M&A Year in Review 2023 brochure - Flipbook - Page 57
| M&A Year in Review | 2023
We advised Arche MC2, a French social care
software publisher, and its majority shareholder
Activa Capital, a private equity company, on the
acquisition of Solware Life, a software developer
dedicated to the digitization of nursing homes and
disability structures.
This transaction allows Arche MC2 to expand its
service o昀昀ering and strengthen its position as a
market leader in multimodal care, addressing all
social and medico-social professions.
Lawyers in our Paris o昀케ce led the transaction, with
support from our tax practice.
We advised Intel Corporation, a multinational technology
company, on the sale of minority interests in its IMS
Nanofabrication GmbH (IMS) business to Bain Capital,
TSMC, and Jeol Ltd.
The transactions, which value IMS at approximately US$4.3
billion, position Intel to build on IMS’ leadership in multibeam mask writing for use in semiconductor technologies.
Lawyers in our Silicon Valley o昀케ce led the transaction, with
support from our Amsterdam, Boston, Brussels, Munich,
New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. o昀케ces
and our antitrust, employee bene昀椀ts, intellectual property,
privacy and cybersecurity, regulatory, and tax practices.
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We jointly advised IBM, a leading provider of global hybrid
cloud, AI, and consulting expertise, on the global transfers
and post-closing integration aspects of its US$4.6 billion
all-cash acquisition of Apptio Inc., a leader in 昀椀nancial and
operational IT management and optimization software.
The acquisition positions IBM to advance its IT
automation capabilities and to deliver enhanced
business value across technology investments.
Lawyers in our Washington, D.C. o昀케ce led the
transaction, with support from our Berlin, Boston,
Brussels, and New York o昀케ces and our antitrust and
foreign investment practices.
We advised PhonePe Private Limited, Singapore on
the separation of ownership of PhonePe Private
Limited, India, India’s largest digital payments
platform, from the Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart
Private Limited.
Establishing these businesses as individual entities
will allow both to chart their own growth paths, as
they continue building industry-leading o昀昀erings that
provide access and inclusion for Indians.
Lawyers in our Singapore o昀케ce led the transaction,
with support from our London and New York o昀케ces
and our employee bene昀椀ts and securities practices.
