McDermott advises Main Capital on the acquisition of SoftProject
Munich/ Düsseldorf — 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. SoftProjects founder and CEO Dirk Detmer remains Managing Director and shareholder.
Main Capital will support SoftProject in its next growth phase. The acquisition is Main Capital’s first platform investment with the new MCVIII fund.
Founded in 2000, SoftProject GmbH provides BPM software for 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 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.
Advisor Main Capital Partners GmbH: McDermott Will & Emery, Munich/ Frankfurt/ Düsseldorf
Hanno M. Witt (Partner, Lead, Private Equity, Munich), Dustin Schwerdtfeger (Financing, Düsseldorf), Krasen Krastev (Counsel, Private Equity, Düsseldorf), Steffen Woitz (IP/IT, Munich), Marcus Fischer (Counsel, Tax Law, Frankfurt), Dr. Claus Färber (Counsel, IT/Data Protection Law, Munich); Associates: Nicole Kaps (Private Equity, Munich), Marion Dalvai-König (Private Equity, Munich), Dr. Armin Teymouri (Private Equity, Munich), Sönke Wassermann (Employment Law, Frankfurt), Simon Apelojg (IP/IT, Munich), Markus Hunkenschröder (Financing, Düsseldorf)