DLA Piper has advised Wipro Limited, a multi-national business and IT consultancy, on the acquisition of Cellent AG from its sole shareholder, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. Cellent AG is one of the leading IT consultancy and software service providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The two parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price of the shares.

The DLA Piper team was led by partner Florian Hirschmann and included senior associates Silvio McMiken and Dr Kai Terstiege, associate Lu Zhang and transaction lawyer Siling Zhong (all Corporate, Munich), partner Dr Jan Dreyer and associate Verena Pianka (both Antitrust, Cologne), partner Pascal Kremp, counsel Dr Annekatrin Veit and associate Ma-ly Biehl (all Employment, Munich), partner Dr Marco Arteaga (Employment, Frankfurt) and partner Dr Maria Doralt and associate Georg Gutfleisch (both Corporate, Vienna).