POELLATH advises Maxburg Capital Partners on sale of Maltego Technologies GmbH

The investment company, Maxburg Beteiligungen III GmbH & Co. KG, advised by Maxburg Capital Partners, has sold its stake in Maltego Technologies GmbH (“Maltego”), a Munich-based software company. The buyer was the US private equity firm Charlesbank Capital Partners. The parties have agreed not to disclose the financial details of the transaction. POELLATH provided tax advice to Maxburg in connection with the sale.

Munich-based Maltego Technologies GmbH is a software company focusing on cyber security and big data analytics. The Maltego product is used for data visualization and link analysis and is utilized in the fight against crime on the Internet, in the inspection and monitoring of computer networks, as well as in a number of related fields. Since its development in 2008, Maltego has supported more than one million investigations worldwide. The company employs approximately 100 people.

Maxburg is a consulting company focused on the German-speaking region and advises investment companies that primarily support companies in partnership to drive sustainable growth. The investment companies support companies with both minority and majority investments with an investment volume of EUR 10 million to EUR 100 million.

POELLATH advised Maxburg on all tax matters within the context of the sale with the following Munich team:

• Gerald Herrmann (partner, lead, tax)
• Jannis Lührs (associate, tax)