CMS advises Bridgepoint's portfolio company Qualitest on acquisition of Telexiom

Leipzig / Frankfurt/Main – Bridgepoint's London-based portfolio company Qualitest has acquired Telexiom, a leading IT consulting specialist based in Cologne. The acquisition gives Qualitest a strong base in Germany, which at nearly EUR 41 billion, is Europe’s largest and fastest-growing IT market. Merger control approval in Germany has already been granted.

A CMS team headed by Dr Joerg Lips and Dr Christoph Loeffler advised Qualitest on all legal aspects of the deal.

Qualitest is the world's largest, independent managed services provider of quality assurance and testing solutions and internationally represented with almost 3,000 employees in 14 offices in the US, UK, Israel, Romania and India. Qualitest is majority-owned by international private equity group Bridgepoint, which acquired the company in October 2019.

Founded in 2008, Telexiom offers a wide range of professional IT consulting services and solutions with key competences in the areas of quality engineering, IT security, software development, and project management.

Bridgepoint is an international private equity firm with decades of experience and focus on the Middle Market. Bridgepoint has made 114 private equity investments in the last 10 years and currently manages assets of approximately EUR 27 billion.

CMS Germany

Dr Jörg Lips, Lead Partner
Dr Christoph Löffler, Senior Associate
Stefanie Pech, Senior Associate
Dr Tobias Kilian, Principal Counsel, all Corporate/M&A
Dr Anja Naumann, Counsel
Sven Groschischka, Associate, both Labour, Employment & Pensions
Prof. Dr Heralt Hug, Partner
Annina Männig, Senior Associate, both Intellectual Property
Olga Kobelev, Counsel
Phillip Bubinger, Senior Associate, both Commercial Law
Dr Hans Fabian Kiderlen, Counsel
Cihan Cömert, Senior Associate
Désirée Oberpichler, Associate, all Real Estate & Public
Kai Neuhaus, Partner
Dr Rolf Hempel, Partner
Martin Cholewa, Counsel
Moritz Pottek, Senior Associate, all Competition & EU
Jesko Nobiling, Partner
Mariya Ivanova, Senior Associate, both Tax
Axel Dippmann, Partner
Alexander Schmitt, Counsel
Alexander Schley, Senior Associate, all Banking, Finance & Insurance

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