GESSEL advises VirtusLab Group on a landmark merger in the IT sector

12.04.2023 Case studies Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

GESSEL provided multidisciplinary legal support to VirtusLab in its takeover of SoftwareMill, a computer programme consultant. We are proud to have assisted our Client in what is another step of a strategy geared at nurturing a group of diverse, autonomous tech outfits.

Our lawyers conducted due diligence, assessed the antitrust aspects, advised on bank financing, and drafted the transaction documentation. Throughout the process, GESSEL served as lead counsel, coordinating the input of advisors from Poland, the UK, and Luxembourg.

VirtusLab

The VirtusLab Group is active in software engineering and IT consulting. Its 500 staff members liaise closely with technical services on the client side, attending to successful IT transformation, development of native cloud applications, and execution of data science and data engineering projects.

SoftwareMill

SoftwareMill is a consulting agency and a producer of tailormade software, proactively supporting its clients in implementation of cloud computing, big data, stream processing and machine learning technologies.

Lawyers involved in the project

Michał Bochowicz

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Private Equity | Corporate law

Michał Bochowicz

Małgorzata Badowska

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Banking and Finance | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

Małgorzata Badowska

Bernadeta Kasztelan-Świetlik

Partner
Attorney-at-law

Competition and consumer law

Bernadeta Kasztelan-Świetlik

Klaudia Krawiec-Guz

Counsel
Attorney-at-law

Banking and Finance | Corporate law

Klaudia Krawiec-Guz

Edyta Podgórska

Managing Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law

Edyta Podgórska

Daria Golus

Senior Associate
Advocate

Personal data | Intellectual property law

Daria Golus

Emilia Szkiela

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Corporate law

Emilia Szkiela

Karolina Olszewska

Senior Associate

Competition and consumer law

Karolina Olszewska

Katarzyna Zarzycka

Senior Associate
Advocate

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law

Katarzyna Zarzycka

Rafał Smolik

Senior Associate
Attorney-at-law

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) | Corporate law

Rafał Smolik

Urszula Stachura

Associate

Banking and Finance

Urszula Stachura

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