Main Capital Partners subsidiary Foconis acquires Swiss MACD

London — McDer­mott Will & Emery has advi­sed Main Capi­tal Part­ners and its port­fo­lio company Foco­nis, a leading soft­ware part­ner for finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons in the DACH region, on the acqui­si­tion of Swiss-based MACD AG, a leading provi­der of trading connec­ti­vity. The merger streng­thens Foco­nis’ posi­tion in its exis­ting markets while expan­ding its presence in Switz­er­land and the UK. 

Foco­nis supports finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons in criti­cal opera­tio­nal areas such as payment tran­sac­tions, data analy­sis, process effi­ci­ency, busi­ness intel­li­gence and compli­ance manage­ment. Around 350 employees work at the loca­ti­ons in Herzo­gen­rath, Hamburg, Vils­ho­fen an der Donau and Landau in der Pfalz. 

MACD has been deve­lo­ping custo­mi­zed products and services for finan­cial insti­tu­ti­ons for more than 25 years and is the market leader for trading connec­ti­vity in Switz­er­land. More than 60 banks and stock exch­an­ges in Europe rely on MACD’s services in the areas of soft­ware deve­lo­p­ment, project manage­ment, consul­ting, hosting and support. 

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 around EUR 6 billion and main­ta­ins an active port­fo­lio of more than 50 soft­ware groups.

Advi­sors to Main Capi­tal Part­ners and Foco­nis GmbH: McDer­mott Will & Emery

Fatema Orjela (Corporate/M&A, London), Dr. Matthias Weis­sin­ger (Munich), Dustin Schwerdt­fe­ger (Düssel­dorf; both Finance; all lead), Dr. Claus Färber (Coun­sel, Data Protec­tion Law, Munich), Adrian Helfen­stein (Coun­sel, Real Estate Law, Frank­furt); Asso­cia­tes: Arjun Sehgal, Tom John­son (both London), Darius M. Mosleh (Düsseldorf/Cologne; all Corporate/M&A), Sophie Rezki, Emily Rees (both London), Matthias M. Bosbach, Romy Lanz (both Düssel­dorf; all Finance)

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