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Munich \u2014 SKW Schwarz has advi\u00adsed Airbus Defence and Space GmbH on the sale of UP42 GmbH (UP42), a next-gene\u00adra\u00adtion Earth obser\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform, to Natio\u00adnal Space Company (NSC), Saudi Arabia\u2019s leading commer\u00adcial space services provi\u00adder. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to custo\u00admary closing condi\u00adti\u00adons and regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals. Airbus foun\u00added UP42 in Berlin in 2019. The company has more than 80 employees and is conside\u00adred a pioneer in faci\u00adli\u00adta\u00adting access to satel\u00adlite and aerial image data sources and the use of geodata via the cloud. UP42 acts as a market\u00adplace and provi\u00addes added-value services in the field of data analy\u00adtics. Foun\u00added in 2024, NSC is a subsi\u00addiary of the Saudi Arabian Public Invest\u00adment Fund (PIF). For SKW Schwarz, the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion under\u00adlines the firm\u2019s important focus on tech M&A tran\u00adsac\u00adtions. Advi\u00adsors to Airbus Defence and Space: <\/strong>SKW Schwarz, Munich<\/strong> Dr. Martin B\u00f6tt\u00adger (lead), Stephan Neubauer (Hamburg); Asso\u00adciate: Chris\u00adtine W\u00e4rl (all corporate\/M&A).<\/p>\n

SKW Schwarz is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent full-service law firm. With around 130 lawy\u00aders at four loca\u00adti\u00adons in Germany, the firm advi\u00adses clients in all rele\u00advant areas of commer\u00adcial law. At the end of 2018, the firm foun\u00added SKW Schwarz @ Tech GmbH, in which the lawy\u00aders bundle all acti\u00advi\u00adties in the area of legal tech across loca\u00adti\u00adons and disciplines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Munich \u2014 SKW Schwarz has advi\u00adsed Airbus Defence and Space GmbH on the sale of UP42 GmbH (UP42), a next-gene\u00adra\u00ad\u00adtion Earth obser\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform, to Natio\u00adnal Space Company (NSC), Saudi Arabia\u2019s leading commer\u00adcial space services provi\u00adder. The closing of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is subject to custo\u00admary closing condi\u00adti\u00adons and regu\u00adla\u00adtory appr\u00adovals. 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