Bird & Bird Advised Gofore on the Acquisition of Esentri Including its International Subsidiaries

Bird & Bird Advised Gofore on the Acquisition of Esentri Including its International Subsidiaries

International law firm Bird & Bird advised Gofore Oyj, a listed leading Finnish digital transformation consultancy firm, on the acquisition of esentri AG, a prominent German digital transformation consultancy company with international subsidiaries.

With nearly 1,800 experts across 23 cities in Finland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Spain, and Estonia, Gofore Oyj is renowned for its expertise in digitalisation, IT consultancy, and software development. The company provides a wide array of services including digital strategy, agile software development, cloud solutions, and user experience design. The company supports both public and private sector clients across Europe, helping organisations embrace technological change and drive innovation. With a strong commitment to sustainable digital development and a collaborative working culture, Gofore has built a reputation for delivering high-quality solutions tailored to client needs in various industries, including government, healthcare, and transportation.

esentri AG is headquartered in Germany, with currently 110 employees and subsidiaries and customers in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It specialises in business-driven digital transformation and is dedicated to deliver innovative digital solutions. Its main customer sectors are finance and insurance services, manufacturing industry, and public administration.

The acquisition implements Gofore’s strategy to grow in its chosen customer sectors through acquisitions and is an important step in the company’s growth path in German-speaking Europe (DACH region).

The Bird & Bird team was led by Dr Kai Kerger (Partner), Johanna Schindler (Counsel), as well as Dr. Matthias Adenauer (Associate/ Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), LL.M and Lisa Häring (Associate/ Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Michael Brüggemann (Counsel/ Tax, Frankfurt) and Thomas Schmidt (Associate/Tax, Frankfurt), Dr. Barbara Geck (Partner), as well as Henry Nicolai (Associate/ Employment, Frankfurt) and Jessica Steinhübel (Associate/ Employment, Frankfurt), Mascha Grundmann (Partner), as well as Julia Präger (Counsel/ IP, Frankfurt) and Julia Bopp (Associate/ IP, Frankfurt), Dr. Stephan Waldheim (Partner, Antitrust/Competition, Düsseldorf) and Dr Florian Hinderer (Partner, Antitrust/Competition, Düsseldorf), Claudia Bischoff-Briel (Counsel/ IT, Frankfurt) and Ludwig Hastermann (Associate/ IT, Frankfurt), Mikko Ahonen (Partner/ Corporate/M&A, Bird & Bird Helsinki/Finland), Vuokko Rajamäki (Counsel/ Corporate/M&A, Bird & Bird Helsinki/Finland) and Rondy Stenman (Associate/ Corporate/M&A, Bird & Bird Helsinki/Finland).

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