Main Capital supports merger of Epona and JustiSolutions

Stock­holm — Epona, a leading Dutch provi­der of legal docu­ment manage­ment solu­ti­ons, has merged with Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons, the market-leading Danish legal case manage­ment system Unik Advo­sys. This merger brings toge­ther two compa­nies of compa­ra­ble size to form a comple­men­tary Legal­Tech provi­der with a global presence in diffe­rent markets and indus­tries. The new company opera­tes under the name Epona and compri­ses a compre­hen­sive and modern product port­fo­lio. Main Capi­tal Part­ners (“Main”), the majo­rity share­hol­der of both Epona and Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons, will retain a majo­rity stake in the company after the tran­sac­tion. Epona is a Dutch soft­ware company specia­li­zing in legal tech­no­logy and has been a stra­te­gic part­ner of Main since Decem­ber 2023. Epona’s product port­fo­lio includes Docu­ment Manage­ment Systems (DMS) and Custo­mer Rela­ti­onship Manage­ment (CRM) soft­ware desi­gned to opti­mize work­flows in law firms and corpo­rate legal depart­ments and ensure regu­la­tory compli­ance. The flag­ship Epona365 inte­gra­tes seam­lessly with Micro­soft Office 365, Share­Point and Teams and includes features such as docu­ment and email manage­ment, team colla­bo­ra­tion, matter manage­ment, contract manage­ment, work­flow auto­ma­tion and CRM capa­bi­li­ties. Today, Epona serves a global custo­mer base of over 400 law firms and corpo­rate legal depart­ments. Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons is a newly foun­ded company that emer­ged from Unik System Design — a leading provi­der of PropTech and Legal­Tech solu­ti­ons in Denmark — with which Main ente­red into a part­ner­ship in Septem­ber 2023. Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons builds on Unik’s strong foun­da­tion and will conti­nue to offer the renow­ned Unik Advo­sys system, which is used daily by more than 400 law firms and legal depart­ments across Denmark. In addi­tion, the deve­lo­p­ment of the SaaS-based Justi­Case system will expand the company’s service offe­ring and ensure that the new group remains at the fore­front of inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons for legal profes­sio­nals. Crea­tion of a comple­men­tary Euro­pean Legal­Tech provider

The merger of Epona and Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons will create a comple­men­tary Legal­Tech provi­der in the docu­ment and law firm manage­ment space that can offer its custo­mers a wider range of solu­ti­ons that increase effi­ci­ency, compli­ance and produc­ti­vity for legal profes­sio­nals world­wide. Both compa­nies have estab­lished strong posi­ti­ons in their respec­tive fields and the merger crea­tes a strong combi­ned product offe­ring that is well posi­tio­ned for future inter­na­tio­nal growth. Toge­ther, the group will serve more than 800 clients in Europe, Asia and the Americas. 

Marcel Lang, Co-CEO of Epona: “The merger with Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons opens an exci­ting chap­ter in terms of growth and oppor­tu­ni­ties. Toge­ther, we will leverage our comple­men­tary strengths to deve­lop ground­brea­king solu­ti­ons that rede­fine value crea­tion for our exis­ting clients and repre­sent a bold step towards a global presence in Legal­Tech inno­va­tion.” Gitte Bisgaard, CEO at Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons and new Co-CEO of Epona, former Market Direc­tor of Unik Advo­sys: “This part­ner­ship is an important moment for Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons and Epona as we join forces with a shared vision to trans­form the legal tech­no­logy land­scape. By pooling our resour­ces and exper­tise, we are able to inno­vate and enhance our exis­ting solu­tion offe­ring and the Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons leader­ship team looks forward to contri­bu­ting to this promi­sing project.” Wessel Ploeg­ma­kers, Part­ner & Head of Nordics at Main Capi­tal Part­ners, summa­ri­zes: “The inte­gra­tion of Epona and Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons is a further step in rede­fi­ning inno­va­tive docu­ment manage­ment and law firm manage­ment solu­ti­ons in the global market. We believe that part­ne­ring with forward-thin­king entre­pre­neurs is criti­cal to enab­ling trans­for­ma­tive growth and deli­ve­ring lasting value to clients. By brin­ging toge­ther the exper­tise and comple­men­tary strengths of Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons and Epona, we are crea­ting a strong foun­da­tion to drive inno­va­tion and scale both compa­nies inter­na­tio­nally in the ever-evol­­ving Legal­Tech landscape.”

About Epona

Foun­ded in 1993 in the Nether­lands, Epona is a leading provi­der of legal tech­no­logy solu­ti­ons specia­li­zing in docu­ment manage­ment and auto­ma­tion. The company’s flag­ship plat­form, Epona365, inte­gra­tes seam­lessly with Micro­soft Office365 and Share­Point to meet the speci­fic needs of legal profes­sio­nals and in-house legal depart­ments. Head­quar­te­red in Rotter­dam, with addi­tio­nal offices in the US and Portu­gal, Epona serves a global client base of appro­xi­m­ately 300 law firms and 120 corpo­rate legal depart­ments in major geogra­phic regi­ons. https://epona.eu

About Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons

Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons was foun­ded in the fall of 2024 through the spin-off of the Legal­Tech busi­ness of Unik System Design, which is head­quar­te­red in Vejle (Denmark) and has addi­tio­nal offices in Copen­ha­gen and Aalborg. Just­iSo­lu­ti­ons thus took over Unik’s almost 30 years of Legal­Tech exper­tise and became the leading soft­ware provi­der in the field of docu­ment and law firm manage­ment in Denmark. The company offers the Unik Advo­sys system, a compre­hen­sive solu­tion for lawy­ers and legal profes­sio­nals focu­sing on case, time and docu­ment manage­ment, and is curr­ently deve­lo­ping a new, inno­va­tive SaaS solu­tion called Justi­Case. The company curr­ently serves over 400 law firms and corpo­rate legal depart­ments in the Danish market and has over 5,500 daily active users. https://www.unik.dk About Main Capi­tal Partners

Main Capi­tal Part­ners is a leading soft­ware inves­tor mana­ging private equity funds active in Northwest Europe and North America. Main has over 20 years of expe­ri­ence in soft­ware inves­t­ing and works closely with the manage­ment teams in its port­fo­lio as a stra­te­gic part­ner to build profi­ta­ble growth and larger, outstan­ding soft­ware groups. Main employs 85 people and has offices in The Hague, Stock­holm, Düssel­dorf, Antwerp and an affi­lia­ted office in Boston. Main has appro­xi­m­ately €6 billion in assets under manage­ment and curr­ently has an active port­fo­lio of over 50 soft­ware compa­nies. Toge­ther, these compa­nies employ around 15,000 people. 

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