Skadden, White & Case, Freshfields, Simpson lead elite firms on Europe’s largest software buyout

Legal Business · 30 June 2017 · 2 min read

Corporate and M&A Freshfields Ropes & Gray Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom White & Case

Skadden, White & Case, Freshfields, Simpson lead elite firms on Europe’s largest software buyout

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and White & Case advised HgCapital as it led a consortium of investors purchasing €4.64bn of stakes in Norwegian software company Visma, in one of Europe’s largest ever software buyouts.

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