DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2025
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Munich/Dusseldorf, January 10, 2025 – McDermott Will & Emery advised Main Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in windata, a leading German provider of financial management solutions, including the financing of the transaction.
As a strategic partner, Main Capital will support windata in its next growth phase. The acquisition is Main Capital’s first platform investment with its new fund MFII.
windata GmbH & Co. KG is a leading provider of payment solutions in the DACH region with a focus on SMEs. More than 6,000 companies optimize their financial management processes with windata solutions.
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor in the DACH region, the Benelux countries, the Nordic countries and the United States. Main Capital manages assets of over 2.2 billion euros and maintains an active portfolio of more than 45 software groups.
The McDermott team was led by partner Hanno Witt (Private Equity, Munich), and included partners Dustin Schwerdtfeger (Finance, Dusseldorf), Felix Ganzer (Private Equity, Frankfurt), Steffen Woitz (IP/IT, Munich), Christian Rolf (Employment, Frankfurt), Renate Prinz (Financial Supervisory, Cologne/Dusseldorf), Marcus Fischer (Counsel, Tax, Frankfurt) as well as associates Manuel Weiß, Nicole Kaps, Marion Dalvai-König, Armin Teymouri (all Private Equity, Munich), Annabelle Juliette Rau (Financial Supervisory, Cologne), Julia Külzer (Real Estate, Cologne), Simon Apelojg (IP/IT, Munich), Sönke Wassermann (Employment, Frankfurt).
