Transactions / M&A

Flick Gocke Schaumburg advises innosabi shareholders on the sale of a majority stake to Questel

17.02.2021 | Deals done

Flick Gocke Schaumburg has advised the shareholders of innosabi GmbH, four founders, and three additional investors on the sale of a majority stake in innosabi GmbH to the Questel Group.

Advisors to the innosabi shareholders:
Flick Gocke Schaumburg (Hamburg):
Dr. Fred Wendt, Christian Zimmermann (project co-leads), Dr. Tobias Nießen, Dr. Andreas Wirtz (both labor and employment law), Dr. Christian Pitzal (taxes), Dr. Alexander Löschhorn (data protection, IP); associates: Dr. Christoph Brünger (corporate/M&A, IT), Dr. Benjamin Westermann (corporate/ M&A).

innosabi is one of the world’s leading providers of software solutions for collaborative innovation and idea management. Based in Munich, the company was founded in 2010. Today innosabi’s clients include Siemens, Daimler, Postbank, Deutsche Telekom and Bayer. innosabi became part of the Questel group in January 2021.

Questel is an end-to-end intellectual property solutions provider to more than 6,000 clients and 1 million users across 30 countries. Questel offers a comprehensive software suite for searching, analyzing and managing inventions and IP assets. It also provides services throughout the IP lifecycle.