Transaction

Clearwater advises Waterland Private Equity on raising finance to support the acquisition and merger of direkt gruppe, Binary and Beck et al

Transaction

Waterland Private Equity raised unitranche debt funding to support the acquisition and merger of Direkt Gruppe GmbH, Binary GmbH and Beck et al. GmbH

Acquisition finance

Undisclosed

Role

Adviser to Waterland Private Equity on raising finance to support the acquisition and merger of direkt gruppe, Binary and Beck et al.

Sector

Tech & Tech Services

Region

Germany

Clearwater’s Debt Advisory team has advised Waterland Private Equity (Waterland) on raising finance to support the acquisition of direkt gruppe GmbH, Binary GmbH and Beck et al. GmbH, which will be merged into a leading IT service provider in the private and public cloud services sector. The financing was comprised of a unitranche facility, a committed acquisition line and will be complemented by a bilateral RCF.

Combining three complementary companies operating in the German cloud sector, the Group will become a unique and integrated provider of one-stop-shop cloud service solutions. Based on its nationwide coverage, the Group offers highly customized solutions to companies with limited in-house IT resources.

Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realising their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resource and industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions.

cloud computing

Clearwater exceeded our expectations on this complex transaction, always determined to deliver the best possible outcome for their client. We are grateful for this great support on the financing process and are looking forward to working together on future projects.

Gregor Hengst, Partner, Waterland

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