Düssel­dorf — McDer­mott has advi­sed Main Capi­tal Part­ners on the acqui­si­tion of MACH AG, a market-leading soft­ware provi­der for public admi­nis­tra­tion. The foun­ding Müller-Ontjes family remains the active owner. The joint growth stra­tegy will focus on expan­ding the product and tech­no­logy offe­ring through orga­nic as well as inor­ga­nic growth.

MACH AG, foun­ded in 1985 and head­quar­te­red in Lübeck, specia­li­zes in the digi­tiza­tion of public admi­nis­tra­tion. The company provi­des soft­ware, consul­ting and opera­ti­ons for more than 100,000 users in fede­ral and state agen­cies, muni­ci­pa­li­ties, church admi­nis­tra­ti­ons, teaching and rese­arch insti­tu­ti­ons, and non-gover­n­­men­­tal orga­niza­ti­ons. With more than 400 employees, MACH AG gene­ra­tes sales of 44 million euros.

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a stra­te­gic inves­tor focu­sed on the soft­ware sector in the Bene­lux, DACH and Scan­di­na­via with offices in The Hague, Düssel­dorf and Stock­holm. With a long-term invest­ment hori­zon for successful part­ner­ships with manage­ment teams, its goal is to build larger soft­ware groups. Main Capi­tal Part­ners mana­ges appro­xi­m­ately €1 billion in assets for invest­ment in mature and growing soft­ware companies.

About Main Capital
Main Capi­tal is a stra­te­gic inves­tor in the soft­ware indus­try. We focus on acce­le­ra­ting busi­ness growth and gene­ra­ting busi­ness value. Expe­ri­ence and lessons lear­ned from the soft­ware market are bund­led in our Market Intel­li­gence prac­tice. This dedi­ca­ted group focu­ses on prac­ti­cal indus­try analy­sis to help our compa­nies iden­tify oppor­tu­ni­ties and achieve opera­tio­nal excel­lence. Bench­mar­king, process opti­miza­tion and segment / terri­tory analy­sis are just a few of the topics addres­sed by the team to deve­lop an adapted growth stra­tegy for each indi­vi­dual company. www.main.nl

Advi­sors to Main Capi­tal Part­ners: McDer­mott Will & Emery (Düssel­dorf)
Dustin Schwerdt­fe­ger, Norman Wasse (both Lead, Corporate/Private Equity), Dr. Kian Tauser (both Frank­furt), Dr. Nils Chris­tian Wighardt (Munich), Marcus Fischer (Coun­sel; Frank­furt; all Tax), Dr. Gudrun Germa­kow­ski, Dr. Thomas Gennert (both Labor Law), Daniel von Brevern (Anti­trust), Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Clos­ter­meyer (Real Estate Law, Frank­furt), Dr. Alexa Ningel­gen (Public Law), Dr. Chris­tian Masch (IT/IP, Munich); Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Marion von Grön­heim, Tobias Riemen­schnei­der, Isabelle Müller (all Corporate/M&A, all Frank­furt), David Schä­fer (Finan­cing), Dr. Florian Schie­fer (Tax Law, Frank­furt), Julian Jäger (Labor Law), Tina Zeller (Real Estate, Frank­furt), Mirjam Büsch, Lene Niemeier (both Public Law)