Czech Republic: Schoenherr advises HTEC on acquisition of CertiCon

In addition to assisting with the negotiation of the share purchase agreement with the sellers, Schoenherr provided extensive advice on all substantive legal aspects of the transaction, including legal due diligence of the target companies, as well as in relation to the integration of CertiCon into HTEC Group.

"It was a great pleasure to support HTEC on this complex transaction," said counsel Michal Jendželovský, who led the transaction team. "It again demonstrates our team's unmatched expertise in the technology/TMT segment."

"Schonherr's team focused on all the details of this intricate process, while also taking a practical approach that led to an efficient closing of the transaction," said Milos Andjelkovic of HTEC Group.

HTEC Group, headquartered in San Francisco, is a global consulting, software engineering and digital product development company that empowers the world's best high-tech companies, disruptive start-ups and Fortune 500 enterprises with innovative product design and sophisticated engineering services.

CertiCon, founded in 1996, is a top science and technology company with almost 400 employees. It provides technology transfer, hardware design, software development outsourcing and applied research solutions.

The Schoenherr team advising on the transaction was co-led by Vladimír Čížek (partner) and Michal Jendželovský (counsel), and further consisted of Helena Hangler (counsel), Rudolf Bicek (attorney at law), Kristýna Zmatlíková (attorney at law), Marie Gremillot (attorney at law), Sebastian Špeta (attorney at law), Jan Kupčík (attorney at law), Libuše Dočekalová (attorney at law), Natálie Dubská (associate), Martin Svoboda (associate), Soňa Hekelová (partner), Michal Lučivjanský (partner), Peter Devínsky (counsel), Ján Farbiak (attorney at law), Tomáš Šilhánek (attorney at law) and Maria Gabriella Manzone (associate).

The sellers were represented by KPMG Legal.