Munich \u2014 Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Reed Smith provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice to Sphera Solu\u00adti\u00adons, an ESG port\u00adfo\u00adlio company of Blackstone, USA, on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of riskme\u00adthods, a supply chain risk manage\u00adment soft\u00adware company based in Munich with subsi\u00addia\u00adries in the USA and Poland. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price.<\/p>\n
The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion was made as part of a struc\u00adtu\u00adred sales process. During the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, Sphera\/Blackstone was compre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00advely assis\u00adted by an inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adnary team from Reed Smith in all rele\u00advant legal areas inclu\u00adding tech & data and antitrust\/foreign trade law. The Reed Smith team was led by part\u00adners Siddesh Bale (USA) and Dr. Andreas J\u00fcrgens; part\u00adner Dr. Andreas J\u00fcrgens was respon\u00adsi\u00adble for legal advice in Germany and said \u201cwe are very plea\u00adsed that our global team was able to successfully assist Sphera and Blackstone in this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion, brin\u00adging not only our many years of M&A expe\u00adri\u00adence but also our exper\u00adtise in this important ESG market.\u201d<\/p>\n
About Sphera Solutions<\/strong> About riskme\u00adthods GmbH<\/strong> About Blackstone<\/strong> Reed Smit\u00adh\u2019s German team included<\/strong>: Further\u00admore, lawy\u00aders from the US offices as well as from London and Leeds, UK, advi\u00adsed on this chal\u00adlen\u00adging transaction.<\/p>\n About Reed Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n Reed Smith is one of the leading inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firms with more than 1,700 lawy\u00aders in 30 offices in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit www.reedsmith.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal law firm Reed Smith provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice to Sphera Solu\u00adti\u00adons, an ESG port\u00adfo\u00adlio company of Blackstone, USA, on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of riskme\u00adthods, a supply chain risk manage\u00adment soft\u00adware company based in Munich with subsi\u00addia\u00adries in the USA and Poland. The parties have agreed not to disc\u00adlose the purchase price. The acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion was [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1368,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSphera says it is the leading provi\u00adder of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal, social and gover\u00adnance (ESG) perfor\u00admance and risk manage\u00adment soft\u00adware, data and consul\u00adting services focu\u00adsed on envi\u00adron\u00adment, health, safety and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity (EHS&S), opera\u00adtio\u00adnal risk manage\u00adment and product steward\u00adship. For more than 30 years, Sphera has served over 6,700 custo\u00admers and more than one million users in 80 count\u00adries to help orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons keep their people safe, their products sustainable and their opera\u00adti\u00adons productive.<\/p>\n
\nriskme\u00adthods says it enables orga\u00adniza\u00adti\u00adons world\u00adwide to iden\u00adtify, analyze and miti\u00adgate all types of supply chain risk manage\u00adment (SCRM). riskme\u00adthods\u2019 soft\u00adware uses arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI) and machine lear\u00adning to protect its clients\u2019 supply chain network. Its soft\u00adware plat\u00adform coll\u00adects supplier data and real-time infor\u00adma\u00adtion, distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhes criti\u00adcal signals from \u201cnoise,\u201d and provi\u00addes users with visi\u00adbi\u00adlity across multi\u00adple layers of their supply chain so they can miti\u00adgate the risk of busi\u00adness disrup\u00adtion and achieve supply chain visibility.
\nThe company\u2019s 200+ employees in 4 offices world\u00adwide serve more than 225 enter\u00adprise customers.<\/p>\n
\nBlackstone says it is the worl\u00add\u2019s largest alter\u00adna\u00adtive invest\u00adment firm. The company\u2019s objec\u00adtive is to create posi\u00adtive econo\u00admic impact and long-term value for inves\u00adtors and the compa\u00adnies in which it invests. Assets under manage\u00adment of $941 billion include, on a global basis, invest\u00adment vehic\u00adles focu\u00adsed on private equity,
\nFocus real estate, public debt and equity, infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, life scien\u00adces, growth equi\u00adties, non-invest\u00adment grade oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adstic credit, real assets and secon\u00addary funds.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Andreas J\u00fcrgens (Part\u00adner \u2014 Corporate\/M&A, Frank\u00adfurt, Lead Partner)
\nDr. Anette Gaert\u00adner (Part\u00adner \u2014 IP, Frankfurt)
\nDr. Michaela Westrup (Part\u00adner \u2014 Anti\u00adtrust Law\/Foreign Trade Law, Munich)
\nDaja Apetz-Dreier (Part\u00adner \u2014 Commercial\/Dispute Reso\u00adlu\u00adtion, Munich)
\nDr. Martin B\u00fcnning (Part\u00adner \u2014 Tax Law, Frankfurt)
\nDr. Andreas Splitt\u00adger\u00adber (Part\u00adner- Tech & Data, Munich)
\nDr. Simon Grie\u00adser (Part\u00adner \u2014 Finance, Frankfurt)
\nChris\u00adtian Leuth\u00adner (Part\u00adner \u2014 Tech & Data, Frankfurt)
\nDr. Philip Schmidt (Coun\u00adsel \u2014 Corporate\/M&A, Frankfurt)
\nJudith Becker (Coun\u00adsel \u2014 Labor Law, Munich)
\nIrmela D\u00f6lle (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Tech & Data, Frankfurt)
\nJulia Hoeren (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Commercial\/Dispute Reso\u00adlu\u00adtion, Munich)
\nElisa Saier (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Labor Law, Munich)
\nVincent Magotsch (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Labor Law, Munich)
\nDr. Maria Otter\u00admann (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Dispute Reso\u00adlu\u00adtion, Munich)
\nSebas\u00adtian Bitter (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Anti\u00adtrust Law, Munich)
\nPhil\u00adipp Johan\u00adnes Berg\u00admann (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Banking & Finance, Munich)
\nAnselm Reinerts\u00adho\u00adfer (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Banking & Finance, Munich)
\nCarina Park (Asso\u00adciate \u2014 Tax Law, Frankfurt)<\/p>\n