DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT / PRESS RELEASE
July 4, 2024
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Munich/Dusseldorf, July 4, 2024 – McDermott Will & Emery has advised Main Capital Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in SoftProject, a leading German provider of business process management software. SoftProject’s founder and CEO Dirk Detmer will remain managing director and shareholder.
Main Capital will support SoftProject in its next growth phase. The acquisition is Main Capital’s first platform investment with its new fund MCVIII.
Founded in 2000, SoftProject GmbH provides BPM software to over 300 companies, including industry leaders such as AXA and BMW. The company’s flagship product is the X4 BPMS platform, a low-code solution that simplifies process modeling, automation and data integration.
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor in the DACH region, the Benelux, the Nordics and the United States. Main Capital has over €2.2 billion in assets under management 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 partner Dustin Schwerdtfeger (Finance, Dusseldorf), counsel Krasen Krastev (Private Equity, Dusseldorf), partner Steffen Woitz (IP/IT, Munich), counsel Claus Färber (Data Protection, Munich) and counsel Marcus Fischer (Tax, Frankfurt) as well as associates Nicole Kaps, Marion Dalvai-König, Armin Teymouri (all Private Equity; Munich), Sönke Wassermann (Employment, Frankfurt), Simon Apelojg (IP, Munich) and Markus Hunkenschröder (Finance, Dusseldorf).
