Watson, Farley & Williams, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised The Riverside Company (‘Riverside’) on its investment in TRANSPOREON GmbH and TICONTRACT GmbH (‘TRANSPOREON’). The transaction will close once merger approval has been obtained.

Riverside is a global private equity firm that acquires growing enterprises valued at up to €200 million in Europe. Since it was founded in 1988, Riverside has invested in over 250 transactions with a total enterprise value of more than €4.4 billion. The firm’s portfolio in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region includes more than 75 companies with roughly 14,000 employees.

TRANSPOREON, headquartered in Ulm, Germany, is a leading European provider of e‐logistics solutions. Their software service helps optimise transport logistics processes and communication between industrial companies, trading companies, carriers, drivers and consignees. The firm, founded in 2000, has over 450 customers in manufacturing and trade, as well as the 20,000 logistics firms connected to them. With sales offices in 13 countries, TRANSPOREON covers the European market and has already begun its international expansion with ThyssenKrupp in the USA. TRANSPOREON customers include Coca‐Cola, Knauf, Volkswagen, DHL and Nestle.

The Watson, Farley & Williams team was led by Dr. Simon Preisenberger, Head of the Munich office and a partner in the Corporate Group. Partners Dr. Stefan Kilgus (Hamburg), Tobias Ackert (Munich) and Dr. Nikolaus Krienke, LL.M. (Munich) provided advice on finance, tax and employment matters. They were assisted by Munich office associates Dr. Silke Pütz, Simon Vogel, LL.M. and Dr. Almuth Voss (all Corporate Group) as well as Martina Füchsl (Tax). Hamburg office associates Marcus Mützelburg, Alexander Wojtek (both Finance Group) and Dr. Christine Bader (Competition) also provided assistance.