M&A Deal Summary

NovumIP Acquires PAVIS

On December 20, 2019, NovumIP acquired business services company PAVIS from Paragon Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NovumIP’s 2nd transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is NovumIP’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-12-20
Target PAVIS
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) NovumIP
Sellers(s) Paragon Partners
Deal Type Merger

Target

PAVIS

Starnberg, Germany
PAVIS GmbH is a provider of IP Management services to patent lawyers and to the patent and legal departments of large corporate and small and medium-sized companies. PAVIS was established in 1980 and is based in Starnberg, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NovumIP

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category Company
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Novum IP GmbH & Co. KG is a provider of legal and consulting, IP administration, and technology-led services. Novum IP is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Business Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Merger M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-20 Novagraaf B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Novagraaf B.V. is an intellectual property services provider, offering a broad range of consultancy and registration services for trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights. Novagraaf B.V. is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-08-27 IPRIS AG

Basel, Switzerland

IPRIS AG is a provider of an intellectual property and technology transfer. IPRIS was founded in 2004 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Paragon Partners

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 1.2B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Paragon Partners is an independent private equity group focused on investments within German speaking Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The Firm does not have any sector preferences, generally targeting profitable companies (EBIT of €5 to €70 million) with attractive business models and 'outstanding' management. Paragon Partners was formed in 2004 and is based in Munich.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 26
Sector: Business Services M&A 4 of 5
Type: Merger M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 16 of 21
Year: 2019 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-12-20 Novagraaf B.V.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Novagraaf B.V. is an intellectual property services provider, offering a broad range of consultancy and registration services for trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property rights. Novagraaf B.V. is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-22 Castolin Eutectic

Kriftel, Germany

Castolin Eutectic is a global provider of wear protection and repair solutions for industrial equipment. Its products are tailored to mitigate wear and abrasion challenges in thousands of unique applications across more than 50 industries. Clients benefit from increased productivity and useful life of production equipment. Castolin Eutectic was founded in 1906 and is based in Kriftel, Germany.

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