Carve-out: KOMI Group acquires IT infrastructure business from Konica

Munich — ARQIS has provi­ded compre­hen­sive legal advice to the newly foun­ded KOMI Group on the acqui­si­tion of the IT infra­struc­ture busi­ness spun off from Konica Minolta. The spin-off was part of a complex carve-out. In the course of this, the KOMI Group was repo­si­tio­ned as an inde­pen­dent IT service provi­der with a clear focus on medium-sized compa­nies. In future, Konica Minolta will focus on the remai­ning areas of profes­sio­nal prin­ting and digi­tal busi­ness models. 

The new provi­der, KOMI Group, offers mana­ged services, IT secu­rity solu­ti­ons, infra­struc­ture consul­ting and modern appli­ca­ti­ons for the digi­tal work­place for medium-sized compa­nies. KOMI is also taking over the exis­ting custo­mer and project struc­tures of Konica Minol­ta’s previous IT infra­struc­ture business. 

The Munich-based invest­ment company Liberta Part­ners supported the tran­sac­tion as an inves­tor and active spar­ring part­ner. As an entre­pre­neu­rial invest­ment company, Liberta invests in medium-sized compa­nies with deve­lo­p­ment poten­tial and aims to provide them with finan­cial support as well as struc­tu­ral and opera­tio­nal development. 

An ARQIS team led by part­ner Dr. Mauritz von Einem (photo © Arqis) and coun­sel Dennis Reisich provi­ded compre­hen­sive advice to the KOMI Group, initia­ted by Liberta Part­ners, on the carve-out, take­over and restruc­tu­ring of the busi­ness. In addi­tion to corpo­rate law aspects, inclu­ding the crea­tion of a new corpo­rate struc­ture, ARQIS, led by Lisa-Marie Niklas, advi­sed on employ­ment law aspects of the carve-out. ARQIS has regu­larly advi­sed Liberta Part­ners on tran­sac­tions, successful plat­form invest­ments such as the current carve-out and fund struc­tu­ring for seve­ral years. 

Advi­sor KOMI Group/Liberta Part­ners: ARQIS (Munich)

Dr. Mauritz von Einem (Part­ner, Lead, Tran­sac­tions), Lisa-Marie Niklas (Part­ner, Co-Lead, HR Carve-Out, Düssel­dorf, HR Law), Dennis Reisich (Coun­sel, Co-Lead, Transactions/Tax), Part­ners: Johan­nes Landry (Düssel­dorf, Finan­cing), Dr. Ulrich Lien­hard (Düssel­dorf, Real Estate), Tobias Neufeld (Düssel­dorf, Data Law), Marcus Noth­hel­fer (IP), Coun­sel: Nora Strat­mann (Commer­cial), Mana­ging Asso­cia­tes: Tim Brese­mann, Diana Pucho­wezki (both Düssel­dorf, Real Estate), Rolf Tichy (IP), Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Lina Alami, Luzia Schulze Froning (Düssel­dorf, both HR Law), Rebecca Gester (Commer­cial), Paulina Hütt­ner, Dr. Julia Wild­gans (both IP), Johanna Klin­gen (Düssel­dorf, Data Law), Giulia Kögel (Tran­sac­tions), Legal Specia­list: Konstan­ti­nos Strem­pas (Tran­sac­tions) .

About ARQIS

ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firm opera­ting inter­na­tio­nally. Around 80 lawy­ers and legal specia­lists advise dome­stic and foreign compa­nies at the highest level on German, Euro­pean and Japa­nese commer­cial law. With its focus groups Tran­sac­tions, HR Law, Japan, Data Law, Risk and Regu­la­tory, the firm is geared towards provi­ding its clients with compre­hen­sive advice. The law firm was foun­ded in 2006 and has offices in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo as well as a talent hub in Berlin. Further infor­ma­tion can be found at http://www.arqis.com.