LONDON, July 5, 2022 – Proskauer, a leading international law firm, today announced that it has advised AnaCap Financial Partners (“AnaCap”) on the acquisition of Nets’ digital invoice distribution and bill payment solutions business, EDIGard.
Headquartered in Norway, EDIGard is a pan-Nordic digital invoice distribution platform and bill payment solutions business operating across Sweden, Denmark, Finland, UK and Germany.
This is the latest in a long line of transactions representing AnaCap, including advising on its majority growth investment into German fintech business fintus GmbH; its majority investment in WebID Solutions, a fintech company providing leading digital identification solutions to blue-chip German corporate and financial institutions; and its investment into MRH Trowe, a highly successful insurance broker in Germany.
The Proskauer team was led by partner Richard Bull and included associates Jacky Ball, Jack Gladman and Brad Mycock (M&A).
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Proskauer has one of the premier global mergers and acquisitions practices. Over the past two years, we have advised on over 200 M&A transactions with an aggregate value of over $165 billion. Last year, the Firm has advised on some of the most complex M&A transactions across a range of industries. Recent representations include advising long-time client Stamps.com in its $6.6 billion acquisition by leading software investment firm, Thoma Bravo; representing Accor in connection with its exclusive negotiations with Ennismore to form the world’s leading lifestyle operator in the hospitality sector; and counseling Grifols and its affiliate Biomat in a $1 billion investment by the Singaporean Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC.