Madrid \u2014 One Equity Part\u00adners (\u201cOEP\u201d), a middle-market private equity firm, has announ\u00adced the comple\u00adtion of its acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of VASS Consul\u00adto\u00adr\u00eda de Siste\u00admas S.L. (\u201cVASS\u201d or \u201cthe Company\u201d), a leading Euro\u00adpean provi\u00adder of digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and mana\u00adged IT services solu\u00adti\u00adons. Terms of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion were not disclosed.<\/p>\n
VASS, head\u00adquar\u00adte\u00adred in Madrid, specia\u00adli\u00adzes in the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of its custo\u00admers\u2019 value chain through the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and main\u00adten\u00adance of custo\u00admer rela\u00adti\u00adonship manage\u00adment and enter\u00adprise resource appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and the provi\u00adsion of tech\u00adno\u00adlogy infra\u00adstruc\u00adture services. The company has many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence with Big Data, robo\u00adtic process auto\u00adma\u00adtion imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, intel\u00adli\u00adgent busi\u00adness process manage\u00adment and simi\u00adlar tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. \u2014 Demand for cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adture services, cloud soft\u00adware and cyber\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adrity is expec\u00adted to drive growth in Spain\u2019s digi\u00adtal services sector. Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture services are the largest segment of the mana\u00adged IT services market in the coun\u00adtry, gene\u00adra\u00adting about half of total annual reve\u00adnue, follo\u00adwed by network and secu\u00adrity services.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have analy\u00adzed the Spanish IT services market in detail for 18 months and are convin\u00adced that VASS is the perfect buy-and-build plat\u00adform. The company provi\u00addes indus\u00adtry-leading services to its custo\u00admers who want to remain compe\u00adti\u00adtive through digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons that span the entire value chain,\u201d said J\u00f6rg Zire\u00adner (photo)<\/strong>, senior mana\u00adging direc\u00adtor at One Equity Part\u00adners. \u201cThis tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of OEP\u2019s approach to part\u00adne\u00adring with start-ups that have a strong track record of orga\u00adnic growth as well as inves\u00adt\u00ading in market-leading tech\u00adno\u00adlogy companies.\u201d<\/p>\n OEP has a long track record of working with foun\u00adders and share\u00adhol\u00adders of high-quality, high-growth global IT services and enter\u00adprise soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies. These can gradu\u00adally expand their tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, geogra\u00adphic reach and market share thanks to OEP\u2019s exper\u00adtise in trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and orga\u00adnic growth investments.<\/p>\n \u201cA simi\u00adlar invest\u00adment by OEP in the Euro\u00adpean IT services sector, that of Italian digi\u00adtal solu\u00adti\u00adons provi\u00adder Lutech, allo\u00adwed Lutech to grow from \u20ac180 million to \u20ac440 million in less than three years. In that time, Lutech has brought on board highly sought-after tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies through 15 add-on acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons that have convin\u00adced foun\u00adders and manage\u00adment teams to become part of this exci\u00adting evolu\u00adtion, a larger distri\u00adbu\u00adtion chan\u00adnel for its suppli\u00aders and a more compre\u00adhen\u00adsive part\u00adner for its custo\u00admers,\u201d said Sebas\u00adtian Schat\u00adton<\/strong>, Asso\u00adciate at One Equity Part\u00adners. \u201cWe believe Vass is the perfect plat\u00adform to imple\u00adment simi\u00adlar growth deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment in Spain and Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very exci\u00adted to part\u00adner with OEP and look forward to provi\u00adding next-gene\u00adra\u00adtion IT consul\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons across Europe for compa\u00adnies looking to improve their busi\u00adness models, deli\u00adver inno\u00adva\u00adtive services and enhance the custo\u00admer expe\u00adri\u00adence through digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion,\u201d said Fran\u00adcisco Javier Latasa, foun\u00adder and CEO of VASS, who will remain an inves\u00adtor in the company.<\/p>\n OEP has expe\u00adri\u00adence buil\u00adding IT consul\u00adting and soft\u00adware compa\u00adnies, and built Info\u00adbip, a global cloud commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons plat\u00adform for the worl\u00add\u2019s largest compa\u00adnies; CDI, a leading U.S. provi\u00adder of tech\u00adno\u00adlogy infra\u00adstruc\u00adture hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware, consul\u00adting and mana\u00adged services; and Lutech, an Italian IT systems inte\u00adgra\u00adtion and solu\u00adti\u00adons provi\u00adder, among others.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor One Equity Part\u00adners (OEP): Allen & Overy LLP About One Equity Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n One Equity Part\u00adners (\u201cOEP\u201d) is a middle-market private equity firm focu\u00adsed on the indus\u00adtrial, health\u00adcare and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy sectors in North America and Europe. The company builds market-leading busi\u00adnesses by iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading and execu\u00adting trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtive busi\u00adness combi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons. OEP is a trus\u00adted part\u00adner with a diffe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted invest\u00adment process and a diverse and expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced team. It has a long track record and gene\u00adra\u00adtes long-term value for its part\u00adners. Since 2001, the company has comple\u00adted more than 300 tran\u00adsac\u00adtions world\u00adwide. OEP, foun\u00added in 2001, was spun off from JP Morgan in 2015. The company has offices in New York, Chicago, Frank\u00adfurt and Amster\u00addam. www.oneequity.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madrid \u2014 One Equity Part\u00adners (\u201cOEP\u201d), a middle-market private equity firm, has announ\u00adced the comple\u00adtion of its acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of VASS Consul\u00adto\u00adr\u00eda de Siste\u00admas S.L. 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\nThe Allen & Overy team, led by part\u00adner Dr. Nils Koffka and senior asso\u00adciate Dr. Marcus Macken\u00adsen (both Corporate\/Private Equity, Hamburg), included part\u00adners Igna\u00adcio Hornedo (Madrid) and Sophie Roozend\u00adaal (Amster\u00addam, all Corporate\/Private Equity). In addi\u00adtion, part\u00adner Thomas Neubaum (lead, Frank\u00adfurt) and part\u00adner Jimena Urre\u00adta\u00advi\u00adz\u00adcaya (Madrid, both banking and finance) advi\u00adsed on the finan\u00adcing. In addi\u00adtion, Coun\u00adsel Mark Hallet (Banking and Finance, Frank\u00adfurt), Senior Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Rafael Gime\u00adnez-Reyna (Tax) and Jos\u00e9 Luis Terron (Liti\u00adga\u00adtion, both Madrid), and Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Dr. Jan Frede\u00adrik C. Holst (Corporate\/Private Equity, Hamburg), Louisa Drew\u00adniok (Banking and Finance, Frank\u00adfurt), Miguel Zulaica, Xavier Castella (both Corporate\/M&A), Marina Granada (Tax), Sof\u00eda Sanchez-Calero, Paloma Asegu\u00adrado (both Banking and Finance), Inigo Olabarri (Labor Law, all Madrid) and Justine Drei\u00adjer (Corporate\/M&A, Amsterdam).<\/p>\n