Bird & Bird advises Edita Group on Divestment of Edita Prima

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Nov 04 2024

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As a Finnish senior corporate partner and the firm's Partner Head of Business Development in the Nordic Region, I have in-depth experience of complex cross-border M&A transactions and corporate and commercial work. I am also a member of our Finnish Management Team and a Board Member of OXYGY, the management consulting firm offering a multi-disciplinary offering with Bird & Bird.

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International law firm Bird & Bird has advised Edita Group Plc on the divestment of its subsidiary, Edita Prima Oy, to a fund managed by CapMan Special Situations. The transaction, which was signed on October 28, 2024, is subject to approval by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.

Edita Prima, a leading provider of comprehensive customer communication services, offers digital customer communication management solutions, digital asset management, and transactional printing. CapMan Special Situations aims to accelerate the company’s business development, fostering Edita Prima’s growth amid the ongoing industry transformation.

Bird & Bird’s advisory team included partners Maria Carlsson (Corporate), Henri Kaikkonen (Intellectual Property), Katia Duncker (Competition), Teea Kemppinen (Employment) and Ville Alahuhta (Tax), counsel Petteri Metsä-Tokila (Competition), Riikka Aarikka (Competition), Tomi Luukkainen (Employment) and William Schofield (Finance & Financial regulation), senior associates Esa Airola (Employment), Matias Vikström (Tax), Riku Rauhanen (Commercial) and Teemu Lahdelma (Commercial), and associates Katariina Leino (Corporate), Maria Karpathakis (Competition), Sofia Paksuniemi (Intellectual Property), Jennika Sucksdorff (Intellectual Property) and Rondy Stenman (Corporate).