CMS advises Haufe Group on sale of Umantis talent management business to Abacus

Berlin – The Haufe Group SE, a leading B2B provider of integrated business and workplace solutions, has sold its talent management business to Swiss software firm Abacus Research AG. The transaction covers its subsidiary Haufe-umantis AG and umantis Deutschland GmbH. The official signing of the deal has now taken place, after the preliminary agreement was inked at the start of April. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

A CMS team headed by lead partners Dr Jörg Zätzsch and Jesko Nobiling advised the Haufe Group on all legal aspects of the transaction. The two CMS partners and their team previously advised Haufe on the sale of tax start-up Steuerbot to Taxfix, a tax platform. Investors, start-ups and founders of tech companies regularly rely on CMS’s expertise.

CMS Germany

Dr Jörg Zätzsch, Co-Lead Partner, Corporate/M&A
Jesko Nobiling, Co-Lead Partner, Tax
Dr Friedrich von Spee, Counsel
Dr Martin Eichholz, Senior Associate
Charlotte-Sophie Unger, Senior Associate, all Corporate/M&A
Prof. Malte Grützmacher, Partner
Dr Anna Lena Füllsack, Senior Associate, both TMC
Dr Rolf Hempel, Partner
Martin Cholewa, Counsel, both Antitrust, Competition & Trade
Shae Lynn Washington, Senior Legal Specialist, SMOP

CMS Switzerland

Stefan Brunnschweiler, Partner
Andrea Relly, Counsel, both M&A/Corporate
Mark Cagienard, Partner, Tax

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