Main Capital Partners acquires logistics software provider EIKONA

Munich — Main Capi­tal Part­ners acqui­res a majo­rity stake in EIKONA AG, a German provi­der of modu­lar logi­stics soft­ware. Main Capi­tal acqui­res the shares from the pan-Euro­­pean logi­stics group Schäf­lein and EIKONA foun­der Manuel Drescher. McDer­mott Will & Schulte advi­sed Main Capi­tal Part­ners on the acqui­si­tion and finan­cing of the acqui­si­tion of a majo­rity stake in EIKONA AG. 

The tran­sac­tion is part of a stra­te­gic realignment of EIKONA. The foun­ders and manage­ment will remain perma­nently invol­ved to ensure the conti­nuity of the company and stabi­lity for custo­mers and partners. 

EIKONA was foun­ded in Volkach in 2001 and today employs around 100 people. The company deve­lops modu­lar soft­ware solu­ti­ons for the logi­stics sector and supports more than 350 custo­mers throug­hout Europe. 

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a leading soft­ware inves­tor in the DACH region, the Bene­lux and Nordic count­ries and the USA with assets under manage­ment of around EUR 6.5 billion.

Advi­sors to Main Capi­tal Part­ners: McDer­mott Will & Schulte Munich

Hanno M. Witt, LL.M. (Lead, Private Equity), Ludwig Zesch (Lead, Finance), Dr. Phil­ipp Gren­ze­bach (Corporate/M&A, Düsseldorf/Frankfurt), Dr. Matthias Weis­sin­ger (Finance), Dr. Laura Stamm­witz (Coun­sel, Anti­trust, Frank­furt), Stef­fen Woitz, LL.M. (IP/IT), Dr. Claus Färber (Coun­sel, IT, Data Protec­tion), Dr. Thomas Gennert (Employ­ment, Düssel­dorf), Stefa­nie Solt­we­del (Commer­cial, Düssel­dorf); Asso­cia­tes: Nicole Kaps, Dr. Armin Teymouri, Julia Külzer, Dr. Manuel Weiß, Tobias Thie­mann (all Private Equity), Malte Arndt (Düssel­dorf), Anna­belle Juli­ette Rau (Colo­gne; both Corporate/M&A), Lorenz Schwo­jer (Finance), Janek Joos­ten (Employ­ment, Düssel­dorf), Andreas H. Janßen (Commer­cial, Colo­gne). — www.mwe.com/de/