Latham & Watkins Advises EMZ Partners on Investment in koenig.solutions

Latham & Watkins LLP has advised European private equity firm EMZ Partners (EMZ) on its acquisition of a minority stake in koenig.solutions (KS). KS is a specialized SAP service provider focused on SAP data management, system transformation (S/4HANA), and managed services for the energy and utilities sector. The completion of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

The two founders, Artjom and Gottlieb König, will remain on board as majority shareholders and will continue in their roles as managing directors, guiding the company through its next growth phase. The objective is to establish KS as the leading provider of SAP services for the energy and utilities sector in the DACH region. 

Latham & Watkins regularly advises EMZ and its portfolio companies on transactions, including the recent acquisition of the consulting firm Haselhorst Associates.

The Latham team was led by Munich private equity partners Burc Hesse and Stephan Hufnagel, with associates Corinna Freudenmacher, Philipp Gärtner, and Sara Collorio. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Hamburg partner Verena Seevers, with associate Johannes Lieb; on merger control matters by Frankfurt partner Max Hauser, with associate Enno Mensching, on employment matters by Munich partner Tobias Leder, with associate Julian Traub; on regulatory matters by counsel Joachim Grittmann, with associate Maxim Glusdak; on compliance matters by counsel Stefan Bartz; on real estate matters by counsel Sven Nickel, with associate Marie-Christine Welp; on data law matters by counsel Wolf-Tassilo Böhm, with associate Clemens Ganz; and on IP matters by Frankfurt partner Susan Kempe-Müller, with associate Johannes Huschka.