POELLATH advises shareholders and manage-ment of Checkmk on PSG Equity investment
Checkmk GmbH (“Checkmk”), a leading German provider of IT infrastructure monitoring, announced the strategic investment from PSG Equity (“PSG”). The strategic partnership will strengthen Checkmk’s research and development efforts and accelerate the expansion of its international presence. POELLATH provided comprehensive legal and tax advice to the shareholders and management of Checkmk in connection with the transaction.
Since its founding in 2007, Munich-based Checkmk has become a leading provider of IT monitoring. The company offers powerful software that allows organizations to efficiently monitor their IT infrastructures and ensure high availability. The company provides monitoring solutions for cloud, hybrid and data center infrastructures, as well as for modern containers and dynamic workloads, and these can be seamlessly integrated into companies’ key IT tools. Worldwide, 4,000 customers in over 70 countries rely on Checkmk to maximize the availability of their IT systems, avoid outages and shorten time-to-resolution.
PSG is a leading private equity firm that partners with software and technology-based services companies to accelerate their international growth.
POELLATH advised the shareholders and management on all legal and tax matters related to the transaction with the following team across all locations:
- Dr. Tim Kaufhold (partner, lead, M&A/private equity, Munich)
- Dr. Benedikt Hohaus (partner, lead, management consulting, Munich)
- Dr. Nico Fischer (partner, tax, Munich)
- Dr. Verena Stenzel (associated partner, M&A/private equity, Munich)
- Dr. Moritz Klein (associated partner, M&A/ private equity, Munich)
- Daniel Wiedmann (associated partner, investment control/antitrust law, Frankfurt)
- Nemanja Burgić (counsel, M&A/private equity, Munich)
- Daniel Hoppen (senior associate, investment control/antitrust law, Frankfurt)
- Amélie von Halem (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
- Kathrin Miklautsch (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
- Ida Süss (associate, management consulting, Munich)
- Benedikt Sinz (associate, M&A/private equity, Munich)
