Capgemini, a frontrunner in consulting, expertise providers, and digital transformation, has just lately introduced the acquisition of HDL Design Home, a premier supplier of silicon design and verification providers in Europe. This strategic transfer strengthens Capgemini’s world silicon engineering capabilities, underscoring its function as a key driver within the clever trade revolution. HDL Design Home was based in 2001 and with its headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, HDL Design Home is widely known for its deep experience in crafting superior customized chip designs that cater to numerous industrial sectors. HDL Design Home retains sturdy bonds and cooperates with HDL Design Greece P.C., established in 2015 by the identical shareholders in Salonica, Greece. The transaction concerned the acquisition of each Serbian and Greek entities by Capgemini Consulting.

The authorized experience and advisory supplied by Moussas & Companions Legislation Agency had been essential in facilitating this acquisition for Capgemini, making certain compliance, due diligence, and a seamless transition forward, throughout and after the transaction.

Are you able to describe Moussas & Companions’ function within the acquisition of HDL Design Home by Capgemini Consulting and the important thing contributions your agency made to this transaction?

Moussas & Companions Legislation Agency suggested Capgemini Consulting from begin to end of this thrilling deal. Our Agency, specialised in complicated M&A transactions and in its capability because the unique authorized counsel of Capgemini in Greece, carried out a full authorized due diligence evaluate of the Greek goal with an emphasis on company info and documentation, materials contracts, employment points, IP rights and GDPR compliance. We supplied authorized recommendation – all through the transaction – on detailed employment, compliance and regulatory issues and additional assisted on the preparation and drafting of transaction paperwork supporting Capgemini as much as completion. We proceed to advise Capgemini on varied points within the context of our post-acquisition integration help. Our M&A staff has been led by our Companions, Maria Malikouti and Charalampos Kondis, whereas our Senior Affiliate, Eirini Kontrafouri and our Affiliate, Konstantina Margariti performed a pivotal function in making certain a easy completion of this demanding undertaking. Our staff suggested Capgemini along with Karanovic & Companions, who suggested on elements of Serbian regulation in relation to this undertaking.

What had been probably the most difficult authorized elements of this acquisition, and the way did Moussas & Companions navigate these complexities to facilitate a profitable settlement between the events concerned?

We had been concerned in a fancy administration of a multi-faceted transaction and documentation course of, pertaining to the extremely evolving sector of silicon design and verification providers. Elements of utmost significance for this transaction included GDPR, regulatory compliance, employment regulation and IP rights. Any and all complexities have been addressed and accommodated efficiently to finally meet our shopper’s finest wants, by way of the hands-on involvement of our staff; it has undoubtedly been a real staff effort, together with our colleagues from Karanovic & Companions, with whom we had the distinction and privilege to cooperate on this engagement.

In transactions such because the Capgemini Consulting and HDL Design Home deal, how does Moussas & Companions make sure that due diligence is thorough and that each one potential dangers are mitigated?

Constructing on our earlier and distinguished M&A expertise, we maintain allocating our assets on the premise of our folks’s experience. On this method, we’re higher positioned to determine any dangers arising out of the due diligence course of, classify these on the premise of their significance and on the identical time recommend correct options for his or her mitigation, by way of the preparation/drafting of transactional paperwork.

Might you focus on the importance of this acquisition within the context of the Greek expertise sector and the function Moussas & Companions performs in shaping the trade’s authorized panorama?

By means of this acquisition, Capgemini’s world silicon engineering capabilities, which had been already among the many world’s largest, shall additional prolong. HDL Design Home contains quite a few extremely expert engineers, with a considerable expertise to ship superior customized chip designs for a number of industries. HDL’s shoppers embrace main gamers within the semiconductor trade, in addition to main Unique Gear Producers, who’re harnessing the complete potential of chips to create clever and linked merchandise. This transaction permits Capgemini to considerably reinforce its semiconductor presence in Europe, being a key vacation spot for this strategic trade. We’re proud to have contributed to the re-shape of European and Greek expertise sector, an expertise which has additional outfitted our Agency with deep information of this extremely evolving sector.

Wanting past the completion of the transaction, what sort of post-acquisition integration help does Moussas & Companions present, and the way crucial is that this for the success of such worldwide offers?

We’re advising Capgemini Consulting on put up – completion issues, on points primarily referring to company, tax and social safety regulation arising out of the combination of the HDL Design Greece P.C. throughout the Capgemini Group and the way by which the Greek entity shall function sooner or later. As a Agency we don’t exhaust the supply of our providers as much as the completion of a undertaking. We moderately emphasize and are keen to take care of our advisory function on a post-acquisition integration help degree, since that is the final word objective of a cross-border transaction and worldwide deal, serving totally and finest the wants and pursuits of our shoppers.