Investcorp sells Contentserv to Centric Software

Frank­furt a.M. — McDer­mott Will & Emery advi­ses global private equity firm Invest­corp Tech­no­logy Part­ners on the sale of Content­serv Group, a leading provi­der of product infor­ma­tion manage­ment (PIM) systems, to Centric Soft­ware, a subsi­diary of French Dassault Systèmes.

Content­serv GmbH, head­quar­te­red in Rohrbach/Ilm near Munich, was foun­ded in 2000 and today has 14 bran­ches in Europe, the USA and Asia. With around 250 employees, the company serves more than 1,500 brands in 89 count­ries with its products. 

Centric Soft­ware GmbH, head­quar­te­red in Munich, offers product life­cy­cle manage­ment (PLM) solu­ti­ons for nume­rous indus­tries. The company has been part of the multi­na­tio­nal soft­ware deve­lo­per Dassault Systè­mes since 2018. 

Invest­corp Tech­no­logy Part­ners focu­ses on inves­t­ing in growing, Euro­­pean-based tech­no­logy compa­nies with proven products and end markets.

Advi­sor Invest­corp Tech­no­logy Part­ners: McDer­mott Will & Emery, Frankfurt

Dr. Michael Cziesla, Dr. Felix Ganzer (both Corporate/Private Equity; both lead), Dr. Chris­tian Marz­lin, Fabrice Piol­let (Paris; both Corporate/M&A), Stef­fen Woitz, LL.M. (IP/IT, Munich), Marcus Fischer (Coun­sel, Tax Law), Dr. Laura Stamm­witz (Coun­sel, Anti­trust Law); Asso­cia­tes: Dr. Chris­tian Lebrecht (Health­care), Lea Hauser (Anti­trust Law, Colo­gne), Naré Arshak­yan (Employ­ment Law, Paris)