CMS advises Haufe Group on sale of Haufe-Lexware Real Estate to SaaS provider Aareon

Berlin, 20.06.2024 – Haufe Group SE, a leading B2B provider of integrated business and workplace solutions, has entered into an agreement to sell all the shares in Haufe-Lexware Real Estate AG to Aareon, a market leader in SaaS solutions for the property industry. The aim of the acquisition is to transfer Haufe-Lexware Real Estate AG’s existing ERP software solutions for the property and housing sector to the Aareon Group’s product portfolio. Completion of the deal is expected at the end of June 2024.

A CMS team headed by partners Jesko Nobiling and Dr Jörg Zätzsch advised Haufe Group on all legal and tax aspects of the transaction. Haufe Group regularly relies on advice from teams headed by the two CMS partners. Recent examples include the sale of its Umantis talent management business to Swiss software company Abacus Research AG and the sale of tax return start-up Steuerbot GmbH to Taxfix SE.

CMS Germany

Dr Jörg Zätzsch, Lead Partner, Corporate/M&A
Jesko Nobiling, Lead Partner, Tax
Dr Karsten Heider, Partner
Dr Friedrich von Spee, Counsel
Dr Kevin Schmidt, Senior Associate
Madeline Göbel, Senior Associate
Dr Maximilian Koch, Senior Associate
Dr Sven Möller, Associate
Nadine Fröhlich, Project Manager, all Corporate/M&A
Mariya Ivanova, Senior Associate
Alexander Selentin, Associate, both Tax
Dr Alexandra Otto, Partner
Patricia Jares, Principal Counsel, both Labor, Employment & Pensions
Dr Ole Jani, Partner
Dr Huy Do Chi, Counsel, both IP
Dr Rolf Hempel, Partner
Martin Cholewa, Counsel, both Antitrust, Competition & Trade
Prof. Malte Grützmacher, Partner
Julia Bald, Associate, both TMC
Dr Mirko Zorn, Principal Counsel, Real Estate & Public
Birgit Wagner, Smart Operations

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