Munich \u2013 YPOG advi\u00adsed Perso\u00adnio on its acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Circula, an expense manage\u00adment plat\u00adform. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion expands Personio\u2019s offe\u00adrings to include expense manage\u00adment and brings toge\u00adther HR, payroll, and expense proces\u00adses on a single platform. <\/p>\n
Perso\u00adnio<\/strong> is a leading Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adform for human resour\u00adces manage\u00adment and payroll proces\u00adsing for small and medium-sized busi\u00adnesses. Foun\u00added in Munich in 2015, the company serves more than 16,000 busi\u00adnesses that coll\u00adec\u00adtively employ 1.6 million people. Perso\u00adnio has more than 1,500 employees at 6 loca\u00adti\u00adons across Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n Circula<\/strong> was foun\u00added in Berlin in 2017 and offers a plat\u00adform for expense manage\u00adment. It covers travel expen\u00adses, corpo\u00adrate cards, accounts paya\u00adble, and employee bene\u00adfits. More than 3,000 compa\u00adnies and 250,000 users use Circula. <\/p>\n The goal of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion is to conso\u00adli\u00addate both compa\u00adnies\u2019 offe\u00adrings in the areas of human resour\u00adces manage\u00adment, payroll, and expense manage\u00adment onto a single inte\u00adgra\u00adted plat\u00adform. This is inten\u00added to create the first Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adform to combine these product offe\u00adrings under a single provi\u00adder. Both compa\u00adnies plan to further deepen the inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of their data and busi\u00adness proces\u00adses. Finan\u00adcial details were not disclosed. <\/p>\n \u201cPerso\u00adnio is setting the pace for inno\u00adva\u00adtion in Germany. This tran\u00adsac\u00adtion demons\u00adtra\u00adtes that German tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies are not only acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion targets but also acqui\u00adrers and conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtors, and that exper\u00adtise and value crea\u00adtion remain in Germany and Europe. We thank the Perso\u00adnio team for their contin\u00adued trust in yet another project of great stra\u00adte\u00adgic importance,\u201d says Dr. Johan\u00adnes Janning, part\u00adner at YPOG.<\/p>\n A YPOG team compri\u00adsing members from all offices advi\u00adsed Perso\u00adnio on the nego\u00adtia\u00adtion of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, legal and tax due dili\u00adgence, and the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion. YPOG had previously advi\u00adsed Perso\u00adnio in May 2026 on the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of the recrui\u00adting AI startup aurio and in July 2025 on the restruc\u00adtu\u00adring of its global employee stock owner\u00adship program. <\/p>\n Perso\u00adnia Consul\u00adtant: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Johan\u00adnes Janning (Lead, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Cologne The inter\u00adnal team was led by Malgosia Zietara-Miller (Gene\u00adral Coun\u00adsel) and supported by Dr. Katrin Geiger (Head of Corpo\u00adrate and Risk).<\/p>\n About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG stands for You + Part\u00adners of Game\u00adch\u00adan\u00adgers. The leading law and tax advi\u00adsory firm supports foun\u00adders, inves\u00adtors, compa\u00adnies, and funds in Germany and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally in brin\u00adging visio\u00adnary ideas to life within the tech ecosys\u00adtem and in dyna\u00admic future markets. www.ypog.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2013 YPOG advi\u00adsed Perso\u00adnio on its acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of Circula, an expense manage\u00adment plat\u00adform. The tran\u00adsac\u00adtion expands Personio\u2019s offe\u00adrings to include expense manage\u00adment and brings toge\u00adther HR, payroll, and expense proces\u00adses on a single plat\u00adform. Perso\u00adnio is a leading Euro\u00adpean plat\u00adform for human resour\u00adces manage\u00adment and payroll proces\u00adsing for small and medium-sized busi\u00adnesses. Foun\u00added in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nJ\u00f6rg Schr\u00adade (Tax), Part\u00adner, Munich
\nDr. Tim Walter (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nJanic Kaba Salce\u00addas (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Corpo\u00adrate), Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nNina Ahlert (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nPaul Haren\u00adberg (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Asso\u00adciate, Cologne
\nDr. Jacob Schrei\u00adber (Tax), Senior Asso\u00adciate, Munich
\nDr. Lutz Schrei\u00adber (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Part\u00adner, Hamburg
\nMatthias Kres\u00adser (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Miriam Peter (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Corpo\u00adrate), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nDr. Florian Witt\u00adner (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Hamburg
\nChar\u00adlotte Petrasch (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nHelena Dierckx (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Corpo\u00adrate), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nDr. Lea Ossmann-Magiera (IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nLaura Franke (Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions), Senior Project Lawyer, Cologne<\/p>\n
\nYPOG advi\u00adses on the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of venture capi\u00adtal and private equity funds, finan\u00adcing rounds, and complex tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, as well as on regu\u00adla\u00adtory and tax issues rela\u00adted to digi\u00adtal assets and finan\u00adcial inno\u00adva\u00adtion. As a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner, YPOG deve\u00adlops prac\u00adti\u00adcal solu\u00adti\u00adons of the highest legal quality. The firm combi\u00adnes legal and tax exper\u00adtise with legal tech, digi\u00adtal work\u00adflows, and AI-based systems to deli\u00adver effi\u00adci\u00adent and scalable advice. <\/p>\n