.M. OEC. (tax law, Frankfurt).