Willkie advises Bregal Milestone on Series C investment in Uberall
Berlin / Frankfurt a. Main — Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has advised Bregal Milestone as lead investor on its USD 115 million Series C growth investment in Uberall. The current investor United Internet and the management also participate in the round. Previous investors in Uberall include HPE Growth and Project A.
The transaction is Bregal Milestone’s tenth investment and the first transaction in Germany. Uberall offers a leading full-suite SaaS location marketing and analytics platform that helps brands and businesses with every step of the “Near Me” journey: from finding and selecting online, to generating offline sales, to gathering and managing online feedback, to recommending.
Uberall is relied upon by thousands of customers, including more than 600 major global companies in Europe, North America and Asia, both in direct sales and through its extensive global network of channel partners. Since longtime friends David Federhen and Florian Hübner founded the company in Berlin in 2013, Uberall has grown into an international market leader with offices in 6 countries and a global team of 300 employees.
The company successfully grew its ARR between FY17-20 at a CAGR of 60%. The investment will allow to drive product innovation the growth strategy, with particular focus on further consolidating its leadership position in Europe and accelerate global expansion. Willkie advised on all aspects of the transaction, KNPZ Rechtsanwälte advised on IP issues.
Advisors to Bregal Milestone : Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
The Willkie team was led by partner Dr. Matthias Schudlo (Corporate) and Miriam Steets, photo (Counsel, Corporate, both Frankfurt) and included partner Georg Linde (Corporate, Frankfurt), counsel Wulf Kring (Tax) and Matthias Töke (Finance, both Frankfurt) and associates Dr.Erik Göretzlehner and Ilie Manole (both Corporate), Dr. Nadine Kramer and Martin Waśkowski (both Labor Law) and Philip Thürmer (Real Estate, all Frankfurt).
KNPZ Rechtsanwälte advised on IP issues:
The KNPZ team included partner Dr. Kai-Uwe Plath and associates Jan Schäfer, Matthias Struck, Nikolaus Schmidt-Hamkens and Dr. Enno ter Hazeborg (all Hamburg).
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