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EQT $2.5 billion acquisition of SUSE

3/7/2018
Private acquisition
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$ 2.5 billion

Announced

3/7/2018

Overview:

  • Numis and SCA acted as financial advisers for the seller - Micro Focus, while Jefferies and Arma Partners advised EQT.
  • The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.
  • Another recent Micro Focus deal was the $8.8 billion acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise software assets in 2017.

Mihail Georgiev- Data analyst

 

Jurisdiction:

Germany

Deal type:

Private acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Governing law:

Germany

Industry sector:

Technology and telecommunications

Firms:
Latham & Watkins

Party: EQT (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Cora Grannemann, Dominic Newcomb, Markus Krüger

Milbank

Party: EQT (Acquirer)

Lawyers: Mark Stamp, Merih Altay, Steffen Oppenländer, Tristram Gargent

Noerr

Party: Micro Focus International (Seller)

Lawyers: Thorsten Reinhard, Till Kosche

POELLATH

Party: EQT (Acquirer)

Lawyer: Benedikt Hohaus

Travers Smith

Party: Micro Focus International (Seller)

Lawyers: Jon Reddington, Mohammed Senouci, Spencer Summerfield

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