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McDermott advises Cognism on sale of NETSTAG to Positive Group

Photo: Dr. Felix Ganzer, Part­ner at McDer­mott Will & Emery, Frank­furt (© MWE)
28. August 2025

Frank­furt a. M. — McDer­mott Will & Schulte has advi­sed the inter­na­tio­nal B2B data provi­der Cognism on the sale of Mainz-based NETSTAG GmbH to the French digi­tal marke­ting provi­der Posi­tive Group. The tran­sac­tion was comple­ted yester­day. Cognism, head­quar­te­red in London, is a leading sales intel­li­gence plat­form and provi­der of Euro­pean B2B data foun­ded in 2015. 

NETSTAG specia­li­zes in the deve­lo­p­ment, marke­ting and distri­bu­tion of web appli­ca­ti­ons, mobile appli­ca­ti­ons and inter­­net-based soft­ware solutions.

Advi­sor Cognism Limi­ted: McDer­mott Will & Schulte, Frankfurt

Dr. Felix Ganzer, photo © MWE (Lead), Fatema Orjela (London; both Private Equity), Dr. Florian Schie­fer (Tax), Dr. Chris­tian Dries­­sen-Rolf (Employ­ment), Dr. Claus Färber (Coun­sel, IP, Munich); Asso­ciate: Dr. Chris­tian Lebrecht (Regu­la­tory)

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