Squire Patton Boggs has advised Main Capital Partners on its acquisition of mps public solutions gmbh, a German provider of finance and accounting software to the public sector, from Gotthardt Healthgroup AG and CEO Dr. Tino Wagner. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
The team was led by Corporate partner Norman Wasse and senior associate Dr. Marion von Grönheim, supported by Felix Strohecker and Mona Mojtabavi (Corporate), Dr. Christian Bleschke (Tax Strategy & Benefits), Oliver Geiss and Lea-Theresa Voss (Competition-Antitrust), Lutz Hoheisel and Dagmar Nolden (Labour & Employment), Dr. Sandra Müller and Christoph Krieger (Intellectual Property & Technology), Andreas Lehmann (Financial Services), Mareike Lucht (Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets), Jeremy Paner and Diego Sevilla Pascual (International Trade), and Dr. Matthias Werner (Real Estate).
Main Capital Partners is a leading software investor managing investment funds active in North Western Europe and North America. The acquisition marks the second platform investment for Main since the inception of its new fund MC VIII in April 2024.
Since it was founded in 1978, mps has developed into one of the few large and diversified providers in the public administration sector in Germany. Headquartered in Koblenz, mps supports more than 1,200 local authorities throughout Germany, with a customer base that includes social and healthcare institutions, public utilities and churches.