{"id":42579,"date":"2019-02-04T20:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newserver.fyb.de\/ardian-finances-acquisition-of-ser-group-by-carlyle\/"},"modified":"2019-02-04T20:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T18:35:30","slug":"ardian-finances-acquisition-of-ser-group-by-carlyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyb.de\/en\/ardian-finances-acquisition-of-ser-group-by-carlyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ardian finances acquisition of SER Group by Carlyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frank\u00adfurt a. Main\/ Bonn -<strong> Shear\u00adman &amp; Ster\u00adling<\/strong> advi\u00adsed <strong>Ardian Private Debt<\/strong> as lender on the finan\u00adcing of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of <strong>SER Group<\/strong> by <strong>Carlyle Europe Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Part\u00adners<\/strong>. The sellers retain a substan\u00adtial mino\u00adrity interest.<\/p>\n<p>SER Group, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Bonn, Germany, has evol\u00adved from a pioneer in elec\u00adtro\u00adnic archi\u00adving to Euro\u00adpe\u2019s number one provi\u00adder of pionee\u00adring enter\u00adprise content manage\u00adment (ECM) solu\u00adti\u00adons. Foun\u00added in 1984, the company is charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by its inno\u00adva\u00adtive strength, custo\u00admi\u00adzed solu\u00adti\u00adons and excel\u00adlent custo\u00admer service.<\/p>\n<p>Ardian, a world-leading private invest\u00adment house, as a sole lender, has provi\u00added a senior finan\u00adcing package to Carlyle Europe Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Part\u00adners in support of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of SER Group in Germany. The finan\u00adcing under\u00adlines the ongo\u00ading expan\u00adsion of Ardian Private Debt\u2019s direct lending capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties throug\u00adhout Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Brenke, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor &amp; Co-Head Ardian Private Debt, said: \u201cAs a finan\u00adcing part\u00adner, we are deligh\u00adted to be support\u00ading the SER manage\u00adment team toge\u00adther with Carlyle who have a strong track record of inves\u00adt\u00ading in B2B tech\u00adno\u00adlogy busi\u00adnesses. SER is the leading inde\u00adpen\u00addent ECM soft\u00adware provi\u00adder in the German m<\/p>\n<p>The Shear\u00adman &amp; Ster\u00adling team led by Winfried M. Carli included Sven Opper\u00admann and Marina Kieweg (all Germany-Finance).<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Shear\u00adman &amp; Sterling<\/strong><br>\nShear\u00adman &amp; Ster\u00adling is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm with 22 offices in 13 count\u00adries and appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately 850 lawy\u00aders. In Germany, Shear\u00adman &amp; Ster\u00adling is repre\u00adsen\u00adted at the Frank\u00adfurt office. The firm is one of the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal market leaders in advi\u00adsing on complex cross-border tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. World\u00adwide, Shear\u00adman &amp; Ster\u00adling prima\u00adrily advi\u00adses inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and large natio\u00adnal compa\u00adnies, finan\u00adcial insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons, and large mid-sized compa\u00adnies. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.shearman.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank\u00adfurt a. 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