As a strategic purchaser, certgate GmbH from Nuremberg has taken over the development department and other assets of the company and a significant part of the employees with effect from July 1, 2017. This was preceded by a global search for investors in which numerous well-known companies had participated.
At the end of April 2017, Unicept GmbH filed for insolvency proceedings. The Hanoverian lawyer Dr. iur. h.c. Rainer M. Bähr was initially appointed as preliminary insolvency administrator and when insolvency proceedings were opened, he was appointed as insolvency administrator. "I am pleased that the search for investors has been successful in such a short time," explains Bähr. SSC Consult Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG accompanied the investor process.
Parties to the proceedings
Seller side:
Insolvency Administration: Dr. iur. h.c. Rainer m. Bähr (hww hermann wienberg wilhelm)
M&A process: SSC Consult Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG
Labor law: Lawyer Anne Kämper, Ria Göbel (both: hww hermann wienberg wilhelm)
Adviser on the buyer side:
Insolvency law/corporate law, lead: Björn Weidehaas
Labor law: Manuela Kerscher
(both: Lutz Abel, Munich)