CMS advises the shareholders on the sale of SwissQ Consulting AG to Xebia

Xebia, a portfolio company of the private equity firm Waterland, entered into a share purchase agreement concerning the acquisition of SwissQ.

The partnership with SwissQ will extend Xebia's geographical reach into Switzerland, while SwissQ will gain offshore and nearshore capabilities. Overall, the transaction will result in access to a combined 4'000 technical experts worldwide in the areas of data, AI, cloud, DevOps, SRE as well as software development for offering services to a joint customer base.

Founded in 2006, SwissQ Consulting AG is an IT consulting and training company, which also organizes renowned technology conferences in Switzerland. SwissQ Consulting AG employs more than 120 experts at offices in Zurich and Bern and offers services to a number of renowned customers.

Xebia is a globally leading digital full-service consulting enterprise with its head office in the Netherlands. Xebia employs more than 4'000 experts globally.

A CMS team led by Dr Daniel Jenny advised the shareholders of SwissQ Consulting AG on all legal and tax matters in connection with the transaction.

CMS Switzerland

• Dr Daniel Jenny, Partner, Corporate / M&A
• Mark Cagienard, Partner, Tax
• Christian Gersbach, Partner, Employment
• Dr Ferdinand Blezinger, Associate, Corporate / M&A
• Florian Jung, Associate, Corporate / M&A
• Jens Lehmann, Associate, Tax
• Tarik Salkim, Attorney Trainee

CMS Amsterdam

• Pieter van Duijvenvoorde, Partner, Corporate / M&A