PwC Legal and PwC Germany advise auxalia and Sophora Unternehmerkapital on the merger of auxalia with WESTCAM Group
Munich, 23 January 2025
A multidisciplinary and international team from PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal AG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft (“PwC Legal”) and PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (“PwC Germany”) has provided comprehensive legal and tax advice to Sophora Unternehmerkapital (“Sophora”) and its portfolio company auxalia GmbH (“auxalia”) on the merger of auxalia with WESTCAM Group (“WESTCAM”) headquartered in Mils/Hall (AUT). Following the acquisition of ICN Group in summer 2024, this transaction marks another step forward in the buy-and-build strategy developed by Sophora and auxalia.
auxalia is one of the leading Autodesk-based software providers for the construction industry in the DACH region. As Autodesk Platinum Partner and Autodesk Construction Cloud Elite Partner auxalia distributes the entire Autodesk AEC and BIM portfolio.
WESTCAM is an Austrian company, specializing in industrial automation and digital solutions. It provides products and services in the fields of industrial printing technology, automation technology, robotics, software solutions and machine control systems.
Sophora is an independent and owner-managed private equity firm with a focus on medium-sized companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As value-creating partner for entrepreneurs and management teams of medium-sized companies, Sophora provides strategic and operational know-how as well as a comprehensive network of experts and flexible capital to jointly discover and open up potentials.
Advisors auxalia/Sophora Unternehmerkapital
PwC Legal (Munich/Frankfurt am Main)
Dr. Tobias Koppmann, Dr. Falko Maurer, Hildegard Günzel, Nina Maureen Holst, Andreas Cocin (all Deals Legal/M&A), Dr. Lukas Lundbeck, Bianca Schmid, Katharina Ulrich, Dinor Kadrijaj (all Commercial & IP/IT), Boris Christian, Antonia Lampe, Markus Gortan (all Employment Law)
PwC Germany (Munich)
Daniel Windsheimer, Lisa Gloßner, Florian Wagner (all Deals Tax)
PwC Legal AUT/PwC AUT (Wien)
Michael Lind, Matthias Konrad (both Deals Legal/M&A), Sandra Popp, Alexander Kaindl (both Employment Law), Matthias Hofer (Real Estate Law), Stefanie Bedürftig (Data Protection Law), Peter Perktold, Martin Knobloch, Peter Urbanek, Manuela Wenger (all Deals Tax)
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