CMS advises Spigraph Group on sale of ALOS to KYOCERA

Cologne – The Spigraph Group SAS has sold its affiliated companies ALOS GmbH in Germany and ALOS Solution AG in Switzerland to Kyocera Document Solutions Europe B.V. The acquisition of ALOS sees Kyocera adding a well-known system provider of capture and enterprise content management solutions (ECM) in the German-speaking countries to its portfolio. The transaction is currently awaiting approval from the competition authorities. The parties agreed not to disclose details of the purchase price.

Starting in July 2017, a CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Hendrik Schindler advised the Spigraph Group on all legal aspects throughout the entire project phase of the sale, in particular on contract design and the contract negotiations. Spigraph is a longstanding CMS client in Cologne, Lyon and Zurich. The advice on the transaction was provided to the Spigraph Group’s management team in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier near Lyon.

The Spigraph Group SAS is a leading provider of solutions for document capture in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The group’s portfolio of services and products is divided into three divisions: Scanners, Software and Services. At group level, the company has more than 400 employees and operates through 20 local subsidiaries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

CMS Germany 

Dr Hendrik Schindler, Lead Partner
Dr Petra Schaffner, Partner
Dr Julia Faenger, Counsel
Konrad Latz, Associate, all Corporate
Thomas Gerdel, Partner
Dr Martin Friedberg, Senior Associate, both Tax

CMS Switzerland

Alain Raemy, Partner
Anna Tomaschek, Associate, both Corporate
Sarah Keller, Associate
Marion Wyler, Associate, both Employment

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